洞源奇章 || The Tale of the Cave’s Source

歌詞

薄雲明ける刻に　咲いた朝顔
少女は　清き水に足を浸して

去りゆく胡蝶見やりて　帯を揺らし
揺れ落つ露滴を　その身に受ける

指折り數えて祈った　ここから這い出せるように
幼き悲しき想いは　時を越えてやがて消える

夕霧霞む闇に　漂う蛍
静かに羽を燃やし　歌う鈴虫

浮かべた灯篭には　蜻蛉が舞い
横笛　木霊する謳　闇を照らす

風に揺らされた鬼火は　わたしの命の灯火
澪標を頼りに歩く　彷徨うは夢浮橋

回る回る風車の　憧れた花の散る里
夜露の踴りし水面に　たゆたうは空の浮船

薄雲明ける刻に　閉じた夕顔
心に咲いた其れは　まるで宿木

幾年も前に見捨てた　手に触れられない空蟬
明日の明日のまた明日にも　迎えの明石はないまま

正答などない絵合　それさえも今は幸せ
虛ろな篝火吹き消し　信じればここが花宴

憎くてそれでも愛しい　わたしの生まれたこの場所
風に揺らされた鬼火と　水の音だけあればいい

彷徨うは夢浮橋

Romanisation

usugumo akeru toki ni saita asagao
otome wa kiyoki mizu ni ashi o hitashite

sari yuku kochou miyarite obi o yurashi
yure otsutsu roshizuku o sono mi ni ukeru

yubiori kazoete inotta koko kara hai daseru you ni
osanaki kanashiki omoi wa toki o koete yagate kieru

yuugiri kasumu yami ni tadayou hotaru
shizuka ni hane o moyashi utau suzumushi

ukabeta tourou ni wa kagerou ga mai
yokobue kodama suru uta yami o terasu

kaze ni yurasareta onibi wa watashi no inochi no tomoshibi
miotsukushi o tayori ni aruku samayou wa yume no ukihashi

mawaru mawaru kazaguruma no akogareta hana no chiru sato
yotsuyu no odori shi minamo ni tayutau wa kara no ukifune

usugumo akeru toki ni tojita yuugao
kokoro ni saita sore wa maru de yadorigi

ikutose mo mae ni misuteta te ni furerarenai utsusemi
ashita no ashita no mata ashita ni mo mukae no akashi wa nai mama

seitou nado nai eawase sore sae mo ima wa shiawase
utsuro na kagaribi fukikeshi shinjireba koko ga hana no en

nikukute sore demo itoshii watashi no umareta kono basho
kaze ni yurasareta onibi to mizu no oto dake areba ii

samayou wa yume no ukihashi

Translation

The morning glories bloomed when the thin clouds cleared out.
The maiden soaked her feet in pure water.

She gazed at the departing butterflies and shook her kimono sash.
She was struck by the dewdrops shook free from it.

She prayed, counting on her fingers, so she may crawl out from here.
Her childish, sorrowful feelings surpass time and finally fade away.

In the darkness, grown hazy with the evening mist, fireflies float.
The bell crickets sing with wings silently burning…

Dragonflies dance in the floating hanging lantern.
The echoing song of a flute illuminates the darkness.

The windswept will-o-wisp is my life’s light.
I rely on marks in the water channel and walk. I wander down an unsteady path in a dream. (1)

This is the village I longed for, where flowers scatter and pinwheels spin.
An empty boat floats on the lake where beads of night dew dance.

The moonflowers closed when the thin clouds dispersed.
The things that bloomed in my heart were like mistletoe.

I abandoned that untouchable locust shell many years ago.
All the while, no Lady Akashi is there to welcome me. Not tomorrow, or the following days…

We compare pictures but there’s no right answer. Still, I’m happy now.
I blow out the empty flares. If I believe, this place is a banquet of flowers.

I hate yet love the place where I was born.
All I need is the windswept will-o-wisp and the sounds of water.

I wander down an unsteady path in a dream.