色いろは匂におえども

いろはにほへっと あやふぶみ

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  月に照らされ浮かぶ花紅葉

  Flowers and autumn leaves emerging, illuminated by the moon

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  四季は移ろい変わってゆきます

  The four seasons continue to shift and change

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  今、置き忘れて来た約束を

  Now, the promises I once left behind

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  拾い集めながら辿っています

  I am tracing my steps while gathering them up

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  踏み締めてた 枝、わくら葉 いつしか雪に変わり

  The branches and withered leaves I stepped on have turned into snow before I knew it

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  悴む手にそっと吐息を吐いて また春は来る

  Gently breathing onto my frozen hands, spring will come again

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  膝行回りて巡る空に諸消せ

  In the circling and rotating sky, all things vanish

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  浅き夢見じまた酔いもせず

  I shall dream no shallow dreams, nor shall I be intoxicated

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  貴方の居ない日々の隙間を

  The gaps in the days where you are no longer here

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  縫う様にして過ごして居ます

  I spend my time as if sewing them together

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  紫陽花と曇天に黒南風

  Hydrangeas and the warm southerly wind under cloudy skies

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  濡れた鳥居の脇を潜り抜け

  Passing through the side of the wet Torii gate

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  例え貴方が此処に居なくても

  Even if you are not here anymore

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  私、祈り、願い、心にある

  My prayers, my wishes, remain within my heart

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  夏至の雨も 朝雲りも 長い夜も過ぎ去り

  The summer solstice rain, the morning clouds, and the long nights have all passed

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  聞こえるのは虫の最期の声だ 寂しさを知る

  All I can hear is the final cry of the insects; I have come to know loneliness

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  今だからこそ言える私の想い

  My feelings that I can only express now, at this very moment

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  共に過ごせて幸せでした

  I was happy to have spent my time with you

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  遠きあの星よ、貴方の為に

  O distant star, for your sake

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  私は生きて語り継いでゆく

  I will live on and keep telling our story

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  回りて巡る空に諸消せ

  In the circling and rotating sky, all things vanish

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  浅き夢見じまた酔いもせず

  I shall dream no shallow dreams, nor shall I be intoxicated

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  彼方に散った火垂る光よ

  O light of the fireflies scattered in the distance

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  泣き虫だったその横顔

  And that profile of yours, once a crybaby

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  色は匂えども散り際にそっと花吹雪

  Though the colors are fragrant, they gently become a blizzard of falling petals as they wither

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