Always
This is a post on translation of a Japanese song that has always rung true for me. I heard it for the first time, around 14 years ago. Its from a popular anime/manga called Fruits Basket.(フルツバスケット)
It talks about togetherness and how someone’s presence in your life can give you strength- to live/to be/ just keep carrying on.
I am at a place of mental peace today because I have come to terms with a fact that holds true for me today. I believe in it and can feel something which I don’t know about, unfolding.
Life unfolds- let it.
Life unrolls- let it flow.
Life blossoms- let it bloom.
Itsumo
いつも
Always
Link to the youtube with only lyrics-
Credits-
Ritsuko Okazaki (original song)
Youtube video- anxela c, https://youtube.com/@anxelac.1553
Totemo ureshikattayo
とても嬉しかったよ
I felt extremely happy
Kimi ga warai kaketeta
きみがわらいかけてた
When you burst out into a laugh
Subete o tokasu hohoemi de
すべてをとかすほほえみで
That could melt everything away
Haru wa mada tookute
はるはまだとおくて
The season of spring is still a long time away
Tsumetai tsuchi no naka de
つめたいつちのなかで
Inside the cold and icy earth, a seed,
Mebuku toki o matte ita ‘nda
芽吹く時を待ってたんだ
Awaiting the time to sprout out
Tatoeba kurushii kyo da to shite mo
例えだ苦しい今日だとしても
Just like how today could be difficult
Kinou no kizu o nokoshite ite mo
きのうのきずをのこしていても
Despite the wounds from yesterday
Shinjitai kokoro hodo ite yukeru to
信じたい心解いて行けると
The heart yet, wants to continue to believe
Umare kawaru koto wa dekinai yo
生まれ変わることはできないよ
I cant be reincarnated
Dakedo kawatewa yukeru kara
だけど変わってはゆけるから、
But I can go on by changing myself
Let’s stay together itsumo
let’s stay together, いつも。
Lets stay together, Always.
Boku dake ni waraatte
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僕だけに笑って
Just smile for me
Sono yubi de nee sawatte
その指でね触って
Touch me with those fingers,
Nozomi bakari ga hateshinaku
望みばかりか果てしなく
That is all that I hope for, eternally,
Yasashiku shitai yo
優しくしたいよ
I want to make it feel simpler
Mou kuyamanu you ni
もう悔やまぬように
By going a crossing an ocean
Nageki no umi mo koete ikou
嘆きの海もう超えて行こう
Of sorrow and pain
Tatoeba kurushii kyou da to shite mo
たとえば苦しい今日だとしても
Just like today, which could be painful
Itsu ka atatakana omoide ni naru
いつかあたたかなおもいでになる
Can suddenly turn into a warm memory
Kokoro goto subete nage daseta nara
心ごと全て投げ出したなら、
If we leave behind everything in our heart,
Koko ni ikiteru imi ga wakaru yo
ここに生きてる意味がわかるよ
We can understand the real meaning of living
Umare ochita yorokobi o shiru
生まれ落ちた喜びを知る、
We can understand the happiness of being born,
Let’s stay together itsumo
let’s stay together, いつも。
Let’s stay together, always.
Tatoeba kurushii kyou da to shite mo
例えだ苦しい今日だとしても
Just like today, which could be painful
Itsu ka atatakana omoide ni naru
いつか暖かなおほいでになる
Can suddenly turn into a warm memory
Kokoro goto subete nage daseta nara
心ごと全て投げ出したなら、
If everything in the heart is left behind
Koko ni ikiteru imi ga wakaru yo
ここに生きてる意味がわかるよ
We can understand the real meaning of living
Umare ochita yorokobi o shiru
生まれ落ちた喜びを知る、
The smiles we give after birth will make sense
Let’s stay together itsumo
let’s stay together, いつも。
Let’s stay together, always
