Kagrra: Tsurezure Uta

04.04.15
Artist: Kagrra
Title: Tsuzure Uta (A Spontaneous Song)
Words: Isshi
Music:

watching the days and months written out *1
looking at the many distant stars
how should I express this feeling never to be reaped
flickered back and forth in the dawn closing in

floating in the wind of so many years
merely in memory of the far off days *2
I dream of him again tonight,
shall I make it bloom to color my cheeks?

the seasons gone by leave a faint scent to wipe away
comes into bud, bears fruit and once more scatters away
waiting desperately for our encounter, again scatters away... ah

floating in the wind of so many years
merely in memory of the far off days
I dream of him again tonight,
shall I make it bloom to color my cheeks?
withers and dies returns to the earth,
once more remember a voice past
never to be mine, never to be mine
thinking of him eternally...

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: tsurezure uta refers to a song written in the spur of the moment.

* 1 - I basically read this line two ways, it could either mean that the woman in this song is seeing time passing by in the dates of the letters she is exchanging with her love who seems to be gone far away, or that it's talking about a calendar.

* 2 - The Chinese character used here is one for sunset. But it's sung differently. It seems like the kanji adds the image of "so many suns setting". Not just the days, but the sunsets. It's a little sadder, a little more romantic. Do you get it?

Romaji

fumi yomu tsukihi wo nagametsutsu
haruka amata no hoshi wo mite
mukuwarenu kono omoi doushite arawasou ka
semarikuru akatsuki ni yurari yurarete

ikutose no kaze ni ukande
tooki hibi wo tada shinobitsutsu
koyoi mo mata ka no hito no yume
hoo wo somete sakaseyou ka

sugiyuku kisetsu ha oboroge ni
kaori nokoshite ha nugutte
me wo fuite minorasete mata chiriyukite
kaikou machiwabite mata chiriyuku... aa...

ikutose no kaze ni ukande
tooki hibi wo tada shinobitsutsu
koyoi mo mata ka no hito no yume
hoo wo somete sakaseyou ka
karekuchite tsuchi ni kaette
ari shi koe wo mata omoidasu
kawanedo kanawanedo towa ni omou ka no hito wo

Romaji By: Brian Stewart