Princess Mononoke Lyrics

Tatara Women Work Song

Japanese Lyrics
Hitotsu futatsu-u wa
Akago mo fumuga
Mi-ittsu yottsu wa
Oni mo naku, na-aku
Tatara o-onna wa kogane no nasake
Tokete nagareya
Yaiba ni kawaru
 

English Translation
One, two
Even babies can push
Three, four
Even an ogre would cry
The golden love of a Tatara woman
Melts and flows
And changes into a blade
 

Princess Mononoke

Japanese Lyrics
Haritsumeta yumi no furueru tsuru yo
Tsuki no hikari ni zawameku omae no kokoro
Togisumasareta yaiba no utsukushi
Sono kissaki ni yoku nita sonata no yokogao
Kanashimi to ikari ni hisomu makoto no kokoro wo
Shiru wa mori no sei
Mononoke tachi dake
Mononoke tachi dake

English Translation
The trembling string of a taut bow
Your heart is unsettled in the moonlight
The beauty of a sharp blade
Your profile is very much like its edge
Your true heart hides behind the sorrow and anger
Only the spirits of the forest know it
Only the spirits
Only the spirits

American Release Lyrics
In the moonlight I felt your heart
Quiver like a bowstring's pulse
In the moon's pale light
You looked at me
Nobody knows your heart

When the sun has gone I see you
Beautiful and haunting but cold
Like the blade of a knife
So sharp, so sweet
Nobody knows your heart

All of your sorrows, grief, and pain
Locked away in the forests of the night
Your secret heart belongs to the world
Of the things that sigh in the dark
Of the things that cry in the dark