千本桜 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 和楽器バンド

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

A thousand cherry blossoms, lost in the night, your voice cannot reach me.

青藍の空　遥か彼方　その光線銃で打ち抜いて

In the deep blue sky, far away, shoot through with that ray gun.

大胆不敵にハイカラ革命

Bold and fearless, a high-class revolution.

磊々落々　反戦国家

Rumbling and crashing, an anti-war nation.

日の丸印の二輪車転がし

Rolling on a two-wheeled vehicle marked with the rising sun.

悪霊退散　ICBM

Evil spirits, be gone! ICBM.

環状線を走り抜けて　東奔西走なんのその

Racing through the circular line, running east and west, no matter what.

少年少女戦国無双　浮世の随に

Boys and girls, a battle without equal, amidst the floating world.

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

A thousand cherry blossoms, lost in the night, your voice cannot reach me.

此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台で見下ろして

Here is a banquet, a steel cage, looking down from that guillotine.

三千世界　常世之闇　嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ

In this three-thousand worlds, the eternal darkness, I can't even hear the lamenting song.

青藍の空　遥か彼方　その光線銃で打ち抜いて

In the deep blue sky, far away, shoot through with that ray gun.

百戦錬磨の見た目は将校

The appearance of a seasoned officer.

いったりきたりの花魁道中

Going back and forth in a courtesan procession.

アイツもコイツも皆で集まれ

Everyone, gather together, that guy and this guy too.

聖者の行進　わんっ　つー　さん　しっ

March of the saints, one, two, three, four.

禅定門を潜り抜けて　安楽浄土厄払い

Passing through the Zen gate, purging the Pure Land.

きっと終幕は大団円　拍手の合間に

Surely the finale will be a grand reunion, amidst the applause.

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

A thousand cherry blossoms, lost in the night, your voice cannot reach me.

此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台で見下ろして

Here is a banquet, a steel cage, looking down from that guillotine.

三千世界　常世之闇　嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ

In this three-thousand worlds, the eternal darkness, I can't even hear the lamenting song.

希望の丘　遥か彼方　その閃光弾を打ち上げろ

On the hill of hope, far away, launch that flare.

環状線を走り抜けて　東奔西走なんのその

Racing through the circular line, running east and west, no matter what.

少年少女戦国無双　浮世の随に

Boys and girls, a battle without equal, amidst the floating world.

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

A thousand cherry blossoms, lost in the night, your voice cannot reach me.

此処は宴　鋼の檻　その断頭台を飛び降りて

Here is a banquet, a steel cage, jumping down from that guillotine.

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　君が歌い僕は踊る

A thousand cherry blossoms, lost in the night, you sing and I dance.

此処は宴　鋼の檻　さあ光線銃を撃ちまくれ

Here is a banquet, a steel cage, now shoot that ray gun wildly.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
桜 /sakura/ A2	noun - cherry blossom
光線銃 /kōsenjū/ B2	noun - laser gun
革命 /kakumei/ B1	noun - revolution
悪霊 /akuryō/ B2	noun - evil spirit
少年 /shōnen/ A2	noun - boy
少女 /shōjo/ A2	noun - girl
宴 /utage/ B1	noun - feast
光 /hikari/ A1	noun - light
闇 /yami/ B2	noun - darkness
希望 /kibō/ B1	noun - hope
歌 /uta/ A1	noun - song
踊る /odoru/ A2	verb - to dance
走る /hashiru/ A1	verb - to run
打ち抜く /uchinuku/ B2	verb - to pierce through
見下ろす /miorosu/ B2	verb - to look down
飛び降りる /tobioriru/ B2	verb - to jump down

Key Grammar Structures

• 君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

  ➔ Possessive particle 'ノ' + 'も' indicating 'also' or 'even'

  ➔ 'ノ' indicates possession or attribute; 'も' emphasizes 'also' or 'even'

• 夜ニ紛レ

  ➔ Particle 'に' indicating time 'at' or 'during'

  ➔ 'に' is a particle that marks specific points in time or places

• 打ち抜いて

  ➔ Verb '打ち抜く' in the te-form, meaning 'to shoot through' or 'to pierce'

  ➔ '打ち抜く' is a transitive verb meaning 'to shoot through' or 'pierce', with the te-form used for connecting actions

• 希望の丘

  ➔ Possessive 'の' connecting '希望' (hope) and '丘' (hill), forming a compound noun

  ➔ 'の' is a possessive or connective particle used here to link '希望' (hope) and '丘' (hill) as a single concept

• 百戦錬磨の見た目は将校

  ➔ Noun phrase with 'の' as a possessive or descriptive connector, meaning 'the appearance of a seasoned officer'

  ➔ 'の' here links two nouns, functioning as a possessive or descriptive particle, describing 'appearance' of a seasoned officer