Senbonzakura

Illustration by 一斗まる/Movie by 三重の人

Title

千本桜 Romaji: Senbonzakura Official English: Thousand Cherry Blossoms English: Thousand Cherry Tree

Uploaded on September 17, 2011 11,539,000+ Niconico views and 3,242,000+ YouTube views

Singer

Hatsune Miku

Producer(s)

Kurousa-P (music, lyrics) Hajime (guitar) Itto Maru (illust) Mienohito (video)

Link(s)

Nicovideo  Youtube

Background

This song seems to be about the westernization of Japan, which happened during the Meiji Restoration. Despite having an upbeat, oriental track, the song contains rather dark themes, mentioning guillotines and ICBMs. In addition, the lyrics state things such as "Songs of lament go unheard" (嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ) and "This is a banquet inside a steel jail cell" (此処は宴　鋼の檻).

To celebrate the song's anniversary, it was re-released along with 8 different arranges in the album 1st ANNIVERSARY! ALL THAT "Senbonzakura" on September 12, 2012.

"Senbonzakura" was released as a single under the label KarenT. This song is also featured in the albums 5th ANNIVERSARY BEST, EXIT TUNES PRESENTS Vocalodream feat. 初音ミク, HATSUNE ROCK feat.初音ミク, Kurousa Works feat.初音ミク -黒うさP作品集-, V love 25～Brave Heart～, ボーカロイド超ベスト-impacts-, ボカロ超ミックス feat. 初音ミク, Hatsune Miku 5th Anniversary Best ～impacts～, 初音ミク-Project DIVA-F Complete Collection, 創造Endless, 桜, VOCA NICO☆PARTY, and Yoen Waso Emaki. Multiple covers and remixes have been included in additional albums.

This song has entered the Hall of Legend and is notable for having stayed in the VOCALOID ranking consistently for a long time.

Lyrics

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大胆不敵にハイカラ革命

Intrepidly raising a plush revolution

磊々落々（らいらいらくらく）反戦国家

Free and easy, an antiwar country

日の丸印の二輪車転がし

Pedaling a bicycle marked with the Rising Sun

悪霊退散　ICBM

Exorcising evil spirits

環状線を走り抜けて　

Running through ring roads,

東奔西走なんのその

Always busy to be on the move, no big deal

少年少女戦国無双　

Boys and Girls, being incomparably strong in warring states

浮世の随（まにま）に

As the way this transient world goes round

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　

A thousand of cherry trees are under cover of night

君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

Your voice will not be heard

此処は宴　鋼の檻　

This is a feast, a steel cage

その断頭台で見下ろして

Look down from the guillotine

三千世界　常世之闇（とこよのやみ）　

Darkness of Eternal World, Buddhist Cosmology

嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ

A wailing song cannot even be heard

青藍（せいらん）の空　遥か彼方　

Far away is the indigo blue sky

その光線銃で打ち抜いて

Shoot out with the raygun

百戦錬磨の見た目は将校

Looks like a battled-hardened army officer

いったりきたりの花魁（おいらん）道中

Going and coming on the way of Oiran

アイツもコイツも皆で集まれ

This guy, that guy, everyone, close in!

聖者の行進　わんっ　つー　さん　しっ

It's a march of saints, one, two, three, four

禅定門（ぜんじょうもん）を潜り抜けて　

Passing through the gate of Zen Land of Bliss,

安楽浄土厄払い

ceremonial cleansing from evil influence

きっと終幕（さいご）は大団円　

Surely the curtain will be drawn with a happy ending

拍手の合間に

Between applause

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　

A thousand of cherry trees are under cover of night

君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

Your voice will not be heard

此処は宴　鋼の檻　

This is a feast, a steel cage

その断頭台で見下ろして

Look down from the guillotine

三千世界　常世之闇（とこよのやみ）　

Darkness of Eternal World, Buddhist Cosmology

嘆ク唄モ聞コエナイヨ

A wailing song cannot even be heard

希望の丘　遥か彼方　

Far away is the hill of hope

その閃光弾を打ち上げろ

Set off the flash bang

環状線を走り抜けて　

Running through ring roads

東奔西走なんのその

Always busy to be on the move, no big deal

少年少女戦国無双　

Boys and Girls, being incomparably strong in warring states

浮世の随（まにま）に

As the way this transient world goes round

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　

A thousand of cherry trees are under cover of night

君ノ声モ届カナイヨ

Your voice will not be heard

此処は宴　鋼の檻　

This is a feast, a steel cage

その断頭台を飛び降りて

Jump off the guillotine

千本桜　夜ニ紛レ　

A thousand of cherry trees are under cover of night

君が歌い僕は踊る

You sing and I dance

此処は宴　鋼の檻　

This is a feast, a steel cage

さあ光線銃を撃ちまくれ

Now, shoot up the raygun