“Shiki no Uta”
artist: Minmi

Translation: Tsuuyaku

~~~ 1 ~~~
また夜が明ければお別れ
Mata yo ga akereba owakare

夢は遠きまぼろしに
yume wa tooki maboroshi ni

あなたを追いかけていた光の中で
anata wo oikakete ita hikari no naka de

抱かれるたび　温かい風をたより
dakareru tabi atatakai kaze wo tayori

~~~ 2 ~~~
春を告げ　踊りだす山菜
haru wo tsuge odoridasu sansai

夏を見る宇治　野原唐草乾くわ
natsu wo miru uji nohara karakusa kawaku wa

秋の月登った　まん丸さ　お祝い
aki o tsuki nobotta manmarusa oiwai

冬を過ぎまた　月日を数える
fuyu wo sugi mata tsukihi o kazoeru

~~~ 3 ~~~
まだまぶたの奥にある　いつかの夏
mada mabuta no oku ni aru itsuka no natsu

遠すぎた青空（温かった）
tooisugita aozora (atatakakatta)

手をつなぐ花摘みうたう
te wo tsunagu hanatsumiutau

いつや思い出
itsu ya omoide

今呼び覚ます　記憶の中で
ima yobisamasu kioku no naka de

いざ歩き出す　あなたのもとへ
iza arukidasu anata no moto e

~~~ 4 ~~~
春を告げ　踊って山葉
Haru wo tsuge odotte sanba

夏を見る宇治　野原唐草乾くわ
natsu wo miru uji nohara karakusa kawakuwa

秋の月登った　まん丸さ　お祝い
aki no tsuki nobotta manmarusa oiwai

冬を過ぎまた　月日を数える
fuyu wo sugi mata tsukihi wo kazoeru

~~~ 5 ~~~
また夜が明ければお別れ
mata yo ga akereba owakare

夢は遠きまぼろしに
yume wa tooki maboroshi ni

あなたを追いかけていた光の中で
anata wo oikakete ita hikari no naka de

~~~

I say goodbye to another dawn,
My dreams are distant illusions where
I’m inside the light of chasing you,
the journey I hold on to; I rely on the warm wind to guide me.

Dancing wild vegetables announce Spring.
Uji sees summer, and the fields dry into an arabesque*.
Let’s celebrate the risen full moon of Autumn.
Winter is over, and I count down the days and months again…

Still, there is a summer I see when I close my eyes,
the blue sky, too far away (it was warm).
Hand in hand, picking flowers, singing,
Always these memories.

Now I wake. Enveloped by the memory,
I set out, I have to find you…

*Note: fields drying into some patterns