[translation] のろいうた (noroi uta) - ザアザア (xaa-xaa)

noroi uta – Cursed song

mijikai hari ga ichi wo sasu

A small nail points to

masshirona koromomatoi

[who] wears the purest white clothes

surudoi aijyou ikutsumo

[to who] carry the sharpest

tazusae

love

anata no sugatawara ni nari

You turn into a straw figure

futokoro ni shimaeru hodo

which can be kept inside the pocket.

yona yona tobi dasu mori e to

Every night I get out

mukaimasu

to the forest.

dochira no ki ni itashimashou

In which tree should I do it?

hashira wo senbetsu sureba

as soon as I choose the pillar

gishiki wo tori okunaimasu

the ceremony will can

hajimari

start

mazu wa kegare wo idakiyoseta

First at all, embrace the impurity

anata no migi no ude kara

with your right arm

sukoshizutsu yarimasu kara ne zange wo

do it little by little

hitotsu futatsu

First, second

warata warae ya iyaiya

straw, straw, no! No!

mittsu yottsu

third, fourth

ugate

to nail

itsutsu muttsu

fifth, sixth

nageke ya nageke ya iyaiya

grief, grief, no! no!

nanatsu nanatsu

seventh, seventh

okinodoku

how pitiful

kanashikute kanashikute

Sadness, sadness

doushiyou monakute

I can't avoid it

nemurenai yuru kazoe

countless nights without sleep.

itsukara ka itsukara ka

Since when? Since when?

watashi wa oni ni nari

Since I became a demon

hitotsu futatsu kugi wo utsu

first, second, to hit a nail

hitotsu futatsu

first, second

sawake ya sawake ya iyaiya

noise, noise, no! no!

mittsu yottsu

third, fourth,

ugate

to nail

itsutsu muttsu

fifth, sixth

wameke ya wameke ya iyaiya

cry, cry, no! no!

nanatsu nanatsu

seventh, seventh

okinodoku

how pitiful

dare yori mo dare yori mo tsukaeteita no desu

This sharp body, this dangerous life

mi wo kezuri mi wo teishi

Serves me better than any other else

yurusanai yurusanai anata ga warau nado

unforgiving, unforgiving, you laugh of

shikeishuu wo nogasanai

the condemned who can't escape the death row

mukunaru ai wa katashi wo kae yuki

innocent love forms change

me mo aterarenu minikui sugata e to

into an appearance so ugly that disturb the eyes

shine.

Die¹

todome

final blow

hayaku...

fast...

kitto sochira ni wa usure yuku mono de

[this feeling] certainly will disappear [from you]

keredo kochira ni wa kobiritsuite kienai

but this is fixed into me and will not disappear

kanashikute kanashikute

Sadness, sadness

doushiyou monakute

I can't avoid it

nemurenai yuru kazoe

countless nights without sleep.

itsukara ka itsukara ka

Since when? Since when?

watashi wa oni ni nari

Since I became a demon

hitotsu futatsu kugi wo utsu

first, second, to hit a nail

kizutsuke au no nara awanakereba

if we wound each other, if we can't meet each other

mou hikikaesanai hodo

I'll be send back to the

fukai mori de

depths of the forest

yami ni ochita

in the depths of darkness

ushi mitsu toki

at midnight

Translator notes:

¹ he writes "shine" in a different way here, not like “死ね" (die + imperative) but as “止根" with the kanjis of 止 “stop” and 根“root”. In this case, “die” to “stop the root of all evil”.