Hanasaka Uta

A Song or the Blooming of Flowers?
Song Information
Translated title	A Song or the Blooming of Flowers?
Original title	Hanasaka Uta 花咲か唄
From album	"Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight" Insert Songs Album Vol.1 "La Revue de Matinée"
Artist	Teru Ikuta as Futaba Isurugi Ayasa Ito as Kaoruko Hanayagi
Release date	August 22, 2018
Track no.	5
Length	5:04
Lyrics	Kanata Nakamura
Composition	Shigenobu Okawa
Arrangement	Music Production#Ken Ito
Album Guide
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Next album	"Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight" Insert Songs Album Vol.2 "La Revue de Soirée"

A Song or the Blooming of Flowers? (花咲か唄, Hanasaka Uta) is the insert song used during the Revue of Promise in Episode 6.

The song received an enka remix for the omnibus film, Shōjo☆Kageki Revue Starlight: Rondo Rondo Rondo entitled "Evening • A Song or the Blooming of Flowers?" (宵・花咲か唄, Yoi • Hanasaka Uta).

Tracklist

1. Until the World is Turned to Ash (世界を灰にするまで, Sekai o Hai ni Suru Made)
2. The Star Knows
3. Pride and Arrogance (誇りと驕り, Hokori to Ogori)
4. Love's Wicked Pitch (恋の魔球, Koi no Makyū)
5. A Song or the Blooming of Flowers? (花咲か唄, Hanasaka Uta)
6. Fly Me to the Star #3
7. Fly Me to the Star #4
8. Fly Me to the Star #5
9. Fly Me to the Star #6
10. Fly Me to the Star #7

Music Production

• Vocals: Teru Ikuta as Futaba Isurugi, Ayasa Ito as Kaoruko Hanayagi
• Lyrics: Kanata Nakamura
• Composition: Shigenobu Okawa
• Arrangement: Music Production#Ken Ito
• Guitar: Music Production#Kentaro Fujii
• Strings: Yu Manabe Strings
• Shakuhachi: Daisuke Kaminaga (WagakkiBand) by the courtesy of avex entertainment Inc.
• All other instruments: Ken Ito
• Programming: Ken Ito
• Sound direction: Kanata Nakamura, Kohei Yamada (APDREAM)
• Recording engineer: Kazuya Yoshida, Takehiko Naito
• Mixing engineer: Takehiko Naito
• Recording studio: "Motoazabu" Studio, Onkio Haus, Sound City
• Mixing studio: "Motoazabu" Studio

Lyrics

双葉 • 香子 いつまでもそばにいると　幼い小指を絡めた あの時から　どれくらいの月日過ぎたのでしょう ふいに見上げた花びら　とても眩しかった 腕を伸ばしても　届かないような気がした   別々の道を行く気ならば あたしは止めたりしない 幸せがもしここにないならば 他所の場所で咲くがいいさ 咲き誇るその瞬間だけ　一番に見たくて   守り抜いてくれること　疑わず信じてたけど 籠の鳥は　青い空にずっと憧れていた   いつの間にやら雛鳥　凛々しく鳴いている 花も翼も　ゆらり揺れ風に乗る   さようなら　うちは旅発ちます 今すぐにあんたから 思い出を忘れられぬように こころ抉って行きます   瀬を早み　岩にせかるる川 割れても末に逢はむ 別々に分かれた花道も やがては一本道に 花咲かせ　たった一人のため　限りある命を

Futaba • Kaoruko itsumademo soba ni iru to　osanai koyubi o karameta ano toki kara　dore kurai no tsukihi sugita no deshō fui ni miageta hanabira　totemo mabushikatta ude o nobashite mo　todokanai yō na ki ga shita   betsubetsu no michi o iku ki nara ba atashi wa tometari shinai shiawase ga moshi koko ni nai naraba yoso no basho de saku ga ii sa sakihokoru sono shunkan dake　ichiban ni mitakute   mamorinuite kureru koto　utagawazu shinjiteta kedo kago no tori wa　aoi sora ni zutto akogarete ita itsu no ma ni yara hinadori　ririshiku naite iru hana mo tsubasa mo　yurari yure kaze ni noru   sayōnara　uchi wa tabi tachimasu ima sugu ni anta kara omoide o wasurerarenu yō ni kokoro egutte ikimasu   se o hayami　iwa ni sekaruru kawa warete mo sue ni awan betsubetsu ni wakareta hanamichi mo yagate wa ippon michi ni hana sakase　tatta hitori no tame　kagiri aru inochi o

