七変化

宵闇の路地で鈴が鳴る 狐面の影が手招きする 藍にほどける千代紙の夜 名前も告げず　微笑んだ 一歩ごと装いは色を変え 薄紅　琥珀　翡翠のきらめき ほどいた迷いを帯に結び 息を合わせて　はじまる 七変化　夜を染めて 花のように心が舞う 借り物じゃないこの鼓動で 私の名は　私が決める 遠く祭囃子　和傘が弾む 足音は拍に追いついていく 簪ひと振り　髪がほどけ 過去の私に手を振った 影と光が指切りをして 戸惑いは風に溶けた 震えた声を抱きしめたら もう戻らない　進める 七変化　風を裂いて 鼓動は明日を呼び寄せる 偽りの姿は置いてゆこう 本当の声で　今　放て 静けさの底で殻が割れる 朱ににじむ　最後の涙 ひとつずつ色を重ね直し 初めての笑顔が芽吹いた 七変化　今この身で 移ろう色に芯を灯す 何度でも生まれ変われる 私の物語は続く 色を重ね直し 初めての笑顔が芽吹き

A bell rings out in the dusk-dark alley A fox-masked shadow beckons me near A night of patterned paper unraveling into indigo Without giving a name, it softly smiled With every step my guise shifts its color Pale rose, then amber, then jade's bright shimmer I bind my loosened doubt into my sash Breathing together, it begins Metamorphosis, dyeing the night Like a flower, the heart dances With this heartbeat that is not borrowed My name, I will decide for myself Distant festival music, paper umbrellas bouncing My footsteps catch up to the beat One shake of a hairpin, my hair falls loose I wave goodbye to my past self Shadow and light make a pinky promise The hesitation melted into the wind Once I embrace my trembling voice No turning back, I will move on Metamorphosis, tearing the wind The heartbeat calls tomorrow near Let's leave the false guise behind With your true voice, release it now At the bottom of the silence, the shell cracks open A new dawn bleeding into vermilion I will not hide anymore The true color begins to shine Metamorphosis, dyeing the night Like a flower, the heart dances With this heartbeat that is not borrowed My name, I will decide for myself A bell rings once more in the morning light The color of the future is mine to choose