Akane Sasu 茜さす

Anime: Natsume's Book of Friends 5

             夏目友人帳 伍 (Natsume Yuujinchou Go)

Artist: Aimer

Type: Ending

Romaji:

kareha mau machikado o  kakenuketeku kawaita kaze
nobita kage to ichou namiki  kisetsu o mite takatta

henji no nai yobu koe wa  attoiuma  kakikesarete shimau
menukidoori  hitonami nukete  dokoka tooku  daremo inai basho e

kizuite ita noni  nanimo shiranai furi
hitori kiri de wa  nanimo dekinakatta

deaeta maboroshi ni sayonara o  akane sasu  kono sora ni
koboreta yowasa ni tenohira o  ichirin no adabana  sonna fuu ni
negai kanae  itami o shiru

wataridori no naku koe mo  akaku somaru kumo ni kiete shimau
kaerimichi mo tooku hanarete  ima wa hitori  daremo inai basho de

kizuita keshiki no iro ni fureta to shite mo
hitori kiri de wa  koe mo dasenakatta

aishita maboroshi ni kuchizuke o  tasogareta  kono sora ni
mada yuube no hoshi tomoranai  machi yoi mo oboroge  tsuki wa doko ni
hikisakarete  itami o shiru

kurikaesu hibi no naka de sagashiteta no wa
aruki tsuzukeru tame no negai

deaeta maboroshi ni sayonara o  akogare wa  kono sora ni
nagareta tsukihi o tenohira ni  hitohira no hanabira  sonna fuu ni
itami kasane  deai o shiru

deai kasane  negai o shiru

Kanji:

枯れ葉舞う町角を　駆け抜けてく乾いた風

伸びた影とイチョウ並木　季節を見てたかった

返事のない呼ぶ声は　あっという間　かき消されてしまう

目抜き通り　人波抜けて　どこか遠く　誰もいない場所へ

気付いていたのに　何も知らないふり

一人きりでは　何もできなかった

出会えた幻にさよならを　茜さす　この空に

零れた弱さに手のひらを　一輪の徒花　そんなふうに

願い叶え　痛みを知る

渡り鳥の鳴く声も　赤く染まる雲に消えてしまう

帰り道も遠く離れて　今は一人　誰もいない場所で

気付いた景色の色にふれたとしても

一人きりでは　声も出せなかった

愛した幻に口づけを　黄昏れた　この空に

まだ夕べの星灯らない　待ち宵も朧げ　月は何処に

引き裂かれて　痛みを知る

くり返す日々の中で探してたのは

歩き続けるための願い

出会えた幻にさよならを　憧れは　この空に

流れた月日を手のひらに　一片の花弁　そんなふうに

痛み重ね　出会いを知る

出会い重ね　願いを知る

English:

Dry winds rushing through street corners of dancing dry leaves...

Stretched shadows and ginkgo trees... 

I wanted to continue watching this season.

A calling voice, never receiving a response, is drowned out in an instant.

I make my way down a main street, past the lines of people — heading somewhere far off, to where no one else resides.

I'd already realized, but pretended I hadn't noticed;

All alone, there was nothing I could do.

I bid farewell to the phantoms I've met, toward the glowing red sky.

As my weakness spills free, I reach out the palm of my hand... as if holding a single unblooming flower.

As my wish is granted, I learn of pain.

Even the cries of migratory birds disappear into the red-stained clouds.

I grow further away from the road home; right now, 

I'm all alone, in a place no one else resides.

Even if I'd been able to touch that scenery I'd realized,

All alone, I couldn't even use my voice.

I give a kiss to the phantoms I loved, and in the twilit sky,

The evening stars still won't light; even my impatience seems faint — 

where is the moon?

Torn asunder, I learn of pain.

Amongst repetitive days, I was searching all along

For a wish that could keep me walking onward.

I bid farewell to the phantoms I've met; my longings are amid the sky.

Days washed away by the flow of time are in the palm of my hand... 

like a single flower petal.

As the pain persists, I face new encounters.

As new encounters persist, I learn of my wish.  

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