Matsuura Aya: Hyacinth

04.03.08
Artist: Matsuura Aya
Title: Hyacinth
Words: Tanimura Shinji
Music: Tanimura Shinji

when I look up to the sky, I'm always on my own
I get sad but, there's a reason behind it all
so many seasons have passed on this street I know all too well
thinking back laughing through my tears, my school days.

what makes the cherry blossom petals dance?
it can't be seen with the naked eye
it's because the wind is blowing on them...

thank you, one day I will become my own wind
thank you
thank you for eveything you gave to me
thank you
thank you for everything you gave to me

I had a friend that was always down about something
and though I was always goofing around
I had a kind friend too.
the one who always got 64 points,
what sort of color am I?
I'm living an 'average' life but,
is this really me?

One time you told me that you like a colorless wind
that lives quietly for the sake of the one it loves...

thank you, one day I will become my own wind
thank you
thank you for eveything you gave to me
thank you
thank you for everything you gave to me

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: A Hyacinth is a Spring flower. It's also a greek myth about a young boy who dies tragically struck down by Apollo's errant discus. Upon death Hyacinth is translated in the natural world and from his body spring the flowers so named after him. Perhaps the connection to this song lies in Ayaya's talk of becoming wind.

Romaji

sora wo miageru toki ha itsumo hitoribocchi
kanashii koto mo aru kedo
subete imi ga arun da ne
kayoinareta kono michi ikudo kisetsu ha nagare
omoikaesu nakiwarai watashi no gakuseijidai

sakura no hanabira wo odoraseru mono ha nani?
me ni ha mienai
kaze ga soko ni fuiteru kara...

arigatou watashi ha itsuka watashi rashii kaze ni naru
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou

itsumo utsumuiteiru sonna tomodachi ga ita
zutto fuzaketeta keredo
yasashii tomodachi mo ita
itsumo rokujyuugo ten no watashi ha donna iro darou?
'futsuu' de ikiteru keredo
kore ga watashi nan darou ka?

anata ga itsuka itta aisuru hito no tame
sasayaka ni ikiteyuku iro no nai kaze ga suki...

arigatou watashi ha itsuka watashi rashii kaze ni naru
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou
arigatou
anata ga kureta subete ni arigatou

Romaji By: Brian Stewart