カゴウタ (Kago Uta)

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
見上ぐれど疲れ目を塞ぐ 	miaguredo tsukare me o fusagu 	These tired eyes, closed shut
薄闇の夜に 	usuyami no yoru ni warau koe 	During this dim night of laughter, look upThe Japanese word 見上げる (miageru) is written here as 見上ぐる (miaguru). The Japanese verb “to smile/laugh or sneer” is normally written 笑う(warau), but is also written here differently as 笑ふ (warau). Both of these are an old written style of Japanese not used much anymore. These lines are confusing if you do not understand what they are talking about. In the children's song/game かごめかごめ(Kagome Kagome), the children hold hands and dance in a circle around whoever is “it”. While doing so, the child who is “it” sits down and covers his eyes, so that he can only hear the others. When the song is over, the circling kids stop moving as well, and “it” has to guess the name of the person standing behind them. If he is correct, then the named person is now “it”. If not, then the game continues. These lines are a direct reference to the ending of the かごめかごめ(Kagome Kagome) song and the following guess made by “it”. You can read more about かごめかごめ(Kagome Kagome) on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagome_Kagome
とらえられた鳥は待つの 	torae rareta tori wa matsu no 	The captive bird waiting
夢の終わりを 	yume no owari o 	For this dream to end
鳴り止まぬ声は穢れない戯れ 	nari yamanu koe wa kegarenai tawamure	Resounds with a mighty voice that fails to stop this gameThe words used here are 穢れる(kegareru, to be violated/corrupted) and 戯れ(tawamure, play/jest/joke). So, it's more saying “mighty voice that cannot corrupt play”. While the word corruption or similar would technically work here, it's connotation in English is that of evil, which isn't necessarily the meaning.
 	 	
東雲に彷徨う 	shinonome ni samayou 	Wandering at dawn,
明くることなきその思いをも 	akuru koto naki sono omoi o mo 	This mind's every following thought is empty
 	 	
かごめかごめよその籠の中 	kagome kagome yo sono kago no naka 	The woven pattern of that cageMost of the next coming lines here are taken from an old children's rhyme called かごめかごめ(Kagome Kagome). It is a very cryptic song that could mean a myriad of different things depending on the interpretation. It would be most similar to what English speakers know as Ring Around the Rosie, though with more symbolism.
鳥ノ声ハ聞コエナイ 	tori no koe wa kikoenai 	Keeps the bird's song stuck inside
鎖繋がれ 	kusari tsunagare 	These chains are what tie it together鎖繋がれ (Kusari tsunagare) literally translates to “chains tie together”. As there is no direct subject here, these chains could be tying pretty much anything recently spoken about together (the bird, it's voice, or the cage), or it could be a statement about the chains themselves being the woven pattern that makes up the cage (which is probably most correct). I tried to keep it as generic as possible to keep these interpretations open.
ただ願うのは 	tada negau no wa 	But to have the desire for
同ジ空ノ色 	onaji sora no iro 	A similar color of the sky…
いついつでやる 	itsu itsu de yaru 	When will it have such a wish?いついつでやる (itsu itsu de yaru) literally translates to mean “at the time of when, do it”. It forms as a question because we don't know when the time of “when” is. These last three lines were hard to translate correctly, keep the same idea order as presented by LuMiErE, and still have them still make sense in English. It's a poetic interpretation, but I meant for “to have the desire a similar color of the sky” to be the idea (noun) in this phrase and for the last sentence to then wonder about this idea.
 	 	
東雲に彷徨う 	shinonome ni samayou 	Wandering at dawn,
明くることなきその思いをも 	akuru koto naki sono omoi o mo 	This mind's every following thought is empty
 	 	
囲い囲われ 	kakoi kakoware 	The surrounding enclosure
この籠の中 	kono kago no naka 	Of the inside of this cage
ボクノ声ハ届カナイ 	boku no koe wa todokanai 	Prevents my voice from ever reaching it.
終わらぬ唄に 	owaranu uta ni 	If the unfinished song
囚われたまま 	torawareta mama 	That remains trapped inside
誰ヲ呪エバイイノ 	dare o noroeba ii no 	Would curse someone
一人堕ちる 	hitori ochiru 	They would fall
 	 	
かごめかごめよその籠の中 	kagome kagome yo sono kago no naka 	The woven pattern of that cage
鳥ノ声ハ聞コエナイ 	tori no koe wa kikoenai 	Keeps the bird's song stuck inside
鎖繋がれ 	kusari tsunagare 	These chains are what tie it together
ただ願うのは 	tada negau no wa 	But to have the desire for
同ジ空ノ色 	onaji sora no iro 	A similar color of the sky…
いついつでやる 	itsu itsu de yaru 	When will it have such a wish?
でやる 	de yaru 	When will it
==Translation Notes==
==External Links==
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