Futaba • Kaoruko When we were young, we promised always to be by each other's sides How long has it been since then? I found those floating petals dazzling, But even if I stretched my hands out, it felt like they were out of reach   If you're going down a separate path, I will not stop you If you can't find happiness here, It's fine for you to go bloom somewhere else But I want to be the first one to see you in full bloom   I believed, without a doubt, that you would protect me to the very end, but The caged bird had always longed for the blue sky When did the chick learn to sing so gallantly? Both the flowers and the wings sway as they soar in the wind   Farewell, I am going on a journey And leaving you behind But in order not to forget the memories we've made, I shall carry on with this pain in my heart   Because the current is swift, even though the river blocked by a boulder, is divided, like it, in the end, we will surely meet Even if a flourishing path branches out, It shall eventually come to be a single straight road May this flower bloom for the sake of that one person For as long as our fleeting lives last Translated by Luna Amatista

Evening • A Song or the Blooming of Flowers?

双葉 • 香子 いつまでもそばにいると　幼い小指を絡めた あの時から　どれくらいの月日過ぎたのでしょう ふいに見上げた花びら　とても眩しかった 腕を伸ばしても　届かないような気がした   別々の道を行く気ならば あたしは止めたりしない 幸せがもしここにないならば 他所の場所で咲くがいいさ 咲き誇るその瞬間だけ　一番に見たくて   瀬を早み　岩にせかるる川 割れても末に逢はむ 別々に分かれた花道も やがては一本道に 花咲かせ　たった一人のため　限りある命を Futaba • Kaoruko itsumademo soba ni iru to　osanai koyubi o karameta ano toki kara　dore kurai no tsukihi sugita no deshō fui ni miageta hanabira　totemo mabushikatta ude o nobashite mo　todokanai yō na ki ga shita   betsubetsu no michi o iku ki nara ba atashi wa tometari shinai shiawase ga moshi koko ni nai naraba yoso no basho de saku ga ii sa sakihokoru sono shunkan dake　ichiban ni mitakute   se o hayami　iwa ni sekaruru kawa warete mo sue ni awan betsubetsu ni wakareta hanamichi mo yagate wa ippon michi ni hana sakase　tatta hitori no tame　kagiri aru inochi o Futaba • Kaoruko When we were young, we promised always to be by each other's sides How long has it been since then? I found those floating petals dazzling, But even if I stretched my hands out, it felt like they were out of reach   If you're going down a separate path, I will not stop you If you can't find happiness here, It's fine for you to go bloom somewhere else But I want to be the first one to see you in full bloom   Because the current is swift, even though the river blocked by a boulder, is divided, like it, in the end, we will surely meet Even if a flourishing path branches out, It shall eventually come to be a single straight road May this flower bloom for the sake of that one person For as long as our fleeting lives last Translated by Luna Amatista

Starry Session version (starring Karen, Mahiru)

華恋 • まひる いつまでもそばにいると　幼い小指を絡めた あの時から　どれくらいの月日過ぎたのでしょう ふいに見上げた花びら　とても眩しかった 腕を伸ばしても　届かないような気がした   別々の道を行く気ならば あたしは止めたりしない 幸せがもしここにないならば 他所の場所で咲くがいいさ   瀬を早み　岩にせかるる川 割れても末に逢はむ 別々に分かれた花道も やがては一本道に 花咲かせ　たった一人のため　限りある命を Karen • Mahiru itsumademo soba ni iru to　osanai koyubi o karameta ano toki kara　dore kurai no tsukihi sugita no deshō fui ni miageta hanabira　totemo mabushikatta ude o nobashite mo　todokanai yō na ki ga shita   betsubetsu no michi o iku ki nara ba atashi wa tometari shinai shiawase ga moshi koko ni nai naraba yoso no basho de saku ga ii sa   se o hayami　iwa ni sekaruru kawa warete mo sue ni awan betsubetsu ni wakareta hanamichi mo yagate wa ippon michi ni hana sakase　tatta hitori no tame　kagiri aru inochi o Karen • Mahiru When we were young, we promised always to be by each other's sides How long has it been since then? I found those floating petals dazzling, But even if I stretched my hands out, it felt like they were out of reach   If you're going down a separate path, I will not stop you If you can't find happiness here, It's fine for you to go bloom somewhere else   Because the current is swift, even though the river blocked by a boulder, is divided, like it, in the end, we will surely meet Even if a flourishing path branches out, It shall eventually come to be a single straight road May this flower bloom for the sake of that one person For as long as our fleeting lives last Translated by Luna Amatista

Trivia

• The first two lines of the last verse are a slightly modified version of the 77th poem of the Ogura Hyakunin Ishhu poem anthology.