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    Kazuya Takase|
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ひぐらしのなく頃に
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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (ひぐらしのなく頃に, When the Cicadas Cry) is the first opening theme for the 2006 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni anime and the ending theme for the first episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gō. It is sung by Eiko Shimamiya. __TOC__

Lyrics

TV Size

Kanji Rōmaji English
振り向いた その後ろの (正面だぁれ?) 暗闇に 爪を立てて (夜を引き裂いた) Furimuita sono ushiro no (shōmen dare?) Kurayami ni tsume o tatete (yoru o hikisaita) Behind where I looked back (who’s front is that?) I raised my nails in the dark (and slashed the night)
雨だれは血のしずくとなって頬を つたい落ちる もうどこにも帰る場所が無いなら Amadare wa chi no shizuku to natte hoho o Tsutai ochiru Mō doko ni mo kaeru basho ga nai nara Raindrops become droplets of blood drip down my cheek If you don’t have a place to go back to
この指止まれ 私の指に その指ごと 連れてってあげる ひぐらしが鳴く 開かずの森へ 後戻りは もう出来ない Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni Sono yubi goto tsuretette ageru Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e Atomodori wa mō dekinai Then stop here on my finger I’ll take you away along with that finger To the unopenable forest where cicadas cry You can't turn back anymore

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Full Version

Kanji Rōmaji Translated
振り向いた その後ろの (正面だぁれ?)
暗闇に 爪を立てて (夜を引き裂いた)
Furimuita sono ushiro no (Shōmen daare?)
Kurayami ni tsume o tatete (yoru o hikisaita)
Behind where I looked back; (Who’s front is that?)

I sank in my nails into the darkness (and tore apart the night)
雨だれは血の滴となって頬を
つたえ落ちる
もうどこにも帰る場所が無いなら
Amadare wa chi no shizuku to natte hoho o
Tsutae ochiru
Mō doko ni mo kaeru basho ga nai nara
The raindrops turn into droplets of blood and drip down my cheeks
If there’s no place for me to return to anywhere anymore
 この指止まれ 私の指に
 その指ごと 連れてってあげる
 ひぐらしが鳴く 開かずの森へ
 後戻りは もう出来ない
 Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni
 Sono yubi goto tsuretette ageru
 Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori e
 Atomodori wa mō dekinai
 Take these fingers, my fingers
 I’ll take you away with all of your fingers
 To the unopened forest where cicadas cry
 I can’t turn back anymore
ひとりずつ 消されてゆく (蒼い炎)
暗闇の その向うに (朝はもう来ない)
Hitorizutsu kesarete yuku (Aoi honoo)
Kurayami no sono mukō ni (asa wa mō konai)
Being extinguished one by one; (the blue flames)
Beyond the darkness, (the morning won’t come anymore)
鏡の中で 蠢き伸ばしてくる無数の手で
さぁ 誰かをここへ誘いなさい
Kagami no naka de ugomeki nobashite kuru musuu no te de
Saa dareka o koko e izanai nasai
Inside the mirror, with countless wriggling hands reaching out
Come on, lure someone here
 鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ
 どんなに逃げても 捕まえてあげる
 ひぐらしが鳴く けもの道から
 聞こえていた声はもうない
 Oni-san kochira te no naru hou e
 Donna ni nigetemo tsukamaete ageru
 Higurashi ga naku kemonomichi kara
 Kikoete ita koe wa mō nai
 Come to me demon, to where my hands clap
 No matter how you flee, I’ll capture you
 From the animal trail where cicadas cry
 The voice that I heard is no more
 この指止まれ 私の指に
 その指ごと 連れてってあげる
 ひぐらしが鳴く 開かずの森へ
 後戻りは もう出来ない
 Kono yubi tomare watashi no yubi ni
 Sono yubi goto tsuretette ageru
 Higurashi ga naku akazu no mori
 Atomodori wa mō dekinai
 Take these fingers, my fingers
 I’ll take you away with all of your fingers
 To the unopened forest where cicadas cry
 I can’t turn back anymore
 鬼さんこちら 手の鳴るほうへ
 どんなに逃げても 捕まえてあげる
 ひぐらしが鳴く けもの道から
 聞こえていた声はもうない
 Oni-san kochira te no naru hō e
 Donna ni nigetemo tsukamaete ageru
 Higurashi ga naku kemonomichi kara
 Kikoete ita koe wa mō nai
 Come to me demon, to where my hands clap
 No matter how you flee, I’ll capture you
 From the animal trail where cicadas cry
 The voice that I heard is no more

Trivia

  • The mysterious lyrics at the beginning of the song ("hange hara hare hi") were created by reversing the phrase nigerarenainda (逃げられないんだ), "there's no escape." Incidentally the reversed chant is used in Naraku no Hana, the OP for the second season — which answers the mysteries of the previous season.
  1. ↑ TV Size Romaji and English translation by Sentai Filmorks

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