極楽鳥歌 - ALI PROJECT traduction en anglais

極楽鳥歌

弔うべき愛を
抱えたまま死んだ
女は 天に舞い
生まれ変わる 迦陵頻伽
歌いましょう 奏でましょう
悲しみがもうこぼれ落ちぬように
仏さま どうか
美しい声をお授けください
世の恋人たちがそっと眠り入るまで
背負った 罪いくつ
数えて折る指の
鉤爪 弦の音を
響かせます 地獄の方へ
鳥になる 花になる
憎しみはもう追って来られぬように
仏さま どうか
麗しい姿お与えください
人で非ずば心など消えるでしょうか
歌いましょう 奏でましょう
喜びだけ満ちてつづくために
仏さま わたしに
美しい声をお授けください
世に終わりがくるときにも
歌えるように

Song of the Bird of Paradise

With a love that should have been cherished and laid to rest,
She met her demise
Ascending to the heavens, she was reborn
As a Kalavinka, a celestial bird
Let us sing and play
So that grief may no longer make us weep
Oh, holy Buddha,
Please bestow upon me a voice of ethereal beauty.
Until the lovers of this world gently slumber.
The sins I carry, so many
I count them with my fingers
Their hooked claws pluck at the strings
Resonating to the realms of hell.
To become a bird, to become a flower
So that hatred may no longer pursue.
Oh, holy Buddha,
Please grant me an exquisitely graceful form
If I cease to be human, will my heart simply fade away?
Let us sing and play
So that only joy may prevail
Oh, holy Buddha, grant me
A voice of exquisite beauty.
Even when the world reaches its end,
May I continue to sing.