nebulancer

English translation:

The bewitching fragrance of flowers,

Grape-colored kimono sleeves blooming in the night

Covering my numbed cold lips I'd pressed together,

I opened the sliding screen

Those pale white cheeks, illuminated by the paper lantern

Were stained with secretive tears, gaining color

Pity falls as if dancing, swaying up in the night

Swimming through spring, I remember

Your face in profile

You're the only one, you're the only one

I've continued to think of all these years,

Even as I wither and scatter away

Forever and ever, as I've waited for only you

Yet again today, I slumber with a pinky promise, resembling a flower

I have been so desolate for so long

That my hairpin's golden edging has begun to peel off

All alone in a cage of forgotten love,

Ripping off a single petal decorated with make-up, smiling like a blossom

Pity falls as if dancing, swaying up in the night

Feeling sorrow overcome me in spring, within me is revived

Your warmth

You're the only one I've continued to think of

How much do you think I've cried over you, regretted you?

Like a barren flower

Always, always, as I've waited for only you

I recite a poem at my bedside, in a corner of my cage

The melancholy melody of the concertina

Overlaps with my own self reflected in the mirror, in the depths of night

My lips have already been corrupted with the constant falsehoods

Within me dwells disgrace... Have you already forgotten about me?

You're the only one, you're the only one

I've continued to think of all these years,

Even as I wither and scatter away

Forever and ever, as I've waited for only you

Yet again today, I slumber with a pinky promise, resembling a flower, beautifully

No matter how long I wait

You're the only one...

The bewitching fragrance of flowers,

Grape-colored kimono sleeves blooming in the night

Romaji:

hana no ikyou ebizome no

tamoto yoru ni saite

kajikanda usu kuchibiru

fusagi nagara fusuma wo hiraita

andou ga terasu shiroi hoho ni wa

hisoka no namida shimite irozuku

aware maichiru yoru ni yuriagu

haru wo oyoide omoidasu

anata no yokogao

anata dake wo anata dake wo

ikutose zutto karete nao

chitte nao omoitsuzukeyou

zutto zutto anata dake wo machitsuzuke nagara

kyou mo mata yubikiri nemuru hana no you ni

kanzashi no kogane fuchi ga

hagareru hodo nagai samishisa ni

hitorikiri koiwasure no kago nite

yabuite hanaemu kewau hitohira

aware maichiru yoru ni yuriagu

haru wo ureide yomigaeru

anata no nukumori

anata dake wo omoitsuzuke

doredake zutto naita deshou

kuita deshou adabana no you ni

itsumo itsumo anata dake wo machitsuzuke nagara

makurabe de usobuki utau kago no katasumi

tefuukin no kanashige na shirabe ni

kagami ni utsuru sugata wo kasaneta yofukashi

kono kuchibiru wa mou

tsunemunagoto ni yogoreta

kegare wo yadosu watashi wo

anata wa wasuremashita ka

anata dake wo anata dake wo

ikutose zutto karete nao

chitte nao omoitsuzukeyou

zutto zutto anata dake wo machitsuzuke nagara

kyou mo mata yubikiri nemuru hana no you ni

utsukushiku itsumademo...

anata dake wo...

hana no ikyou ebizome no

tamoto yoru ni saite

Kanji:

花の異香葡萄染の

袂夜に咲いて

悴んだ薄唇

塞ぎ乍ら襖を開いた

行燈が照らす白い頬には

密かの涙滲みて色付く

あはれ舞い散る夜に揺り上ぐ

春を泳いで想ひ出す

あなたの横顔

あなただけをあなただけを

幾年ずっと枯れてなお

散ってなお想ひ続けよう

ずっとずっとあなただけを待ち続け乍ら

今日もまた指切り眠る花の様に

簪の黄金縁が

剥がれる程永い淋しさに

ひとりきり恋忘れの籠にて

破いて花笑む化粧う一枚

あはれ舞い散る夜に揺り上ぐ

春を憂いで蘇る

あなたのぬくもり

あなただけを思ひ続け

どれだけずっと泣いたでしょう

悔いたでしょう徒花の様に

いつもいつもあなただけを待ち続け乍ら

枕辺で嘯き詠う籠の片隅

手風琴の悲しげな調べに

鏡に映る姿を重ねた夜深し

この唇はもう

常空言に汚れた

穢れを宿す私をあなたは忘れましたか

あなただけをあなただけを

幾年ずっと枯れてなお

散ってなお想ひ続けよう

ずっとずっとあなただけを

待ち続け乍ら

今日もまた指切り眠る

花の様に美しく

いつまででも

あなただけを

花の異香葡萄染の

袂夜に咲いて

[T/N: Adabana, the title of this song, has various meanings.

1) A flower that does not bear fruit despite blooming. It is, thus, a useless flower. With that in mind, it can also mean something that doesn't reach expectations despite being set up as such.

2) A flower that is fleeting, because it blooms and immediately withers and dies. The flower that is often used with this meaning is the cherry blossom, to compare. It can also be used to describe a fleeting love.

3) A flower that blooms outside of its season.

4) A paper flower that the guests in a red-light district give to the performers, which cannot be exchanged for actual money.

https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%BE%92%E8%8A%B1-425248

Additionally, the color "ebizome" is a traditional Japanese color, translated literally as "vine grape." It was once used as a descriptor of social status and hierarchy.

https://www.color-name.com/%E8%92%B2%E8%90%84-ebizome.color]