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</PRE> </noinclude> </PRE> </noinclude> </PRE> </noinclude>Nageki no Mori (嘆きノ森, The Forest of Grief) is the opening theme for the PS2 game Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuri. It was released on the single Nageki no Mori, along with song Complex Image.

Lyrics

Kanji Romaji Translated
深い嘆きノ森 ひぐらしのなく… Fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku… In the deep forest of grief, The cicadas cry…
その日はとても晴れた日で 冷たい風吸い込んだ 時が微量、一瞬だけ 針を止めた Sono hi wa totemo hareta hi de tsumetai kaze suikonda Toki ga biryou, isshun dake hari o tometa That day was a very sunny day, but I breathed in a cold wind Time, in just a tiny instant, stopped its needle
One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place. One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place. One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place.
変わりゆく者と それを望む者 とおりゃんせ おいでや Kawari yuku mono to sore o nozomu mono Tooryanse oide ya People who change and people who desire so Let me pass, and you come here
誰かがないた その声はドコ? そっとそっと、のぞいて見てごらんよ おやすみ良い子ハ眠レ 起きている子ハ 手々を落とすぞ 碧い月影、いち木ノ? 此ノ路でデ 子守歌を聞いたら 祭が始まり 炎はまた消えてゆく 深い嘆きノ森 ひぐらしのなく… Dareka ga naita sono koe wa doko? Sotto sotto, nozoite mite goran yo Oyasumi yoi ko wa nemure okite iru ko wa tete o otosu zo Aoi tsukikage, ichiboku no? Kono michi de komoriuta o kiitara Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku… Someone cried; where is that sound? Please try peeking quietly, quietly Good night, good children sleep and the awake children project hands Is the pale moonlight from one tree? If you hear a lullaby on this path Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again In the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…
優しいモノを恐れたり それが悲鳴をあげたり 髪を切り落としたくて 瞳閉じた Yasashii mono o osoretari sore ga himei o agetari Kami o kiriotoshitakute hitomi tojita Fearing those who are kind, and them giving screams I wanted to cut away my hair and I closed my eyes
One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place One-way, that cannot return twice. A lost child looks for a bright place
紅く染まる目は 誰の名を叫ぶの? とおりゃんせ 楽しや Kaku somaru me wa dare no na o sakebu no? Tooryanse tanoshi ya Whose name does your eyes that dye red call for? Let me pass; it’ll be fun
ヤシロに映ス 置き去りの影 きっときっと、あの子はもう居ないよ 日も入り遭い鬼ノ面 幼い笑みで 羽をもがいた 合わせ鏡に映る姿に 顔が無いと、顔が無いと、泣いたら 祭が始まり 炎はまた消えてゆく 深い嘆きノ森 ひぐらしのなく… Yashiro ni utsusu okizari no kage kitto kitto, ano ko wa mou inai yo Hi mo iriai oni no men osanai emi de hane o mogaita Awase kagami ni utsuru sugata ni kao ga nai to, kao ga nai to, naitara Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku… The abandoned shadow casted on the shrine; surely, surely, that child doesn’t exist anymore The day also has a sunset face of a demon, and with a childish smile, I wriggled my wings If you cry about not having a face, not having a face on your figure reflected in the opposing mirror Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again In the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…
誰かがないた その声はドコ? そっとそっと、のぞいて見てごらんよ おやすみ良い子ハ眠レ 起きている子ハ 手々を落とすぞ 碧い月影、いち木ノ? 此ノ路でデ 子守歌を聞いたら 祭が始まり 炎はまた消えてゆく 深い嘆きノ森 ひぐらしのなく… Dareka ga naita sono koe wa doko? Sotto sotto, nozoite mite goran yo Oyasumi yoi ko wa nemure okite iru ko wa tete o otosu zo Aoi tsukikage, ichiboku no? Kono michi de komoriuta o kiitara Matsuri ga hajimari hi wa mata kiete yuku fukai nageki no mori higurashi no naku… Someone cried; where is that sound? Please try peeking quietly, quietly Good night, good children sleep and the awake children project hands Is the pale moonlight from one tree? If you hear a lullaby on this path Then the festival will start and the flames will vanish again; In the deep forest of grief, the cicadas cry…

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