置いてけぼり挽歌
oitekebori banka
The Elegy of One Who Was Left Behind
Vocals: ランコ (Ranko)
Lyrics: ランコ (Ranko)
Arranged by: コンプ (Comp)
Album: ありきたりな脳髄よ、今宵の月と踊れ (O, Ordinary Brain! Dance with Tonight’s Moon)
Circle: 豚乙女 (BUTAOTOME)
Event: C87
Original theme: Beware the Umbrella Left There Forever [万年置き傘にご注意を]
This song, in stark contrast to the other songs from this album, sounds relatively cheery, focusing on Kogasa. Interestingly enough, the title is similar to a certain ‘lament’ by Diao ye zong, except the title this time is probably better translated as ‘Elegy’ (a type of song or poem used to mourn the dead).
歌詞
ラ、ソ、ファ、って
落ちてきた
けんけんぱーで進んで
帰りどうする？
捨てられ傘奴ない
あっちもこっちもどうも
おんなじに視える
いつか壊れる運命とか
汚れちまった悲しみ、とか
ただもうラァラァ歌うだけなら
酒飲んでまた明日
ヤダヤダ
愛はある
そうやって直ぐ潰す
杭じゃないのよ
ちょっとだけ巫山戯たの
私だって偶には可愛ぶりたい
うつる気持ちは仕様がない
寂しくなるのも自由でしょ
来ない人はもう来ないなんて
言われなくても分かる
縋る言霊惨めじゃない
いつか壊れる運命とか
汚れちまった悲しみ、とか
ただもうラァラァ歌うだけなら
酒飲んでまた明日
Romanisation
ra, so, fa tte
ochite kita
ken ken paa de susunde
kaeri dou suru?
suterare kasame nai
acchi mo kocchi mo doumo
onnaji ni mieru
itsuka kowareru unmei toka
yogore chimatta kanashimi, toka
tada mou raa raa utau dake nara
sake nonde mata ashita
yada yada
ai wa aru
sou yatte sugu tsubusu
kui ja nai no yo
chotto dake fuzaketa no
watashi datte tama ni wa kawaiburitai
utsuru kimochi wa shiyou ga nai
samishiku naru no mo jiyuu desho
konai hito wa mou konai nante
iwarenakute mo wakaru
sugaru kotodama mijime ja nai
itsuka kowareru unmei toka
yogore chimatta kanashimi, toka
tada mou raa raa utau dake nara
sake nonde mata ashita
Translation
With a “la, so, fa,”
I fell.
I go forwards, hopping on one leg.
How will I get back?
I’m not some abandoned umbrella…
Whether I look here or there,
Everything seems the same.
I think about my fate to break someday,
And about my corrupted sadness, and stuff like that…
Still, if I just sing, “la la,”
Then I’ll drink saké – goodbye ‘till tomorrow!
No way! No way!
There’s love.
Through that, I crush them right away.
I’m not a stake, you know! (1)
I was just joking around a bit –
I want to act cute sometimes!
The feelings I express can’t be helped.
I guess I’m free to become sad, as well…
Those who won’t come back won’t come back –
Even if it isn’t said to me, I understand.
The kotodama I cling to… aren’t they wretched?
I think about my fate to break someday,
And about my corrupted sadness, and stuff like that…
Still, if I just sing, “la la,”
Then I’ll drink saké – goodbye ‘till tomorrow!
Translator’s note
(1) A reference to the proverb ‘The stake which comes out is struck.’ (出る杭は打たれる)
Releska 
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