
JUGEMU (JP-RAKUGO SONG)
[ELECTRO SWING, RETROFUNK, EXPERIMENTAL PIANO, JAZZ-INFLECTED] [BPM: 109] [MOOD: PLAYFUL, HUMOROUS, NOSTALGIC, DYNAMIC] [VOCALS: DEEP RASPY MALE RAKUGO-STYLE, EXPRESSIVE, JAZZ PHRASING, RAPID LONG-NAME RECITATION] [INSTRUMENTS: BRASS, FUNK GUITAR, FUNK BASS, RETRO KEYS/PADS, STRINGS/AMBIENT, PIANO, LIGHT PERCUSSION, COMEDIC EFFECT OUTRO] [STRUCTURE: INTRO NARRATIVE, A/B MELODIES FOR STORY, RAPID CHORUS WITH LONG-NAME, BRIDGE EMOTIONAL PAUSE, FINAL CHORUS MAX ENERGY, OUTRO PUNCHLINE] [MIX: CLEAR SEPARATION, SWING/FUNK EMPHASIS, VOCAL CLARITY, LAYERED TEXTURES, TIMING FOR COMEDIC DELIVERY]

JUGEMU (JP-RAKUGO SONG)
[ELECTRO SWING, RETROFUNK, EXPERIMENTAL PIANO, JAZZ-INFLECTED] [BPM: 109] [MOOD: PLAYFUL, HUMOROUS, NOSTALGIC, DYNAMIC] [VOCALS: DEEP RASPY MALE RAKUGO-STYLE, EXPRESSIVE, JAZZ PHRASING, RAPID LONG-NAME RECITATION] [INSTRUMENTS: BRASS, FUNK GUITAR, FUNK BASS, RETRO KEYS/PADS, STRINGS/AMBIENT, PIANO, LIGHT PERCUSSION, COMEDIC EFFECT OUTRO] [STRUCTURE: INTRO NARRATIVE, A/B MELODIES FOR STORY, RAPID CHORUS WITH LONG-NAME, BRIDGE EMOTIONAL PAUSE, FINAL CHORUS MAX ENERGY, OUTRO PUNCHLINE] [MIX: CLEAR SEPARATION, SWING/FUNK EMPHASIS, VOCAL CLARITY, LAYERED TEXTURES, TIMING FOR COMEDIC DELIVERY]
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寿限無
むかーしむかしお江戸の町に
かわいい男の子が生まれました
八五郎とおかみさん
さあ名前を付けてあげましょう
でも子どもの名前を付けたことがない
どんな名前が良いか分からない
そこでお寺の和尚さんに
名付け親になってもらうことに
八五郎はさっそく和尚さんを訪ね
この子の為に長生きできるようなおめでたい
良い名前を考えて下さい
では経文の中に寿限無というのがある
寿限無とはおめでたいことがずっと続く
まだ他にありませんか
五劫の擦り切れというのがある
天女が三千年に一度下界に降りて
衣で大きな岩をひらりと撫でる
五劫だからその五倍
何千・何億・何兆年と果てしなく
寿限無寿限無五劫の擦り切れ
海砂利水魚の水行末雲来末風来末
食う寝る所にに住む所
藪ら柑子の藪柑子
パイポパイポパイポのシューリンガン
シューリンガンのグーリンダイ
グーリンダイのポンポコピーの
ポンポコナーの長久命の長助
名前が良かったのか
八五郎の息子はすくすくと育った
寺子屋に通い出すと元気一杯
近所の子どもと喧嘩して
相手に大きなコブをこしらえて
「うわぁぁぁん!おばちゃん!おばちゃん!」
寿限無寿限無五劫の擦り切れ
海砂利水魚の水行末雲来末風来末
食う寝る所にに住む所
藪ら柑子の藪柑子
パイポパイポパイポのシューリンガン
シューリンガンのグーリンダイ
グーリンダイのポンポコピーの
ポンポコナーの長久命の長助が
あたいの頭ぶって
大きなコブこしらえちゃったの
寿限無寿限無五劫の擦り切れ
海砂利水魚の水行末雲来末風来末
食う寝る所にに住む所
藪ら柑子の藪柑子
パイポパイポパイポのシューリンガン
シューリンガンのグーリンダイ
グーリンダイのポンポコピーの
ポンポコナーの長久命の長助が
金ちゃんの頭ぶって
大きなコブこしらえちゃったの
八五郎が金ちゃんの頭を見てみると
なんだい
コブなんかどこにもありゃしねえじゃねえか
すると金ちゃん
あんまり名前が長すぎるから
コブが引っ込んじゃった
お後がよろしいようで
JUGEMU – The Never-Ending Name
Long, long ago, in the bustling town of old Edo,
a sweet baby boy was born.
His proud father Hachigorō and his lovely wife
were ready to give him a name—
but they’d never named a child before.
What kind of name would bring him happiness and a long life?
They had no idea.
So they went to the wise old priest at the temple
and asked him to choose a truly auspicious name.
The priest smiled and said:
“There is a word in the sacred sutras—Jugemu.
It means endless blessings, good fortune without end.
But wait, I have more…
How about Gokō-no-Surikire,
‘Five Eons Worn Away’?
Imagine this:
once every three thousand years a heavenly maiden descends,
brushing a giant boulder lightly with her silken robe.
When the rock finally wears away—
that is but a single eon.
Five eons, five times over—
a span beyond counting!”
The parents were thrilled.
“Wonderful! Let’s take all the lucky words!”
And so the boy received
the grandest, longest name anyone had ever heard:
Jugemu Jugemu Gokō-no-Surikire
Kaijari Suigyō no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu
Kūneru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro
Yabura Kōji no Burakōji
Paipo Paipo Paipo no Shūringan
Shūringan no Gūrindai
Gūrindai no Ponpokopī no
Ponpokonā no Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke
(A name of blessings that goes on and on,
as if time itself could never end.)
Thanks to such a magnificent name,
the boy grew up strong and full of life.
When he began going to the temple school,
he played with boundless energy—
sometimes even getting into little fights.
One day a neighbor child came crying:
“Waaah! Auntie! Auntie!
Jugemu Jugemu Gokō-no-Surikire
Kaijari Suigyō no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu
Kūneru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro
Yabura Kōji no Burakōji
Paipo Paipo Paipo no Shūringan
Shūringan no Gūrindai
Gūrindai no Ponpokopī no
Ponpokonā no Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke
hit me on the head
and gave me a huge bump!”
Father Hachigorō checked the child’s head.
“Hmm? There’s no bump at all!”
The child sniffled and said,
“Well… his name was so long
the bump got scared and went back in.”
And with that, the story comes neatly to an end.
O-ato ga yoroshii yō de.
(“A tidy finish, don’t you think?”)
