奈落 (naraku, though it's normally written Naraka in English) is a rough equivalent of Hell found in Hinduism and several related religions. Though the details vary depending on the religion, the information on Wikipedia, at least, indicates that all consider it to be a place or state of torment. The term seems to be more exotic in Japanese than the related terms 地獄 (jigoku) or 魔界 (makai), or possibly even 冥途 (meido), so I picked a more exotic term of my own.
As in the first season's opening theme, ひぐらしのなく頃に, there's a clip that keeps playing between stanzas that sounds like it should be words but is incomprehensible. In that song, the incomprehensible part was apparently supposed to sound like 逃げられない (nigerarenai, you can't escape) when played backwards. This time, it sounds like they took the incomprehensible part from the other song and reversed that. o_O It doesn't really sound like 逃げられない here, though....
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Vocals: Lyrics: Composition: Arrangement: |
島みやえい子 島みやえい子 中沢伴行 中沢伴行、尾崎武士 |
Eiko Shimamiya Eiko Shimamiya Tomoyuki Nakazawa Tomoyuki Nakazawa, Takeshi Ozaki |
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| Japanese | Romanization | Translation |
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| Intro ~18 seconds | ||
| さぁ 忘れましょう その未来が また 血ぬられてゆくなんて なまぬるい風 とぐろを巻いたら それがたぶん 合図 |
Saa wasuremashou sono mirai ga Mata chinurarete yuku nante Namanurui kaze toguro wo maitara Sore ga tabun aizu |
Now, let us forget that the future Will again be stained with blood. If an uncertain wind lingers, Perhaps that is my cue. |
| 抜け出してって 抜け出してって 悲しすぎる運命から あなたは 奈落の花じゃない そんな場所で 咲かないで 咲かないで からめとられて行かないで |
Nukedashite tte nukedashite tte Kanashisugiru unmei kara Anata wa naraku no hana ja nai Sonna basho de Sakanaide sakanaide Karametorarete ikanaide |
Break free, break free From too sad of a fate. You're not a stygian flower. Don't bloom, don't bloom In such a place. Don't get tangled up in it. |
| 音もなく飛び交う 時のかけら | Oto mo naku tobikau toki no kakera | Fragments of time fly about without a sound. |
| Interlude ~20 seconds | ||
| 誰がこの手を にぎっているの？ 誰がこの髪を なでているの？ 今泣いていた もえぎの中で 感じてる 合図 |
Dare ga kono te wo nigitte iru no? Dare ga kono kami wo nadete iru no? Ima naite ita moegi no naka de Kanjite ru aizu |
Who is holding my hand? Who is stroking my hair? Now, in the weeping sprouts, I sense my cue. |
| 飛び越えてって 飛び越えてって 運命のはぐるまから あなたは 奈落の花じゃない そんな場所で 散らないで 散らないで そして種を残さないで |
Tobikoete tte tobikoete tte Unmei no haguruma kara Anata wa naraku no hana ja nai Sonna basho de Chiranaide chiranaide Soshite tane wo nokosanaide |
Spring past, spring past The cogwheels of fate. You're not a stygian flower. Don't scatter petals, don't scatter petals In such a place, And don't leave any seeds there. |
| 芽を出せばふたたび廻るカルマ | Me wo daseba futatabi mawaru KARUMA | Sprout, and karma cycles once more. |
| Interlude ~39 seconds | ||
| 抜け出してって 抜け出してって 悲しすぎる運命から あなたは 奈落の花じゃない そんな場所で 咲かないで 咲かないで からめとられて行かないで |
Nukedashite tte nukedashite tte Kanashisugiru unmei kara Anata wa naraku no hana ja nai Sonna basho de Sakanaide sakanaide Karametorarete ikanaide |
Break free, break free From too sad of a fate. You're not a stygian flower. Don't bloom, don't bloom In such a place. Don't get tangled up in it. |
| 音もなく飛び交う 時のかけら | Oto mo naku tobikau toki no kakera | Fragments of time fly about without a sound. |
| Closing ~40 seconds | ||
Consider this an experiment in playing with paraphrasing and rhythm. I think it turned out fairly well, considering.
