The Ballade of Puppets: In a New World Gods Will Descend ("Ghost in the

Kugutsuuta Aratayo Ni Kamutsudo Hite

Kanashimi ni nuetori naku

ga kaeri misuredo hana wa chirinubeshi
Nagusamuru kokoro wa kenuru ga gotoku

Aratayo ni kamutsudoite
Yo wa ake nuetori naku

Saku hana wa kami ni koinomu
Ikeru yo ni a ga mi kanashimo
Ime wa kenu…

Ikeru yo ni a ga mi kanashimo
Ime wa kenu uramite chiru 

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Like the autumn leaves we fall together
The chaotic frenzy has stopped howling
In grief, Nue will sing
When we look back
Flowers will fall away
The heart of solace having withered
In a new world Gods will descend
Dawn will break and Nue will sing
Flowers in bloom pray to Gods
Lamenting over their being in this
World of life.
Their dreams having faded away.

Lamentig over...
Their dreams...

Flowers grieve and fall.

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The night bird calls out in sadness.

When I turn to look, the flowers had all fallen away
It was as if all comfort had vanished from the world

As the gods leave to gather in the new world,
Day breaks, and the night bird calls out.

The blossoms beseech the gods.
"Even though in this world we may know grief and suffering"
"Our dreams shall never die"

"Even though in this world we may know grief and suffering"
"Our dreams shall never die," and they fall from the branch in anger