猫屋敷心中事件 (Nekoyashiki Shinjuu Jiken)

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
前略 御本いつも 	zenryaku gohon itsumo 	Omitting the preliminaries,
拝見しております 	haiken shite orimasu 	I am always reading your books
つきましては是非とも 	tsuki mashite wa zehitomo 	Therefore I firmly request
一度当家に来やしゃんせ 	ichido touke ni kiyashan se 	that you come to this house once
 	 	
にゃんともはや 三毛や愛猫や 	nyan to mohaya mike ya aibyou ya 	Regardless, a calico or beloved pet cat
玉取れ取れ 毛繕い 	tama toretore kezukuroi 	will pounce on a ball and groom its fur
クンダリーニくんだりに 	kundariini kundari ni 	I want the two of us to fall together
ふたりきり堕ちて行きたい 	futari kiri ochite ikitai 	to the outskirts of KundalinKundalini is, in Hinduism, said to be a form of primal energy that is located at the base of the spine.
 	 	
先生が戻らない 	sensei ga modoranai 	My teacher has disappeared;
手がかりは猫猫猫猫 	tegakari wa neko neko neko neko 	the only clues are cats, cats, cats, cats
原稿が間に合わない 	genkou ga maniawanai 	His manuscript didn’t come in on time,
さては監禁玉すだれ 	sate wa kankin tamasu dare 	and now there’s a performance of imprisonmentNankin Tamasudare (南京玉すだれ) is a type of street performance in which the performer recites a poem and illustrates it by manipulating a bamboo screen into various shapes. 南京 “Nankin” has here been replaced by 監禁 “kankin,” meaning “confinement” or “imprisonment”
にゃんともかんとも大事件 	nyan to mo kan to mo daijiken 	One way or a-meow-ther, it’s a major incident
 	 	
心中ダンス惚れ惚れと 	shinjuu dansu horebore to 	Suicide dance, the young woman
喉を鳴らした令嬢さん 	nodo o narashita reijou-san 	let out an adoring sound
おいでなさい 膝の上 	oidenasai hiza no ue 	Come sit on my lap;
鬼さんこちら丸の内 	oni-san kochira maru no uchi 	come here, demon, to MarunouchiOni-san kochira” is the start of a traditional chant that accompanies the (now not commonly played) game “Mekakushi-Oni”–a variant of tag where a blindfolded child attempts to catch their friends, similar to Blind Man’s Buff or Marco Polo. In full, the chant usually goes “鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ” (“Come here, demon, toward the sound of clapping hands”). Marunouchi is a district of Tokyo (the first of several referenced in this song).
心中だ 御臨終だ 	shinjuu da gorinjuu da 	It’s a lovers’ suicide, it’s the hour of my death,
背中に爪立てる 	senaka ni tsume tateru 	sneaking up behind me on quiet feet
猫猫ねえ子猫や 	neko neko nee koneko ya 	It’s a cat, cat–see, girl, it’s a cat
 	 	
抱いて折れるほど 	daite oreru hodo 	Hold me tight enough to break me,
猫背も治るほど 	nekoze mo naoru hodo 	tight enough to fix my stooping posture“Nekoze” refers to a stoop or hunchback but literally translates to “cat back.”
地獄へ落ちたって 	jigoku e ochita tte 	Even if I fall into hell,
くるりと回転 猫だもの 	kururi to kaiten neko da mono 	I’ll quickly turn and land on my feet, because I’m a cat
 	 	
偏屈作家救うため 	henkutsu sakka sukuu tame 	To rescue the eccentric writer,
小娘謎解く 	komusume nazo toku 	the young girl unravels the mystery
「先生は殺したって 	"sensei wa koroshitatte 	“My teacher doesn’t seem
死ぬような人じゃありません」 	shinu you na hito ja arimasen" 	like someone who’d die so easily”
 	 	
紀尾井町猫屋敷 	kioi chou nekoyashiki 	At the house of cats in KioichouA neighborhood of Chiyoda district in Tokyo.,
何処見ても猫猫猫猫 	doko mite mo neko neko neko neko 	wherever you look, there’s a cat, cat, cat, cat
じゃらされて 尻尾揺らす 	jarasarete shippo yurasu 	Chasing cat toys, lashing their tails–
猫なで声で呼んどいて 	neko na de goe de yondoite 	call out in a coaxing voiceLiterally “cat-stroking voice”
踏んづけないでよ猫でなし 	funzukenai de yo neko de nashi 	Don’t step on me, I’m not a cat
 	 	
阿破破 	ahaha 	AhahaThe laughter here is, unusually, written out in kanji. The character used for “a” here has a number of meanings and is also not infrequently used just for its phonetic value, but the “ha”s are written with a character meaning “destruction.”
 	 	
