Fluttering Picture Theater — Butaotome

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1–2 minutes

“ゆらら紙芝居 – Yurara Kamishibai” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishibai)

Context: An oni with the ability to manipulate density who likes to get drunk and party explains how they view life.

S U (eeh?)
S U I K A!

ちまちま交わした 約束はいつでも
三歩で忘れる

どんぶり勘定 こぼれなかったもの
それだけが正義



Chirachira kawashita yakusoku wa itsudemo
Sanpo de wasureru

Donburi kanjyou koborenakatta mono
Sore dake ga seigi

I always forget small promises/appointments 3 steps after

I make them;
Anything left over after my sloppy bookkeeping — only those are the right ones.

萃まる魂 時に悩み

あっちいって 
こっちいって 
また戻っちゃって


Atsumaru tamashii toki ni nayami
Acchi itte
kocchi itte
mata modochatte

These massing spirits, distressed about time
Going to
and fro,
then coming back all over again

ゆらゆらゆれてる紙芝居

だから楽しい 
だから切ない


「また逢える」
と「また会いたい」と

願えば開く華


Yura yura yureteru kamishibai

Dakara tanoshii dakara setsunai

[mata aeru] to [mata aitai] to
Negaeba hiraku hana

(It’s all) a rocking, shaking paper picture theater*
That’s why its fun, but also why it’s heartrending
[Meeting loved ones again] and wanting to meet people again —
Those wishes are what opens the flower of life

時間が無くって心亡くしてく
忙殺の日々よ

時間はいつでも自分でつくるもの
誰かが言ってた



Jikan ga nakutte kokoro nakushiteku
Bousatsu no hibi yo

Jikan wa itsudemo jibun de tsukuru mono
Dareka ga itteta

Not having (any) time is what kills the heart
Days swamped with work
“Time is always something you make for yourself”
or so someone said

疎む魂 
ダメになれば

あっちいって 
そっちいって 
もう戻んないで


Utomu tamashii DAME ni nareba

Acchi itte
socchi itte
mou modonnai de

These neglected souls, if they become no good anymore
They’ll go to and fro and never return

ゆらゆらゆれてる紙吹雪

人と人とは縁の塊


一度終われば ハイそれまでよ

たまには違うけど


Yura yura yureteru kamishibai
Hito to hito to wa en no katamari

Ichido owareba HAI sore made yo

Tama ni wa chigau kedo

It’s all a swaying, shaking, confetti storm
A mass of people and their bonds with each other
And once it ends, yep, that’s all folks!
But yet, sometimes that’s not the case…


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