愛する者を
守りぬくため
僕らは命を
投げ出せるだろうか
この手に握る
平和という名の
剣をかざして
戦うのだろうか
生まれくる前の我
それは今ここに
眠る英霊か
真白き鳩が
舞い降りるたび
さわぐ梢の間
真昼の月
迷える小径
たどりついた地で
遠い兄のような
声を聞く
ああ君 我の代わり生きよと
頭を垂れて
祈りつづける
老いし人の背に
ゆらいだ陽炎
終わりなき悲しみを
包み抱くのは
誰が眼差しか
蝉時雨だけが
降り注ぐ日の
まばゆい空の
青さが染みる
さまよう心
呼び戻した地に
優しい姉のような
唄を聞く
ああ君 死にたもうことなかれと
真白き鳩が
飛び立ってゆく
翼の先の
光に向かい
忘れることなき
涙の川の
果てない流れを
人は渡り
生きる果敢なさ
生きる尊さを
巡る時のなか
僕らは知る
迷える小径
たどりついた地で
遠い兄のような
声を聞く
ああ君よ 己がため強くあれ
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For me to hold on
tightly to this person
We will have to
sacrifice our lives
You grasp this hand
I hear that peace and the name of the
sword is being lifted above your head
Will you fight?
Before me, someone is giving birth
Is this now where the
spirits of the dead sleep?
The white pigeon
swoops down again and again
between the treetops
and is alarmed in the middle of the day
The path is perplexing
The earth has groped along
I can hear
the brother-like voice
Ah, you... I must be in an alternate life
My head is drooping
as I am continuing to pray
The old statue of a person
is swaying in the heat
You are holding onto
the bundle of your last sorrow
But who's eyes can notice?
Just the rain of crickets chirping
seem to rain incessantly on that day
The cute sky has
a touch of blue
My wandering heart
has been called back to the ground
I can hear
the sister-like song
Ah, you... I must not already have died
The white pigeon
goes to take off
as I am facing the previous
wings of light
Am I forgetting and lamenting
on this river of tears?
People are ferries
to this unfinished stream
Existing is fleeting
The precious life is
going around the middle of that time
We understand
The path is perplexing
The earth has groped along
I can hear
the distant brother-like voice
Ah, you... It's for me to become strong
守りぬくため
僕らは命を
投げ出せるだろうか
この手に握る
平和という名の
剣をかざして
戦うのだろうか
生まれくる前の我
それは今ここに
眠る英霊か
真白き鳩が
舞い降りるたび
さわぐ梢の間
真昼の月
迷える小径
たどりついた地で
遠い兄のような
声を聞く
ああ君 我の代わり生きよと
頭を垂れて
祈りつづける
老いし人の背に
ゆらいだ陽炎
終わりなき悲しみを
包み抱くのは
誰が眼差しか
蝉時雨だけが
降り注ぐ日の
まばゆい空の
青さが染みる
さまよう心
呼び戻した地に
優しい姉のような
唄を聞く
ああ君 死にたもうことなかれと
真白き鳩が
飛び立ってゆく
翼の先の
光に向かい
忘れることなき
涙の川の
果てない流れを
人は渡り
生きる果敢なさ
生きる尊さを
巡る時のなか
僕らは知る
迷える小径
たどりついた地で
遠い兄のような
声を聞く
ああ君よ 己がため強くあれ
---------------------------------------------------------
For me to hold on
tightly to this person
We will have to
sacrifice our lives
You grasp this hand
I hear that peace and the name of the
sword is being lifted above your head
Will you fight?
Before me, someone is giving birth
Is this now where the
spirits of the dead sleep?
The white pigeon
swoops down again and again
between the treetops
and is alarmed in the middle of the day
The path is perplexing
The earth has groped along
I can hear
the brother-like voice
Ah, you... I must be in an alternate life
My head is drooping
as I am continuing to pray
The old statue of a person
is swaying in the heat
You are holding onto
the bundle of your last sorrow
But who's eyes can notice?
Just the rain of crickets chirping
seem to rain incessantly on that day
The cute sky has
a touch of blue
My wandering heart
has been called back to the ground
I can hear
the sister-like song
Ah, you... I must not already have died
The white pigeon
goes to take off
as I am facing the previous
wings of light
Am I forgetting and lamenting
on this river of tears?
People are ferries
to this unfinished stream
Existing is fleeting
The precious life is
going around the middle of that time
We understand
The path is perplexing
The earth has groped along
I can hear
the distant brother-like voice
Ah, you... It's for me to become strong