[Dandeli]

かごめ かごめ  籠の中の鳥は  いついつ出やる  夜明けの晩に  鶴と亀が滑った  後ろの正面だあれ

  

  
As I'm buried beneath the ground, I think about you.

As I'm buried beneath the ground, I lament about you.
As I'm buried beneath the ground, I choke on this dull earth.
 

You saw me be unmade, you saw every little thing on full display.
 

You saw my kidney, chock-full of rot,

You saw that decaying liver, shaped like a forget-me-not,

You saw that brain which was lifeless swirls, no thoughts to give way,
You saw even the spleen, dismayed and lifeless, bursting into fractals, gone from even yesterday.
 

You saw every single organ as I withered there, away.
 
You go on, trying to not forget all the times that we shared.
 
You swept the hagoita across the air, hitting the hane into my face.
Up went your swan-shaped kite, which got caught in the tree.
You used to cry because I didn't want to play kakurenbo.
 
As clumsy as a cat's paw, as clumsy as a cow.
 
How are you going to survive out there?

  

  

夕焼け小焼けの　赤とんぼ   負われてみたのは  いつの日か  山の畑の　桑の実を  小籠に摘んだは  まぼろしか