Lyrics: 天狗の詫び証文

The Tengu’s Apology Letter by TAMAONSEN
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Original Romanized Translation

欠けた月 化けた妖かしに仕掛けたフラッシュ 見敵必殺 さらば 蹴った地面鳴らす一本歯下駄 さぁ皆さん見なさい 文章バラ撒くまだまだ働くブン屋のお通り 回り回る山間 余りあるやる気 お熱 病 元来の野次馬根性から押し問答いずれ超える 捏造すら生ぬるい 武者震いの近くに取り巻く記事がいつも独り歩き 鴉天狗の覗き穴 フィジカルな力 不意打ちから振り向きざま木ノ葉隠れ この場から言葉産み落とす ガラスレンズの向こう側 見落とすはずない変化 手加減してやる 素っ破抜く最先端 手早く走り書き また乱れ交じり合い紙の上で踊るしたためた文字は神聖 人間禁制 解読不能 独特の様相 要所要所に罵詈雑言 読まれたら困る 天狗の詫び証文

kaketa tsuki baketa ayakashi ni shikaketa furasshu kenteki hissatsu saraba ketta jimen narasu ipponpa geta saa minasan minasai bunshou baramaku mada mada hataraku bunya no o-toori mawari mawaru yamama amari aru yaruki o-netsu yamai ganrai no yaji uma konjou kara oshimondou izure koeru netsuzou sura namanurui mushaburui no chikaku ni torimaku kiji ga itsumo hitoriaruki karasu tengu no nozoki ana fijikaru na chikari fuiuchi kara furimuki zama konoha kakure kono ba kara kotoba umiotosu garasu renzu no mukou gawa miotosu hazu nai henka tekagen shite yaru suppanuku saisentan tebayaku hashiri kaki mata midare majiri ai kami no ue de odoru shitatameta moji wa shinsei ningen kinsei kaidoku funou dokutoku no yousou yousho yousho ni barizo ugon yomaretara komaru tengu no wabi shoumon

The moon had waned. A flash was set especially for the transformed youkai. If being spotted is fatal, then the ground will ring as I kick off with my single-toothed geta. Now look, everyone! This reporter’s still working, scattering articles all around. I’m passing through. I circle around the mountains. I’m still determined: it’s like a fever. I’ve overcome the heated exchanges that come from mere curiosity. Even hoaxes are half-hearted. Articles surrounding excitement always stand alone. This is the tengu’s peephole. I hide in the trees, on the lookout for physical attacks or ambushes. From there, I gives birth to her words. There’s no way I’ll overlook any changes from beyond my lens. “I’ll go easy on you!” I’m on the cusp of exposing them. I hastily write. The letters dancing on my shuffled pages are sacred: Banned for humans. Indecipherable. A peculiar appearance. Abuse lies in every important point. If it’s read, they’ll be in a mess. This is the tengu’s apology letter.

ゆらりゆらり揺れる木の葉言の葉 木々が染まりて秋を知るかの山 はらりはらり落ちる木の葉言の葉 落とした文がいずれ見つかるなら

yurari yurari yureru konoha koto no ha kigi ga somarite aki wo shiru kano yama harari harari ochiru konoha koto no ha otoshita bun ga izure mitsukaru nara

The leaves and the words sway from side to side. [1] The trees upon that mountain change colour and experience autumn. The leaves and the words gently fall And if those words are destined to be found someday…

古きは死んでいき手にした人間に求めぬ真剣味など

fukaki wa shinde iki te ni shita ningen ni motomenu shinkenmi nado

Then things of antiquity will die, including honesty, unwanted by the humans who obtained those words.

この先、一千里

kono saki, issenri

1000 ri from here… [2]

新たな社がアジトにしろ態度改めるまで目を白黒させてる間もなく さも惑わす 繰り出すは山の住人 いずれ友好関係か時に敵対 問われれば我ら組織的対応 一切反応無く 胸に断固たる決意忍ばせ 何となくで来た人間には新参古参との言われよう 山の麓にて誰も彼も無い信仰心の成れの果てに生まれるシンフォニー ふらりと来ては解決 またも二人 取材はのらりくらりとまいてる 目凝らし書いてる事実 悪どいと評判のタブロイドの口約束 早速忘れた マスメディアの脚色 何かが起これば書き溜め 驚く速度で現場へ神風の如く ボロボロの手帳からはらり落ちる 知ったかぶった人間が叱咤 被った頭巾 楽園の理想論 誰が拾う 天狗の詫び証文

arata na sha ga ajito ni shiro taido aratameru made me wo shirokuro saseteru ma mo naku samo madowasu kuridasu wa yama no juunin izure yuukou kankei ka toki ni tekitai towarereba warera soshiki-teki taiou issai hannou naku mune ni danko taru ketsui shinobase nan to naku de kita ningen ni wa shinzan kosan to no iwareyou yama no fumoto nite dare mo kare mo nai shinkoushin no nare no hate ni umareru shinfonii furari to kite wa kaiketsu mata mo futari shuzai wa norari kurari to maiteru me korashi kaiteru jijitsu akudoi to hyouban no taburoido no kuchiyakusoku sassoku wasureta masumedia no kyakushoku nanika ga okoreba kakitameru odoroku sokudo de genba e kamikaze no gotoku boro boro no techou kara harari ochiru shitta kabutta ningen ga shitta kabutta zukin rakuen no risouron dare ga hirou tengu no wabi shoumon

I’ll make that new society into my hideout. I’ll bewilder them until they change their behaviour. Not long now… Like that, I mislead them, unleashing the mountain’s inhabitants. Eventual peace or occasional hostility—if you ask me, we respond systematically. Responseless. We conceal firm resolution in our hearts. It’s a way of informing the humans who somehow come here about the pecking order. This symphony is born from the ruins of piety, lacking among all those at the foot of the mountain. They come aimlessly, and things are settled. Another pair! When reporting, I hide my tracks. I concentrate and write the facts. The words of the tabloid paper renowned for being crooked are forgotten at once. The dramatization of mass media… When something happens, I’ll write it down. I’ll go to the scene at a startling speed, like a divine wind. Things fall from my worn notebook… The knowledgeable, yet silent humans scold me. I wore a hood. An idealistic argument of paradise. Who will pick up the tengu’s apology letter?

ゆらりゆらり揺れる木の葉言の葉 木々が染まりて秋を知るかの山 はらりはらり落ちる木の葉言の葉 落とした文がいずれ見つかるなら

yurari yurari yureru konoha koto no ha kigi ga somarite aki wo shiru kano yama harari harari ochiru konoha koto no ha otoshita bun ga izure mitsukaru nara

The leaves and the words sway from side to side. The trees upon that mountain change colour and experience autumn. The leaves and the words gently fall And if those words are destined to be found someday…

Lyrics source: Translation by Releska

Notes

  1. The wordplay in this line relies on the phonetic similarity between 木の葉 (konoha – leaves) and 言の葉 (koto no ha – words, literally ‘leaves of words).
  2. Ri is an old Japanese unit of measurement equating to almost 4 km or 2.44 miles