千ノ縁 / A Thousand Fated Connections

Title: 千ノ縁
(sen no yukari)
A Thousand Fated Connections

Circle: Yonder Voice
Album: 千ノ縁
Vocal: 瑶山百霊
Lyrics: 蒼羅杏
Arrangement: LEMiao
Released: Reitaisai 13

Original:
東方妖妖夢 ～ Perfect Cherry Blossom
ネクロファンタジア (Necrofantasia)

Requested by Eiki and Yuu! (And me.)

Yukari’s name is written as 紫 (violet), but ‘yukari’ is a possible reading of 縁. Which is also used to mean edges and borders, so it fits perfectly. (Subtitled PV here, regular subs here!)

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空に向かう
爛漫たる夜桜
万燈に照らされ輝く頃
常磐なる誓い胸に

sora ni mukau
ranmantaru yozakura
mantou ni terasare kagayaku koro
tokiwanaru chikai mune ni

They face the heavens
Cherry blossoms of the night in full bloom
As they shine, illuminated by many lanterns
The oath close to my heart remains

歔欷く風　憂いを剪って
織った錦を　君に贈ろう
降り灑ぐ雨に　凛と立つように
嫋やかな姿　今も色褪せず

susurinaku kaze urei wo kitte
otta nishiki wo kimi ni okurou
furisosogu ame ni rin to tatsu you ni
taoyakana sugata ima mo iroasezu

The crying wind trims my sorrows
I offer you a woven piece of cloth
Your graceful image, standing dignified
In the pouring rain, still hasn’t faded

はらり　過去が花瓣になって
開いた手のひらから零れ散る
徘徊るその背中を常闇が飲み込んだ
地に墜ちたままの　泡沫の蝶

harari kako ga kaben ni natte
hiraita tenohira kara koborechiru
haikairu sono sena wo tokoyami ga nomikonda
chi ni ochita mama no utakata no chou

The past turns into falling flower petals
Spilling out of my opened palms
That wandering back was swallowed by darkness
An ephemeral butterfly, fallen to earth

嗚呼　罅裂らた隙間から消えて
幽明境を異にした
美しい傷痕をなぞり
愛してた君を忘れない

aa hibiwarata sukima kara kiete
yuumei sakai wo koto ni shita
utsukushii kizuato wo nazori
aishiteta kimi wo wasurenai

Oh, disappearing from the opened gaps
You passed into the other world
Tracing all these beautiful scars
I’ll never forget you, the one I loved

嘆くこともなく　ただ淡々と歩く
諦観と侘しさが　旁魄したように

nageku koto mo naku tada tantan to aruku
teikan to wabishisa ga houhakushita you ni

I walk on, detached, without lamenting
Seeming to mix endurance and desolation

ほろり　四季折々の雫
川へと海へと還る運命
幻想の裏側の此処に在り続けるから
幾層もの夢と現を繋いで

horori shiki oriori no shizuku
kawa e to umi e to kaeru unmei
gensou no uragawa no koko ni aritsudzukeru kara
ikusou mo no yume to utsutsu wo tsunaide

Moved to tears, the droplets of each season
Are fated to return to the river, to the sea
Remaining here, on the other side of illusions
And thus connecting layers of dreams and reality

嗚呼　水鏡　記憶を揺らして
魂の片割　反映し出す
月明かり　百万の眠り
誰にも涜されぬように守る

aa mizukagami kioku wo yurashite
tamashii no kataware utsushidasu
tsukiakari hyakuman no nemuri
darenimo kegasarenu you ni mamoru

Ah, reflected on the water, memories ripple
Showing the fragments of the soul
Moonlight protects the sleep of millions
So that no one can ever be corrupted

嗚呼　願わくばまた出逢えるなら
生死の輪廻を共にしよう
何もかも忘れたとしても
渝らぬ愛を捧ごう

aa negawakuba mata deaeru nara
shishou no rinne wo tomo ni shiyou
nanimokamo wasureta to shite mo
kawaranu ai wo sasagou

Oh, if my wish can make us meet again
Let’s travel the cycle of life and death together
Even when everything is forgotten
I’ll give you my unchanging love

嗚呼　霊の桜よ
碧落と黃泉の間で狂い咲け
かの夢の終わりを綴りて
緊く結び合う　千ノ縁

aa maboroshi no sakura yo
hekiraku to yomi no awai de kuruisake
kano yume no owari wo tsudzurite
kizuku musubiau sen no yukari

Oh, may the cherry blossoms of phantasm
Bloom madly in the distant netherworld
Binding together the end of that dream
And securing a thousand fated connections

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