地獄楽

• By: 椎名林檎
• Album: 地獄楽

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

変幻自在の命剥き出してやれ

Expose your ever-changing life boldly

実態がない分まだ出来損ない

Without a form, still a flawed creation

名詮自性です　噂ごと吸い取れ

It's self-identity, absorb the rumors

本懐果たした　その先が見たい

Having fulfilled the true desire, I want to see beyond

伽藍の空疎な五体　使い捨ていざまえ祝い

The empty body of the temple, let's celebrate its disposal

名前名乗ってやるよ　観念して頂戴？

I'll introduce myself—prepare yourself?

勝ち筋なぞ欲してない　土台殆ど運次第

I don’t seek a winning strategy; it's mostly luck anyway

答えも出してやるよ　刹那の銘采配？

I'll give you the answer—transient brilliance or misdirection?

此方

Here

堂々巡りの最中

In the midst of endless circling

労働鼠の性だ

It's the nature of labor mice

Wake Up Bankers Pay Back!(起きろ銀行員金を出せ)

Wake Up, Bankers! Pay Back! (Rise, bankers, give us the money)

今日も労働

Today again, working day after day

One verse One punch(一行に就き一撃を)

One verse, one punch (One line, one strike)

AnswerにはFantasyを(返答には空想を)

For answers, indulge in fantasy

Stand up my fav people(立ち上がれ同胞たち)

Stand up, my fellow people

試してくれ　一層蓄えた技を

Test your skills, stack up what you’ve learned

計ってくれ　真新しい腰挿しで

Measure it—use a brand new saddle

弾いてくれ　此方人等尚四面楚歌

Play it—these people are still surrounded and betrayed

対する人を介して この身の欠点が思い知りたい

Through those who oppose, I want to understand my flaws

俗界は乱世 飽く迄潜って行け

The secular world is chaos—dive deep into it

毎回火線よ　まだ／＼死ねない

Every fire line—still I cannot die yet

煩悩菩提です　恥と欲抱き抱え

My defilements are enlightenment—embracing shame and desire

乾杯し終えた　その先が見たい

Having finished toasting, I want to see what's beyond

気付いた時はもう遅い

By the time I realize, it's already too late

淡い願い云えず了い

Unable to voice my faintest wish, it's over

洗い浚い明かして弁解したい後悔

Cleaning everything out, I want to apologize for regrets

市井の静かな暮らし

The peaceful life of the ordinary world

普通の人心地を

A normal person's life

望んでいいのだろうか

Is it okay to wish for that?

永遠に至上の議題

The eternal debate of existence

本格派の道楽家

A true enthusiast of pursuits

Social(社会的)には凶悪犯？

Socially, an outlaw?

禁止事項已日々進歩

Bans and rules are constantly evolving

慇懃尾籠無礼行為

Polite and courteous, yet rude actions occur

Damn it!!!(糞)

Damn it!!!

性行為の伝道師

The evangelist of sexuality

Play boy(色男)なのに正常位許り

Playboy—it’s mostly about normal positions

無鉄砲にStand up my fav people(立ち上がれ同胞たち)

Boldly stand up, my fellow people

Right now!!(今すぐ)

Right now!!

許してくれ　嘗て犯した科を

Forgive me for the sins I once committed

裁いてくれ　真新しい良し悪しで

Judge me—by a new sense of right and wrong

諭してくれ　どうせ助かったのなら

Admonish me—if I’ve survived anyway

愛する人を介してこの世の絶景が拝みたい

Through those I love, I want to witness the world's greatest scenery

疎んでいた

I was disregarding it

迷いさえも

Even hesitation

大自然の

Of natural forces

自分自身

Myself

弱きを知って

Knowing weakness

強気を覚える

Gaining strength

闇散って

Breaking through darkness

光咲う

Flowers of light bloom

女と男

Women and men

憎し愛し

Hate and love

正しさよ

Truth and righteousness

間違いよ

Foolishness and errors

罪と罰そして

Sin, punishment, and

生き死に一切

Life and death, everything

両極の間結合して

Between the two extremes, they connect

さあ今日は今日で明日は又明日

Today is today, tomorrow is tomorrow again

甘んぜよ

Be content

煩って行こうぞ　生身の流離

Let’s continue wandering, flesh and blood

色即是空です　瞬く間に移ろう

Form is emptiness—changing in the blink of an eye

万歳鼓動が　ほら玉響果敢ない

Long live the heartbeat—look, the ephemeral world is fragile

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
命 /いのち/ B2	noun - life
実態 /じったい/ B2	noun - actual state
名詮自性 /めいせんじせい/ C1	noun - the essence of a name
勝ち筋 /かちすじ/ B2	noun - winning strategy
労働 /ろうどう/ B1	noun - labor
技 /わざ/ B1	noun - skill
光 /ひかり/ A2	noun - light
闇 /やみ/ B2	noun - darkness
愛 /あい/ A1	noun - love
罪 /つみ/ B2	noun - sin
罰 /ばつ/ B2	noun - punishment
結合 /けつごう/ B2	noun - union
流離 /るり/ C1	noun - wandering
瞬く /またたく/ B1	verb - to blink

Grammar:

• 変幻自在の命剥き出してやれ

  ➔ Imperative form

  ➔ The phrase uses the **imperative form** to command someone to 'expose their life freely'.

• 名詮自性です　噂ごと吸い取れ

  ➔ Noun + です (desu) for explanation

  ➔ The phrase uses **noun + です** to explain the nature of something, in this case, 'the true nature of names'.

• 勝ち筋なぞ欲してない

  ➔ Negative form with ない (nai)

  ➔ The phrase uses the **negative form** with ない to express that the speaker does not desire 'winning strategies'.

• 試してくれ　一層蓄えた技を

  ➔ Te-form for requests

  ➔ The phrase uses the **te-form** to make a request, asking someone to 'try the skills accumulated'.

• 愛する人を介してこの世の絶景が拝みたい

  ➔ Desire form with たい (tai)

  ➔ The phrase uses the **desire form** with たい to express the wish to 'see the beautiful scenery of this world through a loved one'.

• 煩悩菩提です　恥と欲抱き抱え

  ➔ Noun + です (desu) for explanation

  ➔ The phrase uses **noun + です** to explain the concept of 'attachment to desires and shame'.

• さあ今日は今日で明日は又明日

  ➔ Repetition for emphasis

  ➔ The phrase uses **repetition** to emphasize the distinction between 'today' and 'tomorrow'.