十六夜雪月花 (Izayoi Setsugekka)

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
禁止裁定を受けて羽根を失くしたが不意に呟く 	kinshi saitei o ukete hane o nakushita yatagarasu ga fui ni tsubuyaku 	Yatagarasu, accepting a forbidden decision and having lost its feathers, suddenly murmurs
「後ろの正面に白馬の騎士を。」　そんなの真っ白ゐ嘘 	"ushiro no shoumen ni hakuba no kishi o. "sonna utakata no masshiroi uso	"You'll find a White Knight at your back" such an ephemeral, pure white lie
 	 	
雨に空蝉時雨　雲に万時華鏡 	ame ni utsusemishigure kumo ni manjigekyou 	With the rain goes a chorus of the cicadasThe term used to mean cicadas here are also a metaphor for one's present existence; this mortal frame; this world; this life; temporal things. A cicada chorus is also said to happen when there's seasonable rain/a rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter There's a time kaleidoscope to the clouds
嗚呼、暁ばかり憂きものはなし 	aa, akatsuki bakari uki mono wa nashi 	There is no time more doleful than before dawnThese lines reference some poems of the Hyakunin Isshu, an anthology of one hundred Japanese made by one hundred different authors. The translation for these lines use the translations available on the University of Virginia Library as reference.
 	 	
十六夜　枯れ葉に桜化粧　千歳　花となりましょう 	izayoi kareha ni sakura keshou chitose hana to narimashou 	The 16 day old moon dresses sakura petals in dead leaves. Let's become flowers for a millenium
折節の移り変わるこそ物ごとに哀れなれ 	orifushi no utsurikawaru koso monogoto ni awarenare 	That all changes with the seasons is the tragedy of existenceThis line references the collection of essays known as the Tsurezuregusa.
移ろう　京の花鳥風月　極彩　鮮やかでしょう 	utsurou miyako no kachoufuugetsu gokusai azayaka deshou 	Let us move on, the beauties of nature in the capital are colorful and vivid, wouldn't you say?
立ち消えて仕舞わぬ様に今は佳景を忘れやはする 	tachigiete shimawanu you ni ima wa kakei o wasureya wa suru 	So that it doesn't dissipate, I'll never forget the beautiful view
 	 	
無期懲役を受けて我を忘れた揚羽蝶が無意味に嘆く 	muki choueki o ukete ware o wasureta agehachou ga muimi ni nageku 	Having received life imprisonment, the swallowtail butterfly that forgot itself, mourns meaninglessly
「鬼さんこちらへ逃げも隠れもしないよ。」　なんて浮世も奇なり 	"oni-san kochira e nige mo kakure mo shinai yo." nante ukiyo mo kinari 	"The oni won't run to or hide here!" How strange is this fleeting life!
 	 	
空に天之叢雲　風に染井吉野 	sora ni amenomurakumo fuu ni someiyoshino 	As in the sky goes heavenly gathering clouds, in the wind Yoshino cherries scatter
嗚呼、しづ心なく花の散るらむ 	aa, shizu kokoro naku hana no chiruramu 	Ah, why would the flowers fall without a composed mind?
 	 	
十六夜　枯れ木に涙化粧　時雨　水をあげましょう 	izayoi kareki ni namidageshou shigure mizu o agemashou 	A 16 day old moon adorns bare trees with tears. A rain shower in late autumn/early winter will water
憂き世に長らへば恋しかるべき夜半の月かな 	ukiyo ni nagaraeba koi shikarubeki yohanotsuki ka na 	If I were to live long in this sad world, I would like to remember only the moon in the night
移ろう　京の水天一碧　御覧　華やかでしょう 	utsurou miyako no suiten ippeki goran hanayaka deshou 	Let us move on, the sky reflected in water is pure blue. Look, wouldn't you say it's gorgeous?
天の原に弧を描き身のいたずらになりぬべきかな 	amanohara ni ko o egaki mi no itazura ni narinubeki ka na 	I suppose I will meet a fitting end for my folly as I draw an arc upon the plain of heaven
 	 	
今宵　朧月　見果てぬ夢の覚むるなりけり 	koyoi oborodzuki mihatenu yume no satorimuru narikeri 	Under tonight's hazy moon, we wake up from impossible dreams
 	 	
十六夜　枯れ葉に桜化粧　千歳　花となりましょう 	izayoi kareha ni sakura keshou chitose hana to narimashou 	The 16 day old moon dresses sakura petals in dead leaves. Let's become flowers for a millenium
折節の移り変わるこそ物ごとに哀れなれ 	orifushi no utsurikawaru koso monogoto ni awarenare 	That all changes with the seasons is the tragedy of existence
移ろう　京の花鳥風月　極彩　鮮やかでしょう 	utsurou miyako no kachoufuugetsu gokusai azayaka deshou 	Let us move on, the beauties of nature in the capital are colorful and vivid, wouldn't you say?
立ち消えて仕舞わぬ様に今は佳景を忘れやはする 	tachigiete shimawanu you ni ima wa kakei o wasureya wa suru 	So that it doesn't dissipate, I'll never forget that beautiful view
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