[translation] 独生独死独去独来 (dokushou dokushi dokukyo dokurai) - アルケミ (ARCHEMI)

dokushou dokushi dokukyo dokurai– live alone, die alone, go alone, come alone

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bussetsu muryojuukyou¹

hito wa mina mina to rawareta shijou

All the people are captive of their own interests

kuraku iki tou chi, itari omomuku

in a land there they can go to the limits of the pleasure and pain

guchi yoku sasae jibunhoni no mono no mi

they keep grumbling their greed, with an egocentric outlook

tsugou hoshigari sabetsu ooki ku wo umi

conveniently wishing to give birth a lot of discrimination

jishin yoku yue e haijomigatte asahaka

for their own greed, to exclude the egotism is fool

michitarishi yoku hitori itoshi

they're satisfied, they love their lonely greed

dokushou dokushi dokukyo dokurai

[they] live alone, die alone, go alone, come alone

bussetsu muryoujukyou

aisasae ikasarete

mutually keeping themselves alive

tsugou hoshigari kakechigai no rentai

conveniently wishing the population to conflict

jishin yoku yue e oyobanu omoi jitsuni

for their own greed, their thoughts can't reach (other people)

michitarishi yoku kodoku itoshi

they're satisfied, they love their solitary greed

dokushou dokushi dokukyo dokurai

[they] live alone, die alone, go alone, come alone

hitori iyashii

greedy and alone

hitori umare hitori shiniyuku

[they] born alone, die alone,

hitori sarite hitori kitaru

go alone, come alone.

Translator notes:

¹ The Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (or Infinite Life Sutra) is one of the two Indian Mahayana sutras which describe the pure land of Amitābha (Buddha). The sutra describes in great detail Sukhāvatī and its inhabitants, and how they are able to attain rebirth there. (Wikipedia)