こい人しれず || Unknown to My Lover

歌詞

三つ折りにした手紙
ふすま越し 背な合わせ
もう逢えぬやも知れぬ
せめて一目

衣擦れの音 かすかな吐息　気怠さまじり
青い火の燃ゆるは過去の昔

紅鮭の解した身のごとく朝はしごく軽やか
灯籠の佇まいのごとく
夜は密やかに

逆さまの影と狐火の往く
賢しらの猿は金切り声
びりりびりりと破られる音に
手遅れの気配が胸をしめる

控え目に抱き寄せた腕　一抓り 白い指
今更よ 莫迦ね

薄い微笑みに隠れた意味を
見落としていた訳ではないけど

三つ叉の道の先うなる煙の都
もう何もが違えば
此処は何処

人波は早過ぎて横目に嘲りまじり
可哀そうに
あの御方 化かされたね

朝焼けの眩しさは いつでも　あくびののち忘れて
夕焼けの怪しさは いつまでも
こびり付いたまま

路地裏の陰を黒猫が行く
傘売りの翁はささやき声
ひらりひらりと舞う紙吹雪に
遅過ぎる涙が頬を伝う

知らぬ間に差し出した指
一掴み　知らぬ腕
あら 何方かしら

薄い微笑みの意味など既に
有耶無耶のままに霞んで消えた

Romanisation

mitsuori ni shita tegami
fusuma-goshi sena awase
mou aenu yamo shirenu
semete hitome

kinuzure no oto kasuka na toiki kedarusa majiri
aoi hi no moyuru wa kako no mukashi

benizake no hagushita mi no gotoku asa wa shigoku karuyaka
tourou no tatazumai no gotoku
yoru wa hisoyaka ni

sakasama no kage to kitsunebi no yuku
sakashira no mashira wa kanakiri-goe
biriri biriri to yaburareru oto ni
teokure no kehai ga mune o shimeru

hikaeme ni dakiyoseta ude hitotsu-neri shiroi yubi
imasara yo baka ne

usui hohoemi ni kakureta imi o
miotoshite ita wake dewa nai kedo

mitsumata no michi no saki unaru kemuri no miyako
mou nani mo ga chigaeba
koko wa izuko

hitnami wa hayasugite yokome ni azakeri majiri
kawaisou ni
ano oata bakasareta ne

asayake no mabushisa wa itsu demo akubi no nochi wasurete
yuuyake no ayashisa wa itsu made mo
kobori tsuita mama

rojiura no kage o kuroneko ga yuku
kasauri no okina wa sasayaki-goe
hirari hirari to mau kamifubuki ni
ososugiru namida ga hoho o tsutau

shiranu ma ni sashidashita yubi
hitotsukami shiranu ude
ara donata kashira

usui hohoemi no imi nado sude ni
uyamuya no mama ni kasunde kieta

Translation

I folded my letter in three.
We sit back to back against the sliding screen.
We may never meet again
but if I could just have a single glance…

The sounds of rustling clothes and faint breaths mix with listlessness.
Blue flames flared in the distant past.

The morning is light. It resembles a red salmon, broken apart.
Like a hanging lantern,
The night is secretive…

Inverted shadows and will-o-wisps come and go.
The insolent monkey lets out a shriek.
A buzzing noise shatters the peace.
I feel that it’s too late. It tightens my heart.

You gently held me close. Your white fingers pinched me.
After all this time! What an idiot…

There’s no way that I overlooked
the meaning hidden in your faint smile.

A smoky metropolis hums beyond the three-pronged road.
If everything is different now
then where am I?

The crowds of people are too quick. They scorn with sidelong glances.
They pity me.
I guess that person has been enchanted.

I always forget the radiance of the morning glow in a yawn,
But the mystery of sunset
is eternal.

A black cat walks in the shadows of the back alley.
The old umbrella-seller whispers.
In the lightly dancing confetti,
Tears fall down my cheeks. They came too late…

I pointed a finger while I still didn’t know.
A handful. Unfamiliar arms.
Oh, who might it be?

The meaning of your faint smile
had already faded away, remaining unclear.