Hayashibara Megumi: Matsuriuta

04.07.20
Artist: Hayashibara Megumi
Title: Matsuriuta (Festival Song)
Words: Hayashibara Megumi
Music: Kawai Kenji

the wind sweeps to the source of the water
unremittingly being lead
the floating music at its mercy
echoing off to eternity

shaking back and forth to the endless heavens
passing through time, coming and going
to the transient floating world
gather now my friends to the earth

sing songs you've forgotten
throw away thoughts you lost
until we meet again
very deeply sleeping
time will go by.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: hmmm. If you saw then anime Blue Seed by Takada Yuzo you might get this song more. I'll explain. Warning SPOILERS! Still here ? Ok good... at the end of the series the people come to understand that in their hectic lives they have forgotten the basic goodness of living, the very japanese essentials of drinking dancing and making merry. The way they battle the finale of the plant invasion is by having thier ancient Festival Dance, and by singing all as one they are able to avoid becoming plants by warming their hearts. It really was an intrigueing show I highly recommend it. SPOILERS OVER READ fROM HERE! That being said, this song is kind of a sweet lullabye to put the plants to sleep. The floating world was a kind of stae of mind in Japan at one time, in which it suggested that this life should be enjoyed, ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) captured this levity of soul and bareness of burden. The song is telling these people that they no longer need to grasp so firmly to their worries... they can be ethereal...beyond any of those base emotions. The voice of the song was done in the style of Momiji our feitsy Heroine. Very nice.

Romaji

To Be Added

Romaji By: Brian Stewart