Eiko Shimamiya – “Higurashi no Naku Koro ni”
Romaji & English:
Furimuita sono ushiro no (Shoumen daare?)
Kurayami ni tsume o tatete (Yoru o hikisaita)
Behind where I looked back (Who’s in the front?)
In the dark, I raised my claws (and slashed apart the night)
Amadare wa chi no shizuku to natte hoho o tsutai ochiru
Mou doko ni mo kaeru basho ga nai nara
The raindrops turn into droplets of blood and travel down my cheeks
There’s no place for me to return to anywhere anymore
Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni
Sono yubi goto tsurete tte ageru
Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e
Atomodori wa mou deki nai
Take these fingers, my fingers
I’ll take you away with that finger
To the forbidden forest where cicadas cry
I can’t turn back anymore
Hitori-zutsu kesarete yuku (Aoi honoo)
Kurayami no sono mukou ni (Asa wa mou konai)
Disappearing one by one (the blue flames)
On the other side of the dark (the morning won’t come anymore)
Kagami no naka de ugomeki nobashite kuru musuu no te de
Saa dareka o koko e izanai nasai
Inside the mirror, with countless wriggling and stretching hands
Come on, lure someone here
Oni-san kochira te no naru hou e
Donna ni nigete mo tsukamaete ageru
Higurashi ga naku kemonomichi kara
Kikoete ita koe wa mou nai
Brother, come here, to where my hands clap
No matter how you try to escape, I’ll capture you
From the animal trail where cicadas cry
The voice that I heard is no more
Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni
Sono yubi goto tsurete tte ageru
Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e
Atomodori wa mou dekinai
Take these fingers, my fingers
I’ll take you away with that finger
To the forbidden forest where cicadas cry
I can’t turn back anymore
Oni-san kochira te no naru hou e
Donna ni nigete mo tsukamaete ageru
Higurashi ga naku kemonomichi kara
Kikoete ita koe wa mou nai
Brother, come here, to where my hands clap
No matter how you try to escape, I’ll capture you
From the animal trail where cicadas cry
The voice that I heard is no more.
Kanji:
振り向いた その後ろの （正面だぁれ？）
暗闇に 爪を立てて （夜を引き裂いた）
雨だれは血のしずくとなって頬をつたい落ちる
もうどこにも帰る場所が無いなら
この指止まれ 私の指に
その指ごと 連れてってあげる
ひぐらしが鳴く開かずの森へ
後戻りは もう出来ない
ひとりずつ 消されてゆく （青い炎）
暗闇の その向うに （朝はもう来ない）
鏡の中で 蠢き伸ばしてくる 無数の手で
さぁ 誰かをここへ誘いなさい
鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ
どんなに逃げても 捕まえてあげる
ひぐらしが無く けもの道から
聞こえていた声はもう無い…
この指止まれ 私の指に
その指ごと 連れてってあげる
ひぐらしが鳴く開かずの森へ
後戻りは もう出来ない
鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ
どんなに逃げても 捕まえてあげる
ひぐらしが無く けもの道から
聞こえていた声はもう無い…
