タナトフォビアTanatofobia

日常nichijouにni開いたhiraita傷口kizuguchi

A wound that opened in the everyday

グズグズguzuguzuにni膿んだundaそれsore見苦しいmigurushii

festering and grotesque to look at —

のにnoniどうしてdoushite目meがga離せないhanasenai？?

so why can't I look away?

いたいけなitaikena悪魔akumaのnoようyou

Like a pitiful little devil

死んだshinda魚sakanaのno目meのno奥okuにniコールkooru

A call from deep inside the eyes of a dead fish

胸muneのno中心chuushinのnoヴァニタスvanitasuにni問うtou

I ask the vanitas at the center of my chest:

悲しみkanashimiとtoはwaなんだろうnandarou？?

what is sadness?

奈落narakuのno底sokoでdeはwa知り得ないshirienaiよyo

From the bottom of the abyss, one cannot know

ひらりひらりhirari hirari

Fluttering, fluttering

黒いkuroi揚羽agehaがga誘うsasouようにyou ni舞ってmatte

a black swallowtail dances as if beckoning

うつつutsutsuとto極楽gokurakuがga混ざってmazatte

and reality and paradise are mixing together

じわりじわりjiwari jiwari

Slowly, slowly

気づいていたんだkizuiteitanda

I had noticed:

地獄jigokuがgaすぐsugu隣tonariでde待っているmatteiruってtte

hell is right next door, waiting

歓べよyorokobeyo！!

Rejoice!

きみkimiのno愛したaishita世界sekaiもmo

Even the world you loved —

このkono街machiのno誰も彼もdare mo kare mo、,死shiにni向かうmukau人々hitobito

every single person in this city, people walking toward death

踊れodore！!

Dance!

そのsono歓びyorokobi平らげるtairaageruまでmade

until that joy is all consumed

恐れosore、,嘆きnagekiながらnagara、,受け入れればukeirebaいいii

Fear, lament — and then accept it

塞がれていたfusagareteita地獄jigokuのno口kuchiがga開くhiraku音otoがga

The sound of hell's sealed mouth opening —

鳴き止んだnakiyanda後atoにni、,何naniがga残るnokoruとtoいうiuのno？?

after it falls silent, what is left?

日常nichijouにni誰かdarekaがga線senをwo引くhiku

Someone draws a line in the everyday

瞬きmabatakiするsuru間maもmoなくnaku幕makuをwo下ろすorosu

the curtain drops before you can even blink

赤子akagoさえsae時間jikanがgaないnai

Even an infant has no time

またmata太陽taiyouがga沈むshizumuよyo

The sun is setting again

エンドロールendorooruがga終わってowatteもmo業gouはwa消えないkienai

Even after the end credits roll, karma doesn't disappear

徒にitazura ni過ごしたsugoshita日々hibiはwa帰らないkaeranai

Days spent in vain don't come back

どんなdonna月曜日getsuyoubiもmo

Every Monday

愛おしいitooshiiものmonoだdaとto思えてしまうomoeteshimauだろうdarou

will feel like something precious, I think

ゆらりゆらりyurari yurari

Swaying, swaying

底sokoのnoないnaiコールタールkoorutaaruのno海辺umibe

at the shore of a bottomless tar sea

座礁zashouしたshita顔kaoのnoないnai亡霊bourei

a shipwrecked faceless ghost

どろりどろりdorori dorori

Oozing, oozing

零れていくkoboreteyuku

spilling over —

憎しみnikushimiもmo苦しみkurushimiもmo愛aiもmo喜びyorokobiもmo

hatred, suffering, love, and joy

日常nichijouのno続きtsuzukiのno永遠eienのno蛇足dasokuにni

In the eternal postscript that follows the everyday

きみkimiはwa目meをwo背けてsomukete忘れたwasuretaふりfuriをwoしたshita

you looked away and pretended to forget

そこsokoでde待ち構えるmachikamaeruニル・アドミラリNiru Adomirari

Nil admirari is waiting there

抜け落ちたnukeochita何かnanikaにni渇きkawaki飢えるueruだろうdarou

you'll thirst and hunger for something that slipped away

塞がれていたfusagareteita地獄jigokuのno口kuchiがga開くhiraku音otoがga

The sound of hell's sealed mouth opening —

鳴き止んだらnakiyandara、,きみkimiはwaきっとkitto泣けnakeもmoしないshinaiぜze

once it falls silent, you won't even be able to cry

琥珀kohakuにni住まうsumau羽虫hamushiもmo、,灰haiにniなったnatta文明bunmeiもmo

The winged insect dwelling in amber, the civilization turned to ash —

時計盤tokeibanのno砂漠sabakuをwo征くyukuキャラバンkyarabanのno中naka

in the caravan crossing the desert of the clock face

歓べよyorokobeyo！!

Rejoice!

きみkimiのno愛したaishita世界sekaiもmo

Even the world you loved —

このkono街machiのno誰も彼もdare mo kare mo、,死shiにni向かうmukau人々hitobito

every single person in this city, people walking toward death

踊れodore！!

Dance!

そのsono歓びyorokobi平らげるtairaageruまでmade

until that joy is all consumed

恐れosore、,嘆きnagekiながらnagara、,受け入れればukeirebaいいii

Fear, lament — and then accept it

人間ningenのno愛すべきaisubeki隣人rinjinをwo忘れぬwasurenuようにyou ni

So as not to forget the beloved neighbors of humanity

今日kyouというto iu日hiのno花hanaをwo摘んでtsunde束ねたtabanetaブーケbuukeをwo飾ってkazatte

pick the flowers of today, arrange a bouquet and set it out —

塞がれていたfusagareteita地獄jigokuのno口kuchiがga開くhiraku音otoがga

The sound of hell's sealed mouth opening —

鳴き止んだnakiyanda後atoにni、,ただtada青いaoi空soraがgaあったatta

after it fell silent, there was only a blue sky