神楽舞
kagura mai
Kagura Dance
Vocals: なおみん (Naomin)
Lyrics:
Arranged by:
Album: 東方風神譚 (Touhou Fuujintan) [Official site]
Circle: はちみつくまさん (Hachimitsu Kuma-san)
Event: Reitaisai 5 [RTS5]
Requested by: Maia Kasoya
This track was used as the opening theme for defiant of shrine maiden (東方冥異伝).
In between phrases, 布留部 由良由良止 布留部 (furube yura yura to furube) is chanted. It’s an excerpt from a longer piece that goes by many different names including ひふみ祓詞 (hifumi no haraekotoba) 布瑠の言 (furu no koto), or 神言 (kamigoto).
I found an English reference to it in a book called The Sacred Science of Ancient Japan. According to mythology, if you gather 10 Sacred Treasures (十種神宝) around you and chant their names while swaying back and forth, the sacred power is enough to restore the dead to life. Unfortunately an authoritative translation of the excerpt does not exist.
歌詞
咲き誇れ生命よ
過去りし栄華とうらぶれし人の世観て舞う
紡がれた歴史と 戯れよ 偽りの神の手
赤く燃える月 目覚めし揺り籠の獣
忘れし理 此の身降り立つ
唯一つの想いと 絆を断つ まだ震える命の為に
唯一つの使命を その手に抱く まだ泣けない悲しい巫女
かりそめの平和と 忘却の 現実今を観て舞う
辿り着き世界と 解かれゆく 戒めを手に往く
黒く穿つ宙 鎖を引き千切る獣
忘れし幻 胡蝶視て飛ぶ
唯一度の別離と 出会いを経る 今安らぐ世界の為に
唯一度の願いを その手に抱く 今震える 宿命定の巫女
唯一つの想いと 絆を断つ まだ震える命の為に
唯一つの使命を その手に抱く まだ泣けない悲しい巫女
咲き誇れ生命よ
Romanisation
saki hokore inochi yo
sugisarishi eiga to urabureshi hito no yo mite mau
tsumugareta rekishi to tawamure yo itsuwari no kami no te
akaku moeru tsuki mezameshi yurikago no kemono
wasureshi kotowari kono mi ori tatsu
tada hitotsu no omoi to kizuna o tatsu mada furueru inochi no tame ni
tada hitotsu no shimei o sono te ni daku mada nakenai kanashii miko
karisome no heiwa to boukyaku no ima o mite mau
tadori tsuki sekai to tokareyuku imashime o te ni yuku
kuroku ugatsu sora kusari o hikichigiru kemono
wasureshi maboroshi kochou mite tobu
tada ichido no wakari to deai o heru ima yasuragu sekai no tame ni
tada ichido no negai o sono te ni daku ima furueru sada no miko
tada hitotsu no omoi to kizuna o tatsu mada furueru inochi no tame ni
tada hitotsu no shimei o sono te ni daku mada nakenai kanashii miko
saki hokore inochi yo
Translation
Life, be in full bloom!
I look at the world of humans, which has fallen from its past glory, and dance.
O hands of the false god, play with spun history!
The moon burns red and the beast awakens in its cradle.
I devote myself to forgotten logic.
She severs a sole emotion and bond for the sake of still-trembling lives.
The sad shrine maiden holds a sole duty in her hands. She still cannot cry.
I observe temporary peace and lapsing reality and dance.
The world I reached and punishments coming undone flow through my hands.
The beast tears off its chains and pierces through the black sky.
I fly through a forgotten illusion, staring at butterflies.
She encounters and parts, only once, for the sake of a world at ease.
Holding a unique wish in her hands, the fated shrine maiden trembles.
She severs a sole emotion and bond for the sake of still-trembling lives.
The sad shrine maiden holds a sole duty in her hands. She still cannot cry.
Life, be in full bloom!
Releska 
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