不知火 (Shiranui)/potential 0

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Song title
"不知火" Romaji: Shiranui English: Unknown Fire
Original Upload Date
August 19, 2013
Singer
GUMI and IA
Producer(s)
potential 0 (music, lyrics)
Views
100,000+ (NN), 84,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast YouTube Broadcast (reprint, subbed)
Description ""I'm the 30m-haired grim reaper, Potential0. Without really meaning to, I've come to my ninth work. I'd be glad if it helps you to not worry about the little things as you move your head to the music. This year once again, Obon ended before I knew it, and I grew sentimental. This is something I wrote while struck by the sense of transience in how both the good and the bad disappear into the nights of summer and are replaced by the new!"

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
茜さす夕涼み。	akane sasu yuusuzumi.	The sky grows crimson in the evening cool.
残光が脳裏で揺らいでる。	zankou ga nouri de yuraideru.	Its afterglow sways in my mind.
遠い夏の夢に	tooi natsu no yume ni	That silhouette looked up
見上げた影法師。	miageta kageboushi.	Towards a faraway summer dream.

通い慣れた商店街は	kayoi nareta shoutengai wa	In the commercial shopping district that I frequent,
人もまばらで、	hito mo mabara de,	The people here are sparse,
帰省(かえる)度に胸を	kaeru tabi ni mune o	and my chest tightens up
締め付ける。	shimetsukeru.	Every time I return home.

ほら、思い出す。	hora, omoidasu.	See, I remember.
あの境内に君を連れて。	ano keidai ni kimi o tsurete.	How I took you to those shrine grounds.
祭り囃子は遠く、風まじり。	matsuribayashi wa tooku, kaze majiri.	The festival music is far away, the sound mixed with the wind.

しゃらりん。しゃらりん。	shararin. shararin.	Twang. Twang.^[1]

ふわり香る	fuwari kaoru	A gentle scent wafts.
その瞬間に髪が触れて	sono shunkan ni kami ga furete	In that moment, my hair is touched
はらんだ風はただ、	haranda kaze wa tada,	And the swelling wind is merely,
熱帯びて。	netsu obite.	tinged with that heat.

嗚呼、ゆらり溶ける	aa, yurari tokeru	Ah, it melts gently away.
水面鏡は月を撫でて、	suimenkyou wa tsuki o nadete,	The reflection on the water caresses the moon,
苺ジャムのついた頬照らす。	ichigo jamu no tsuita hou terasu.	and it shines on my strawberry jam-stained cheeks.

流れゆく時間だけが	nagare yuku jikan dake ga	The passage of time just
僕らの手に降って落ちて。	bokura no te ni futte ochite.	falls into our hands.
泣いてみようか、	naite miyou ka,	Shall we try crying?
Time is over.	Time is over.	Time is over.
指の隙間すり抜けていくから。	yubi no sukima surinukete iku kara.	It slips through the gaps of our fingers, after all.

燃え盛る炎がまた	moe sakaru honoo ga mata	The blazing fire exploded again,
月夜を背に舞って爆ぜた。	tsukiyo o se ni matte hazeta.	dancing against the moonlit sky.
祈ってみようが、	inotte miyou ga,	We tried praying,
拝んでみようが、	ogande miyou ga,	we tried supplicating,
傷も面影も、儚く消えた。	kizu mo omokage mo, hakanaku kieta.	But both those scars and that image disappeared in an instant.

吹きやんだ凪の暇(いとま)によせて、	fuki yanda nagi no itoma ni yosete,	Taken in by a calm leisure as the wind ceased blowing,
見上げた影法師。	miageta kageboushi.	The silhouette looked up.
歪(ひず)んでいた。	hizunde ita.	It became distorted.

さあ、茜さす夕涼み。	saa, akane sasu yuusuzumi.	Now then, the sky grows crimson in the evening cool.
残響が脳裏にはり付いて。	zankyou ga nouri ni hari tsuite.	Its reverberation sticks in my mind.
遠い夢、笛の音に	tooi yume, fue no ne ni	The firelight swayed
火影が揺れた。	hokage ga yureta.	to the sound of a flute in a faraway dream.
今は夢の中。	ima wa yume no naka.	We are now inside a dream.

藍錆の街並と	ai sabi no machinami to	The indigo-rusted townscape
残光が路地裏滲んでる。	zankou ga rojiura nijinderu.	and the afterglow seep through the back alleys.
遠い夏の夜に	tooi natsu no yoru ni	On a faraway summer night,
不知火揺らめいて。	shiranui^[2] yurameite.	The unknown fire flickers.

