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Wasuraruru

“Forgotten, I Still Fear for You” — UkonSource: Shūishū, Love IV · 870
忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし
人の命の 惜しくもあるかな
Wasuraruru mi oba omowazu chikaiteshi
hito no inochi no oshiku mo aru kana
Forgotten by you — for myself I do not grieve.
But you swore before the gods, and it is your life I fear for now.
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Music Video

ミュージックビデオ

The Story

歌のものがたり
The court lady Ukon was loved and left by a man who had sworn eternal devotion before the gods. Her response is one of the most devastating poems in the anthology: she does not mourn her own abandonment — she worries about him, because oaths broken before the gods were believed to cost the oath-breaker's life. Whether the concern is tender or the sharpest irony ever written in thirty-one syllables is left entirely to the reader. Perhaps it is both at once.

Lyrics

歌詞
Japanese

忘らるる(拾遺和歌集・百人一首38番)Garu JP

Verse 1

別に平気だよ ほら笑ってる

ひとりの部屋も ひとりの夜も

元気なフリなら 得意になった

泣き顔は誰にも 見せないから

Pre-Chorus

「一生そばにいる」って言った

あの夜の声が 消えてくれない

Chorus 1

忘らるる 私はいいの

忘れられるのは 慣れてるから

ただ心配なの 「永遠」を

神様に誓った あなたのこと

罰が当たっても 知らないから

Verse 2

新しい人は きれいな人ね

「おめでとう」って 笑ってみせた

上手に言えた はずなのにね

部屋に戻ると 涙が出た

Pre-Chorus 2

「一生」なんて 軽い言葉

信じた私が 馬鹿みたいでしょ

Chorus 2

忘らるる 身をば思はず

私のことは どうでもいいの

誓ひてし人の 命が惜しい

なんて強がり 言いながら

ほんとは今も 好きなんだよ

Bridge

ほんとはね 罰なんかより

あなたが元気で いてほしいの

憎みきれない 自分のことが

いちばん憎い 夜明け前

Drop

忘らるる 身をば思はず 誓ひてし

人の命の 惜しくもあるかな

Final Chorus

忘らるる 私はいいの

でも神様は 見てるからね

あなたの誓った 「永遠」のゆくえ

罰が当たる前に 思い出して

それだけ言って もう行くね

Outro

人の命の……

惜しくもあるかな

English

Wasuraruru (Shui Wakashu / Hyakunin Isshu No.38) Garu JP

I'm fine, really — see, I'm smiling

Alone in my room, alone at night

I've gotten good at acting cheerful

I never let anyone see me cry

"I'll be with you forever," you said

That night's voice won't leave me alone

Forgotten — but I'm fine

Being forgotten is nothing new to me

I'm just worried, that's all — about you

Who swore "forever" before the gods

Don't blame me if the heavens punish you

Your new love is a beautiful one, isn't she

"Congratulations," I said with a smile

I thought I said it well enough

But back in my room, the tears came

"Forever" — such an easy word

I was a fool to believe it, wasn't I

Forgotten — I do not think of myself

Me? I don't matter at all

It's his sworn life I fear for

That's the brave face I keep on

When the truth is I still love you

The truth is, more than any punishment

I just want you to be well

The self that cannot bring itself to hate you

Is what I hate most, before the dawn

Forgotten, I do not think of myself

But the life of the one who swore — how I fear for it

Forgotten — but I'm fine

Just remember, the gods are watching

Where your sworn "forever" goes

Remember it before the punishment comes

That's all I came to say — now I'll go

The life of the one who swore......

How I fear for it

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