{{Lyrics
| group=[[Diao ye zong]]
| titlejp=水底のメロディ
| titlerom=Minasoko no Merodi
| titleen=Melody of the River Depths
| length=05:36
| arranger=RD-Sounds
| lyricist=RD-Sounds
| vocalist=めらみぽっぷ
| source=
* original title: {{lang|ja|芥川龍之介の河童 ～}} Candid Friend
* source: {{MoF}}
| album1={{LyricAlbum|謡|RDWL-0003.jpg}}

| kan1=
誰もいない{{alt-ja|水底|場所}}で
一人奏でるメロディ
| kan2=
寂しさを紛らす
独りぼっちのメロディ
| kan3=
寂しがり屋の河童が恋に堕ちた相手は
声も届かないほどとても遠い人でした
| kan4=
水の底から見守るほどに―恋しくて。
姿をかいま見ては淡い思いを馳せる
| kan5=
ああ人魚姫のように
陸に上がれたとしても
その先には叶わない届かない世界
詮無き妄想はどこへ行く
| kan6=
宛ら人魚姫のように
傍に行けたとしても…嗚呼
| kan7=
溜息がわりに
呟く言葉は
河の流れに消えて
| kan8=
…それでも今はひとり。
| kan9=
誰もいない{{alt-ja|水底|場所}}で
一人奏でるメロディ
| kan10=
胸の鍵弄ぶ
独り善がりのメロディ
| kan11=
恥ずかしがり屋の河童は想い寄せる相手に
声を掛けることすらずっと出来ずにいました
| kan12=
越えられぬ隔たりを思うほどに―悲しくて。
姿をかえり見ては叶わぬ夢を描く
| kan13=
夢は思いを留めることはなく
寂しさに手を伸ばすも
| kan14=
その目に映る
拒否と怯えの色
| kan15=
何て救われぬストーリー…
| kan16=
ああ人魚姫のように
陸に上がった先は
童話より残酷で無慈悲な世界
王子は何処かへ消えて行く
| kan17=
結局人魚姫ですらなく
傍に寄ることも出来ず…嗚呼
| kan18=
諦め胸に
たてる水音は
河の流れに消えて
| kan19=
ああ人魚姫になどなれず
傷痕抉るアイロニー
| kan20=
…ひとり水底のメロディ。

| rom1=
dare mo inai basho de
hitori kanaderu ''merodi''
| rom2=
sabishisa wo magirasu
hitoribocchi no ''merodi''
| rom3=
sabishigariya no kappa ga koi ni ochita aite wa
koe mo todokanai hodo totemo tooi hito deshita
| rom4=
mizu no soko kara mimamoru hodo ni ― koishikute.
sugata wo kaima mite wa awai omoi wo baseru
| rom5=
aa ningyohime no you ni
oka ni agareta to shite mo
sono saki ni wa kanawanai todokanai sekai
sennaki omoi wa doko e yuku
| rom6=
sanagara ningyohime no you ni
soba ni iketa to shite mo… aa
| rom7=
tameiki gawari ni
tsubuyaku kotoba wa
kawa no nagare ni kiete
| rom8=
… sore demo ima wa hitori.
| rom9=
dare mo inai basho de
hitori kanaderu ''merodi''
| rom10=
mune no kagi moteasobu
hitoriyogari no ''merodi''
| rom11=
hazukashigariya no kappa wa omoi yoseru aite ni
koe wo kakeru koto sura zutto dekizu ni imashita
| rom12=
goerarenu hedatari wo omou hodo ni--kanashikute.
sugata wo kaeri mite wa kanawanu yume wo egaku
| rom13=
yume wa omoi wo todomeru koto wa naku
sabishisa ni te wo nobasu mo
| rom14=
sono me ni utsuru
kyohi to obie no iro
| rom15=
nante sukuwarenu ''sutoorii''…
| rom16=
aa ningyohime no you ni
oka ni agatta saki wa
douwa yori zankoku de mujihi na sekai
ouji wa dokoka e kiete yuku
| rom17=
kekkyoku ningyohime desura naku
soba ni yoru koto mo dekizu…aa
| rom18=
akirame mune ni
tateru mizuoto wa
kawa no nagare ni kiete
| rom19=
aa ningyohime ni nado narezu
kizuato eguru ''aironii''
| rom20=
… hitori minasoko no ''merodi''.

| eng1=In a solitary place
A melody is played by one person
| eng2=Concealing solitude
A lonely melody
| eng3=The voice of the lonely kappa who fell in love
Can’t reach his loved one anymore because he’s too far
| eng4=Watching over from the river’s bottom – yearning
Catching a glimpse of that shape, faint thoughts start running
| eng5=Ah, like the little mermaid
Even if she swims high up
To the world she can’t reach and win against
With no avail, her delusion slips away
| eng6=Just like the little mermaid
Even if she got close to him, ah…
| eng7=Sighs take place of
The words she whispers
Vanishing in the river’s stream
| eng8=Even then, she’s lonely
| eng9=In a solitary place
A melody is played by one person
| eng10=Toying with the key of her own heart
A melody for hypocrites
| eng11=The shy kappa thought of approacching,
But even if she raises her voice, she’ll never do it
| eng12=Thinking about that unreachable distance – so sad
Painting a dream that can’t come true: his return
| eng13=Even if she reached out her hand into loneliness,
Dreams don’t stop thoughts
| eng14=Reflected in those eyes,
The color of denial and fear
| eng15=What a helpless story…
| eng16=Ah, like the little mermaid
On that shore high up,
In a world more cruel and merciless than a fairy-tale
Her prince disappeared somewhere
| eng17=Not even a mermaid princess after all,
She can’t even come close to him, ah…
| eng18=In a heart that has given up
The rising sound of water
Vanishes in the stream of a river
| eng19=Ah, without even becoming the little mermaid,
An irony is gouged in her scars
| eng20=… The solitary melody of the river’s bottom.

|notes=
''[http://konnakokoro.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/melody-of-the-river-depths/ Translated by Konna Kokoro]''
}}