"Kuzunoha no Kowakare" [Full Song + Lyrics]

Please excuse the dialogue in the beginning (and the sounds of Mugen eating in the middle...), I had no way to edit that out. In case you want to skip it, the song actually starts at 0:48. I'm also sorry about some mistakes in the lyrics.

This song is from Episode 20 of the anime Samurai Champloo. It is "Kuzunoha no Kowakare", translated in English as "Kuzunoha's Child Separation" or "Kuzunoha Leaves Her Child". More about the story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuzunoha

LYRICS:

いずれにおろかはあらなども
しゅじなるりやくをたずぬるに
なに新作もなきゆえに
葛の葉姫の哀れさを
あらあらよみあげたてまつる

izure ni oroka wa aranadomo
shuji naru riyaku wo tazunuru ni
nani shinsaku mo naki yue ni
kuzunoha hime no aware sa wo
ara ara yomiage tatematsuru

Though a fool I may be in many ways,
perhaps I may be rewarded for this deed.
But alas, no new songs come to mind.
May I be allowed to sing to you instead
the sad tale of Princess Kuzunoha?

狐仲間へ交じられず
母は信太の暮れ狐
身のやりどこもないわいな
なんとしょうぞえ童子よと
あわれなりける次第なり

kitsune nakama e majirarezu
haha wa shinoda no kure kitsune
mi no yari doko mo nai wai na
nanto shouzo e dōji yo to
aware nari keru shidainari

Unable to return to her fellow foxes...
...the mother became a recluse in the forests of Shinoda.
With her life now deprived of meaning,
she calls out to her distant child, "What shall I do?"
Alas, what a sad tale this is!

さて皆様にもどなたにも
あまり長いも座の障り
これはこの座の段の切れ

sate minnasama ni modonata ni mo
amari nagai mo za no sawari
kore wa kono za no dan no kire

Hear my words, one and all.
Your health may suffer from sitting and listening from so long...
...and so I now bring this song to an end.

Kanji and Romaji lyrics from: http://www.setbb.com/phpbb/viewtopic....
English lyrics from: FUNimation