ケンムンの樹 Tree of Kenmun (Kenmun no Ki)

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Original

Music title: ケンムンの樹
English music title: Tree of Kenmun
Romaji music title: Kenmun no Ki

Music & Lyrics written, Voice edited by オカメP (Okame-P)
Music arranged by オカメP (Okame-P)
Singer(s): 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku), Gumi (Megpoid)

Click here for the original Japanese Lyrics

English Lyrics (translated by animeyay)：

One sin, two sins, more and more,
they live their current life eating sins.
They are little blameless monsters
who live discreetly in the banyan tree.

For a Kenmun to make its wish come true,
it will swallow up people's tenderness

among other precious things to grow bigger.
Actually, aren't you and I the same?
So I'll at least wish for flowers to bloom on this tree.
They won't say anything even if they turn out small.

One human, two humans, counting on and on,
they live through their time eating humans.
They do so in order to make great flowers bloom
on the banyan tree.

You see, on the banyan tree,
there are words of the flowers of happiness.

If a Kenmun's wish is to eat humans,
it will kill and kill to satiate its desire.
If a Kenmun's wish is to let humans live,
it will kill and kill, until the very end.

So I'll at least wish for flowers to bloom on this tree.
Nobody will criticize me even if they turn out small.

So you too, at least, should try,
no matter how small the flowers turn out.

[Translation notes]

Note: In Japanese folklore, Kenmun are small monsters with red skin and hair and a face resembling that of a monkey or a dog. Possessing the ability to transfigure, they live in and watch over the banyan trees. However, in this song, Kenmun are humans wrongfully sentenced to death and eternally bound to the banyan trees. They come back to life as monsters and would eat anything, even humans, in order to make banyan flowers bloom.

Romaji lyrics (transliterated by animeyay)：

hitotsu futatsu afureru you ni
tsumi o kurai ima o ikite'ru
sore wa sore wa GAJUMARU no ki ni
hisomu chiisana muko no mononoke

KENMUN no nozomi o kanaeru tame naraba
hito no yasashisa de mo taisetsu na mono sae mo

makikonde ookiku naru
sore wa kimi mo boku mo onaji darou
dakara sa semete hana o
chiisakute mo nani mo iwanai darou

hitori futari kazoeru you ni
hito o kurai toki o ikite'ru
sore wa sore wa GAJUMARU no ki ni
ookina hana o sakaseru tame ni

GAJUMARU no ki ni wa sa
shiawase no hana no kotoba ga aru

KENMUN no nozomi mo hito mo taberu tame nara
koroshite koroshite yoku o mitasu
KENMUN no negai mo hito mo ikiru tame nara
ayamete ayamete ayametsukusu

dakara sa semete hana o
chiisakute mo dare mo semenai darou

dakara sa semete kimi mo
tatoe donna ni chiisakute mo

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