徒然雲間草 | Tsuredzure Kumomagusa

Title: 徒然雲間草
Romaji: Tsuredzure Kumomagusa
Translation: Kumomagusa in idleness
Arrangement: Comp
Lyrics: Ranko
Vocals: Ranko

Original theme:

  • Smoking Dragon – Touhou Kouryuudou ~ Unconnected Marketeers; Sannyo Komakusa’s theme

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Lyrics

溶けた雪 川になって季節また巡って
この山にも春が来る 賑やかにひらく
火なんて無いところにも何故か煙は立つ
三遍まわって煙草にしょ
あとは流れていく
toketa yuki kawa ni natte kisetsu mata megutte
kono yama ni mo haru ga kuru nigiyaka ni hiraku
hi nante nai tokoro ni mo nazeka kemuri wa tatsu
sanben mawatte tabako ni sho
ato wa nagarete yuku

おろかもの 紙一重 まじめさ
ばかっ花で許すよ
oroka mono kamihitoe majime sa
bakabbana de yurusu yo

はらり風に揺れ動く雲間草
あるがままに
人生だって博打だって同じもんだよ
好きに生きるしかないから
harari kaze ni yureugoku kumomagusa
aru ga mama ni
jinsei datte bakuchi datte onnaji mon da yo
suki ni ikiru shika nai kara

賭場の花 褒められたって 何もありゃしないよ
五光でも皆素でも勝てれば万々歳
一寸先は闇だってみんな分かってても
歩き出す足を止めることは出来ないの
toba no hana homeraretatte nani mo aryashinai yo
gokou demo karasu demo katereba banbanzai
issunsaki wa yami datte minna wakattetemo
arukidasu ashi wo tomeru koto wa dekinai no

閉じた鳥野辺の煙 徒野になにを臨む
人知及ぶ範囲じゃない あとは運次第
丁半張って どちらにする？
tojita torinobe no kemuri adashino ni nani wo nozomu
jinchi oyobu han’i janai ato wa unshidai
chouhan hatte dochira ni suru?

ああ　くゆらせる煙にうつりこむ
過去はもう忘れたわ
aa kuyuraseru kemuri ni utsurikomu
kako wa mou wasureta wa

はらり風に揺れ動く雲間草
あるがままに
人生だって博打だって同じもんだよ
好きに生きるしかないから
harari kaze ni yureugoku kumomagusa
aru ga mama ni
jinsei datte bakuchi datte onnaji mon da yo
suki ni ikiru shika nai kara

Translation

The melted snow turns into a river, the seasons change again
Spring comes to this mountain, blooming lively
Even where there is no fire, smoke rises for some reason
I turn around three times and smoke my tobacco
The rest will drift away

Foolish ones, by a paper-thin margin, have earnestness
I’ll forgive them with a fool’s blossom

The kumomagusa sways in the breeze
Just as it is
Life and gambling are really the same thing
You’ve got no choice but to live how you like

A flower in the gambling den, even if praised, there’s nothing to gain from it
Whether it’s a strong hand or bare cards, if you win, it’s a grand success
Even though we all know just ahead lies darkness
We can’t stop our feet from stepping forward

The smoke from the closed off Torinobe, how does it look like in Adashino?
It’s beyond the reach of human knowledge, the rest is up to luck
Odd or even, which will you choose?

Ah, reflected in the smoldering smoke
It’s a past I’ve already forgotten

The kumomagusa sways in the breeze
Just as it is
Life and gambling are really the same thing
You’ve got no choice but to live how you like

Notes:
– title seems to be a fusion of Tsurezuregusa (Essays in Idleness, a collection of essays written by the Japanese monk Kenkō) and Kumomagusa (JP name of Saxifraga merkii var. idsuroei – this flower also appears in the name of a Sannyo spellcard)
– ばかっ花 / bakappana / fool’s blossom is a type of hanafuda game
– 五光 / gokou / five lights – five 20 point cards in hanafuda
– 皆素 / karasu – dealt hand with only 1 point cards in hanafuda
– 鳥辺野 / torinobe – an area in Kyoto, it appears in the above-mentioned Tsurezuregusa as a burial place.
– 徒野 / adashino – another area in Kyoto. Torinobe, Adashino, and Rendaino (which you probably know from the Hifuus) are known as the three major burial grounds in Kyoto