| さ | ぁ | わ | す | れ | ま | しょう | そ | の | み | ら | い | が | ||||
| Now | let's | sim- | ply | for- | get | that | when | the | fu- | ture | comes | |||||
| ま | た | ち | ぬ | ら | れ | て | ゆ | く | な | ん | て | |||||
| It | might | once | more | as | be- | fore | be | co- | vered | in | blood | |||||
| な | ま | ぬ | る | い | か | ぜ | と | ぐ | ろ | を | ま | い | た | ら | ||
| If | an | in- | de- | ci- | sive | wind | just | lin- | gers | a- | bout | me | ||||
| そ | れ | が | た | ぶん | あ | い | ず | |||||||||
| Then | pos- | si- | bly | that | is | my | cue | |||||||||
| ぬ | け | だ | して | って | ぬ | け | だ | して | って | |||||||
| It's | time | to | break | free | it's | time | to | break | free | |||||||
| か | な | し | す | ぎ | る | う | ん | めい | か | ら | ||||||
| From | a | fate | that | is | just | sim- | ply | far | too | sad | ||||||
| あ | な | た | は | な | ら | く | の | は | な | じゃ | な | い | ||||
| You're | not | a | flower | that | be- | longs | in | the | dark | ab- | yss | |||||
| そ | ん | な | ば | しょ | で | |||||||||||
| So | don't | make | that | your | place | |||||||||||
| さ | か | な | い | で | さ | か | な | い | で | |||||||
| Bloom | no | flow- | ers | there | bloom | no | flow- | ers | there | |||||||
| か | ら | め | と | ら | れ | て | い | か | な | い | で | |||||
| And | make | sure | not | to | let | your- | self | get | tan- | gled | up | |||||
| お | と | も | な | く | と | び | か | う | と | き | の | か | け | ら | ||
| With- | out | a | sound | the | frag- | ments | of | time | are | fly- | ing | to | and | fro | ||
| だ | れ | が | こ | の | て | を | に | ぎ | って | い | る | の？ | ||||
| Who | is | hold- | ing | on- | to | this | hand | of | mine? | |||||||
| だ | れ | が | この | か | み | を | な | で | て | い | る | の？ | ||||
| Who | is | gen- | tly | brush- | ing | this | hair | of | mine? | |||||||
| い | ま | な | い | て | い | た | も | え | ぎ | の | な | か | で | |||
| Right | now | in | the | midst | of | the | sprouts | that | are | cry- | ing | |||||
| か | ん | じ | て | る | あ | い | ず | |||||||||
| What | I | fe- | el | there | is | my | cue | |||||||||
| と | び | こえ | て | って | と | び | こえ | て | って | |||||||
| It's | time | to | spring | past | it's | time | to | spring | past | |||||||
| う | ん | め | い | の | は | ぐ | る | ま | か | ら | ||||||
| The | un- | com- | pro- | mi- | sing | cog- | whee- | ls | of | fate | ||||||
| あ | な | た | は | な | ら | く | の | は | な | じゃ | な | い | ||||
| You're | not | a | flower | that | be- | longs | in | the | dark | ab- | yss | |||||
| そ | ん | な | ば | しょ | で | |||||||||||
| So | don't | make | that | your | place | |||||||||||
| ち | ら | な | い | で | ち | ら | な | い | で | |||||||
| Shed | no | pe- | tals | there | shed | no | pe- | tals | there | |||||||
| そ | し | て | た | ね | を | の | こ | さ | な | い | で | |||||
| And | make | sure | that | you | don't | leave | a- | ny | seeds | be- | hind | |||||
| め | を | だ | せ | ば | ふ | た | た | び | ま | わ | る | カ | ル | マ | ||
| To | sprout | just | means | that | cy- | cling | kar- | ma | will | start | o- | ver | a- | gain | ||
| ぬ | け | だ | して | って | ぬ | け | だ | して | って | |||||||
| It's | time | to | break | free | it's | time | to | break | free | |||||||
| か | な | し | す | ぎ | る | う | ん | めい | か | ら | ||||||
| From | a | fate | that | is | just | sim- | ply | far | too | sad | ||||||
| あ | な | た | は | な | ら | く | の | は | な | じゃ | な | い | ||||
| You're | not | a | flower | that | be- | longs | in | the | dark | ab- | yss | |||||
| そ | ん | な | ば | しょ | で | |||||||||||
| So | don't | make | that | your | place | |||||||||||
| さ | か | な | い | で | さ | か | な | い | で | |||||||
| Bloom | no | flow- | ers | there | bloom | no | flow- | ers | there | |||||||
| か | ら | め | と | ら | れ | て | い | か | な | い | で | |||||
| And | make | sure | not | to | let | your- | self | get | tan- | gled | up | |||||
| お | と | も | な | く | と | び | か | う | と | き | の | か | け | ら | ||
| With- | out | a | sound | the | frag- | ments | of | time | are | fly- | ing | to | and | fro | ||