Kouta: 'Flowers of the Floating World'

'Flowers of the Floating World' by Hayashi Kano

Drifting, drifting away~
What of it~
I have become a spirit without ties

Before I knew it~
Before I knew it,
A ghost in a white shroud~

Dialogue: 'Excuse me, you young one there?'

Beckoning with a pale hand, swaying to and fro!

Interjection: 'Clap, clap' sound of a folding fan

Dialogue: 'What is it? Do you have business with me?'

There are many things in this world~
Loving and being loved~
Rejecting and being rejected~

Dialogue: 'My dear, won't you take me as your wife?'

Why~ with a ghost like this~
Who~ who would ever become a married couple
Soaking my sleeves with tears of sorrow

Dialogue: 'You, you have no feet.'

The ghost, cornered by the question~

Dialogue: 'Oh, oh, oh...'

Hiding her face and collapsing in tears
The ins and outs of the double suicide~

The rope that bound our wrists came undone
Once undone, it turned to foam
The bond also came undone, like a jellyfish in the water

Struggling~ though I tried to struggle~
Those who drown cannot be saved

Ah~ ah~ that person~
Is alive in this world, having children
Flirting and having children
While I sway at the bottom of the water

Frustrated and frustrated~
Resentful and resentful~
Unable to go to the next world, I wander aimlessly
Through willow alleys and back alleys
Ending up as a flower of the floating world
Under the willow tree~ hunting for men~
Beckoning, beckoning~ with a wave of my hand

Dialogue: 'You there, don't you want a ghost?'

- 'Flowers of the Floating World' by Hayashi Kano -