Onmyouza - Nurikabe

One of my favorite J-metal bands is Onmyouza.. there is one song they have that fascinates me.. Nurikabe.. as part of me trying to learn japanese on my own I decided to practice singing the lyrics, find out the meaning of the kanjis and how to draw them by the proper stroking order..

<span class="deco" style="font-weight:bold;">Kanji</span>

旅路を行くは一方の
畏れを知らぬ剛の者
七部過ぎたるその刹那
見る目敵わぬ巨大な壁が

上を下へと取り乱し
途方に暮れて立ち尽くす
明日の宵には山越えて
邑君の許着かねばならぬ

嗚呼 繋ぎ止めた明日が
音もなく遠ざかり
繰り返す遺響の囁き

想いが潰えたと泣くより
この身が朽ちる際まで 弛みなかれ

忌々しくともとぼとぼと
兵どもが夢の跡
読むことも口惜しく
持ちたる杖で裾野を掃う

信じ難きやおとろしや
何時しか壁は消え入らむ
八方の手を尽くさねば
答えは出せぬ此の世はをかし

嗚呼 咎認めたはずが
音もなく立ち竦み
蒸し返す回向も眩き

想いは潰えたと泣くより
この身が朽ちる際まで 弛みなく

想いは潰えたと泣くより
この身が朽ちる際まで 弛みなかれ

<span class="deco" style="font-weight:bold;">Romaji</span>

Tabiji wo yuku wa hitokata no
osore wo shiranu gou no mono
shichi-bu sugitaru sono setsuna
miru me kanawanu kyodai na kabe ga

Ue wo shita e to torimidashi
tohouni kurete tachitsukusu
asu no yoi ni wa yama koete
mura kimi no moto tsukanebanaranu

Aa tsunagi tometa asu ga
oto mo naku toozakari
kurikaesu ikyou no sasayaki

Omoi wa tsuieta to naku yori
kono mi ga kuchiru kiwamade tayumi nagare

Imaimashiku mo tobotobo to
tsuwamono domo ga yume no ato
akiramu koto mo kuchioshiku
mochitaru tsuete susono wo haraou

Shinji katakiya otoroshiya
itsushika kabe wa kie iramu
happou no te wo tsukusane ba
kotae wa dasenu kono yo wa wo kashi

Aa togamitometa hazu ga
koe mo naku tachisukumi
mushikaesu ekou mo tsubuyaki

Omoi wa tsuieta to naku yori
kono mi ga kuchiru kiwamade tayumi naku
Omoi wa tsuieta to naku yori
kono mi ga kuchiru kiwamade tayumi nagare

<span class="deco" style="font-weight:bold;">English</span>

On the road goes a
Fearless powerful man
The moment that the most of the journey is done
There is a huge unseeable wall

In utter confusion
Standing still, in a quandary
By tomorrow evening I must go over the mountain
And meet the chief of the village

Ah, the tomorrow that was fastened to today
Recedes without a sound
A whisper of echoes repeats itself

Instead of crying that your wishes have crumbled
Be persistent until the moment your body decays

Annoyingly and ploddingly
Warriors vanished like a dream
It's regrettable to give up
Sweeping the foot of the mountain with the waiting stick

Unbelievable and dreadful
When ever will the wall vanish?
You must try all possible means
Or you won't find the answer, this world is mysterious

Ah, I thought I had admitted my fault
Standing paralyzed, without a sound
The murmur of the memorial service revives

Instead of crying that your wishes have crumbled
Be persistent until the moment your body decays

Instead of crying that your wishes have crumbled
Be persistent until the moment your body decays
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