Rasen Lyrics in English by Janne Da Arc

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Below, I translated the lyrics of the song Rasen by Janne Da Arc from Japanese to English.

生きとし生けるものすべて

iki toshi ikeru mono subete

Every living thing there is

何のために生きているの?

nan no tame ni ikiteiru no

What is it living for?

人はなぜ生まれたの?

hito wa naze umareta no

Why were people born?

今の僕にはまだ

ima no boku ni wa mada

The me of right now

答えられない、、、。

kotaerarenai

Still can't answer that

The devil that

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Resides deep in the forest

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Is capable of translating

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The true form of human

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Beings onto its'mirror

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That reflects the future'

That reflects the future

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'It seems that you have hope

It seems that you have hope

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Come stand

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In front of this mirror to see

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What becomes of you

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In the future.'

In the future

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深い森の奥にはまだ眠れぬ魂

fukai mori no oku ni wa mada nemurenu tamashii

Deep in the forest, there are still restless souls

ゆらりと描く死の螺旋を

yurari to egaku shi no rasen o

Swaying as they trace the spiral of death

樹海の霧に誘われ場所を探す

jukai no kiri ni sasoware basho o sagasu

Lured by the mist of the sea of trees, I search for a place

声も枯れ果てるまで君を呼ぶよ

koe mo karehateru made kimi o yobu yo

Until my voice gives out, I'll keep calling you

ぬけがらは風に吹かれて

nukegara wa kaze ni fukarete

My empty shell is blown by the wind

静かに砂となって消える

shizuka ni suna to natte kieru

And quietly turns to sand and fades away

灰を集めて海へと今流し、、、

hai o atsumete umi e to ima nagashi

I gather the ashes and now let them flow out to the sea

君を想い続けて螺旋描く

kimi o omoitsuzukete rasen egaku

I keep thinking of you, tracing a spiral

僕らは旅人

bokura wa tabibito

We're travelers

今はもう聞こえない

ima wa mou kikoenai

Now I can't hear it anymore

君の唄声さえ聞こえない、、、、。

kimi no utagoe sae kikoenai

I can't even hear your singing voice

The reflection

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In the mirror was nothing

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But a weary human

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Without any dream and hope

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And it was you

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'This is what becomes of you

This is what becomes of you

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And there's nothing you can do

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About that

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LUNAの鏡未来を映し出せば

LUNA no kagami mirai o utsushidaseba

If LUNA's mirror reflects the future

世界破壊と腐敗絶望だけ

sekai hakai to fuhai zetsubou dake

The world is only destruction, decay and despair

失われた最後のメロディー

ushinawareta saigo no merodii

The last melody, now lost

現れた'希望'唱う少女

arawareta kibou utau shoujo

A girl appeared, singing of 'hope'

同じ破滅を奏でて

onaji hametsu o kanadete

Playing the same ruin

「ほら、おいで、、」

hora oide

"Come on, come here..."

君を想い続けて螺旋辿り

kimi o omoitsuzukete rasen tadori

I keep thinking of you, tracing the spiral

今、生まれ変わる

ima umarekawaru

Now I'm reborn

砕かれた鏡には何も映らない

kudakareta kagami ni wa nani mo utsuranai

A shattered mirror reflects nothing

もう語らない、、、、。

mou kataranai

I won't speak anymore

やがて、風は消え、、、、

yagate kaze wa kie

Soon, the wind will fade

森は枯れ、、、、

mori wa kare

The forest will wither

すべて壊れ、、、夢の中

subete koware yume no naka

Everything will break... inside a dream

今も、、、

ima mo

Even now

君を想い続けて螺旋描く

kimi o omoitsuzukete rasen egaku

I keep thinking of you, tracing a spiral

僕らは旅人

bokura wa tabibito

We're travelers

砕かれた鏡には何も映らない

kudakareta kagami ni wa nani mo utsuranai

A shattered mirror reflects nothing

もう語らない

mou kataranai

I won't speak anymore

君を想い続けて螺旋辿り

kimi o omoitsuzukete rasen tadori

I keep thinking of you, tracing the spiral

今、生まれ変わる

ima umarekawaru

Now I'm reborn

'何のために生きるのか?'

nan no tame ni ikiru no ka

'What am I living for?'

僕は今これから見つけだす

boku wa ima korekara mitsukedasu

I'll find it, starting now

Human beings are so pathetic

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Though you may have hope

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You creatures apt to play the

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Sixth Melody over and again

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And you too

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Shall be taken in

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By that darkness

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What can be more pitiful

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Than this?

Than this

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What you have done

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Till this day

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And what you plan

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To do tomorrow

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It's all worthless

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Let it go. Stay here

Let it go Stay here

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Dream and hopes are worthless

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Should you go gyratory

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With the sleepless spirits

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And wander around in this forest

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For the rest of your life

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And you shall not see

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The despair awaiting

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For you in the future

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Forever, and ever

Forever and ever

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And ever..'

And ever

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"Rasen" means "spiral", and the whole song turns around one image: a spiral of death traced through a dark forest. It opens with a question most songs would save for the end: 生きとし生けるものすべて何のために生きているの? (every living thing, what is it living for?). The narrator admits 今の僕にはまだ答えられない (the me of right now still can't answer that).

From there it gets theatrical. Spoken English passages voice a devil in the forest whose mirror shows the future, and what it shows is grim: 世界破壊と腐敗絶望だけ (the world is only destruction, decay and despair). The forest is a 樹海 (literally "sea of trees", a word Japanese uses for a dense, endless forest), full of 眠れぬ魂 (restless souls). The singer keeps calling for someone he lost, 声も枯れ果てるまで (until his voice gives out), and scatters ashes into the sea.

The turn comes when the mirror breaks: 砕かれた鏡には何も映らない (a shattered mirror reflects nothing). The devil's prophecy loses its power, and the song ends on a stubborn answer to its first question: 僕は今これから見つけだす (I'll find it, starting now). It's dramatic, a bit gothic, and the payoff is worth the gloom.

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