心中ダンス ねえ子猫や 	shinjuu dansu nee koneko ya 	Suicide dance–come, cat,
あの人招いてくだしゃんせ 	ano hito maneite kudashan se 	beckon her to meReferences the concept of “maneki-neko” or lucky cats, statues of a cat with one paw up that are supposed to beckon some kind of good fortune.
品川か曾根崎か 	shinagawa ka sonezaki ka 	Whether in Shinagawa or in Sonezaki,
共に逝ってはくれまいか 	tomo ni itte wa kuremai ka 	won’t you die with me?Sonezaki Shinjuu, or The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, is a well-known bunraku play about a young man and woman who commit suicide together after the man is betrayed and ruined by a friend who wishes to take the woman for himself. Shinagawa is another district of Tokyo.
虫媒花 散る梅花 	chuubaika chiru baika 	A summer in which the insect-pollinated flowers
御髪も乱れる夏 	ogushi mo midareru natsu 	and the falling plum blossoms and her hair are all in disarrayHistorically, in Japanese literature, the image of a woman’s hair being tangled or in disarray has been generally understood as a sexual reference.
 	 	
きっと先生はなにか事件に 	kitto sensei wa nanika jiken ni 	My teacher must be caught up
巻き込まれているんです! 	makikomarete irun desu! 	in some sort of criminal incident!
原稿の締め切りに間に合わないからって 	genkou no shimekiri ni maniawanai kara tte 	He wouldn’t just hide because he missed
雲隠れしているわけじゃありません! 	kumogakure shite iru wake ja arimasen! 	the deadline for his manuscript!
……多分 	……tabun 	… Probably.
 	 	
「吾輩は猫である前に男である。 	"wagahai wa neko de aru mae ni otoko de aru.	“I am a cat and was once a man.
共に死んでくれるか?」 	tomo ni shinde kureru ka?" 	Will you die with me?”
Wagahai wa Neko de Aru, or I Am a Cat, is the title of one of 19th-century author Natsume Soseki’s most famous works–it is social satire from the point of view of a cat who finds human social mores baffling. The title contains some untranslatable humor, as “wagahai” is a personal pronoun that implies that the speaker is a very important person (or thinks they are).
「やです」 	"ya desu" 	“No, I won’t.”
「ならばきみひとりで逝けい!」 	"naraba kimi hitori de yukei!" 	“Then you shall die alone!”
「先生の人間失格!」 	"sensei no ningen shikkaku!" 	“Teacher, you’re no longer human!”
Ningen Shikkaku, or No Longer Human, is one of early 20th-century author Dazai Osamu’s most famous works. It is semiautobiographical and suicide features heavily in it. Dazai himself died in a lovers’ suicide with his mistress shortly after its publication.
 	 	
心中ダンス惚れ惚れと 	shinjuu dansu horebore to 	Suicide dance,
喉を鳴らした令嬢さん 	nodo o narashita reijou-san 	the young woman let out an adoring sound
おいでなさい 膝の上 	oidenasai hiza no ue 	Come sit on my lap;
鬼さんこちら丸の内 	oni-san kochira maru no uchi 	come here, demon, to Marunouchi
心中ダンス 無理心中ダンス 	shinjuu dansu murishinjuu dansu 	Suicide dance, pointless suicide dance,
来世も毛繕いやっちゃいな 	raise mo kezukuroi yacchai na 	in the next world I’ll still groom my fur
品川か曾根崎か 	shinagawa ka sonezaki ka 	Whether in Shinagawa or in Sonezaki,
共に逝ってはくれまいか 	tomo ni itte wa kure mai ka 	won’t you die with me?
 	 	
心中だ 御臨終だ 	shinjuu da gorinjuu da 	It’s a lovers’ suicide, it’s the hour of my death,
御髪も乱れる 	ogushi mo midareru 	it’s a published account of lovers’ suicide
活字心中録 	katsuji shinjuu roku 	in which even her hair is in disarray
背中に爪立てる 	senaka ni tsume tateru 	Sneaking up behind me on quiet feet
猫猫ねえ子猫猫猫 	neko neko nee koneko neko neko 	It’s a cat, cat, see, girl, it’s a cat,
猫猫猫猫や 	neko neko neko neko ya 	cat, cat, cat, cat, cat, cat
==Translation Notes==
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