丘の向こう。	oka no mukou.	It's on the other side of the hill.
あの鉄塔の線を抜けて	ano tettou no sen o nukete	That swelling wind that rushed through
はらんだ風いまだ、	haranda kaze imada,	the lines of that steel tower is still,
熱帯びて。	netsu obite.	tinged with that heat.

嗚呼、ゆらり溶ける	aa, yurari tokeru	Ah, it melts gently away.
水面鏡の月を撫でて、	suimenkyou no tsuki o nadete,	Caressing the moon in the reflection on the water,
苺ジャムを拭いた。	ichigo jamu o fuita.	I wiped away the strawberry jam.

風、あざみ揺らして。	kaze, azami yurashite.	The wind shakes the thistles.

ひとつ、ふたつ無くしていく	hitotsu, futatsu naku shite iku	I lose it once or twice.
隠れん坊。	kakurenbou.	It's hide-and-seek.
誓った約束も	chikatta yakusoku mo	Will I be able to keep myself from forgetting
長い影伸びた帰り道。	nagai kage nobita kaerimichi.	both the promise we vowed to uphold
忘れずいれるかな。	wasurezu ireru kana.	and the path home that long shadows stretched over?

肩濡らす夕時雨。	kata nurasu yuushigure.	An evening shower soaks my shoulders.
残響が鼓膜に灼きついて。	zankyou ga komaku ni yakitsuite.	Its reverberation is etched into my eardrums.
土の匂い、雨音に	tsuchi no nioi, amaoto ni	At the scent of earth, the sound of rain,
じゃらりと濡れた。	jarari to nureta.	they were soaked with a clatter.^[3]
全部夢の中。	zenbu yume no naka.	All of it, inside a dream.

什麼生＆説破(そもさんせっぱ)のやり取りで	somosan seppa no yaritori de	In a heated back-and-forth exchange,^[4]
互いの為だと嘘ぶいた。	tagai no tame da to usobuita.	we boasted that we each did it for the other's sake.
遠い夏の夜。	tooi natsu no yoru.	A faraway summer night.
あの日に帰ろうか。	ano hi ni kaerou ka.	Shall we go back to that day?
なんて思ったり。。	nante omottari..	But even thinking such things...

茜さす夕涼み。	akane sasu yuusuzumi.	The sky grows crimson in the evening cool.
残像が脳裏にはり付いたまま。	zanzou ga nouri ni haritsuita mama.	Its afterimage is still burned into my mind.
淡い記憶、鈴の音に	awai kioku, suzu no ne ni	A fleeting memory, the firelight swayed
火影が揺れた。	hokage ga yureta.	to the sound of a bell.
すべて夢の中。	subete yume no naka.	This all is inside a dream.

藍錆の街並と	ai sabi no machi nami to	The indigo-rusted townscape
残光が路地裏滲んでる。	zankou ga rojiura nijinderu.	and the afterglow seep through the back alleys.
遠い夏の夜に	tooi natsu no yoru ni	On a faraway summer night,
不知火揺らめいて。	shiranui yurameite.	The unknown fire flickers.

しゃらん　しゃらん　しゃらん　しゃらん	sharan sharan sharan sharan	Twang, twang, twang, twang^[5]

遠く、遠く笛の音は消えていく。	tooku, tooku fue no oto wa kiete iku.	The distant, distant sound of the flute fades away.

English translation by Tosiaki, edited by Violet and Keiko.fujo.shi

Translation Notes

↑ しゃらりん is the high-pitched sound a guitar makes when you strum it.
↑ A Shiranui (unknown fire) is a atmospheric ghost light told about in Kyushu. They are said to appear on days of the noon moon
↑ じゃらり refers to a noise made by many small, hard objects, such as pebbles or coins, knocking against each other.
↑ This is something that apparently emerged from Song dynasty China. Someone asking a question says 什麼生 which is understood to mean "can you answer?" while the person answering the question replies with 説破 "I'll answer!" It refers to this sort of back-and-forth question-and-answer exchange.
↑ しゃらん is the same thing as しゃらりん, just a little lower in pitch.

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[1] しゃらりん is the high-pitched sound a guitar makes when you strum it.

[2] A Shiranui (unknown fire) is a atmospheric ghost light told about in Kyushu. They are said to appear on days of the noon moon

[3] じゃらり refers to a noise made by many small, hard objects, such as pebbles or coins, knocking against each other.

[4] This is something that apparently emerged from Song dynasty China. Someone asking a question says 什麼生 which is understood to mean "can you answer?" while the person answering the question replies with 説破 "I'll answer!" It refers to this sort of back-and-forth question-and-answer exchange.

[5] しゃらん is the same thing as しゃらりん, just a little lower in pitch.

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