Harari (はらり)

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English translation:

Clutching tightly the memories that bloomed during a time long gone.

They remain unfading in this season which becomes more and more heartrending.

 

Reflected in the pure water is the hidden lonesomeness of withered silver grass.

The seasonal wind brushing past my black hair feels just so cold.

 

In our innocent youth, your naïve self stood beside the snow deity figure.

Your smiling self is just so lovely whenever I remember it.

 

Gently falling.

Every time the deep snow flutters down, I remember

That face of yours, whose name I don’t even know.

Aah, that single piece you left in my heart lingers

So warmly.

 

Gently falling.

Every time the deep snow flutters down, I remember

That face of yours, whose name I don’t even know.

Aah, the warmth you left becomes smaller and smaller.

Disappearing with a pattern of a snowflake.

 

A whitening scenery, heart numb with cold. Resembling the spotted snow.

 

The spearflower grows ripe in a red shade, shedding tears as it is swayed by the wind.

 

Continuing day after day, growing more frigidly cold with every additional day.

I have no way of warming my shivering body.

 

A faintly colored cuff blots into the archery range, deep within the mist.

Underneath the paper umbrella, your weeping face crying, with a darkened expression.

 

Gently falling.

Every time the deep snow flutters down, I remember

That face of yours, whose name I don’t even know.

Aah, that single piece you left in my heart lingers

So warmly.

 

Gently falling.

Every time the deep snow flutters down, I remember

That face of yours, whose name I don’t even know.

Aah, the warmth you left becomes smaller and smaller.

Disappearing with a pattern of a snowflake.

 

Just one more time, one more time is enough.

Could you not let me meet my beloved, that person

Whose name I don’t even know?

 

The spearflower grows ripe in a red shade, that single piece in my heart sways.

Romaji:

 

haruka toki de saiteita omoide wo dakishimete wa.

iroasenu, to setsunaku natte yuku kisetsu.

 

sayaka mizu ni utsurishi wa kareobana no urasabishi.

kurokami yurasu tokitsu kaze ga tsumetakute.

 

itokinashikoro, mujaki na anata. yukihotoke no soba de.

hohoemu sugata, omoidashite wa koishikute.

 

harari, to.

miyuki no maichiru tabi ni omoidasu, na mo shiranu sono kao.

aa, watashi ni nokoshita kokoro no hitohira atatakaku.

 

harari, to.

miyuki no maichiru tabi ni omoidasu, na mo shiranu sono kao.

aa, nukumori nokoshite chiisaku natteku.

yuki moyo ni kieteku.

 

shiramu keshiki, kajikanda kokoro. hadarayuki no gotoku.

 

yabukouji wa akaku minoru, kaze ni yurete naku.

 

ikugaeri hibi kasanete, kasaneru tabi sae kooru.

furueru karada wo atatameru sube wa naku.

 

kasumi no oku de yaniwani nijimu sodeguchi no awairo.

karakasa no shita, hana susuri kageru nakigao.

 

harari, to.

miyuki no maichiru tabi ni omoidasu, na mo shiranu sono kao.

aa, watashi ni nokoshita kokoro no hitohira atatakaku.

 

harari, to.

miyuki no mai chiru tabi ni omoidasu, na mo shiranu sono kao.

aa, nukumori nokoshite chiisaku natteku.

yuki moyo ni kieteku.

 

mou hitotabi, ichido dake de ii.

na mo shiranu keredo itoshi ano hito ni, awasete kuremai ka.

 

yabukouji wa akaku minoru, yureru kokoro no hitohira.

Kanji:

 

遥か刻で咲いていた思ひ出を抱きしめては。

色褪せぬ、と切なくなって行く季節。

 

清か水に映りしは枯れ尾花のうら寂し。

黒髪揺らす時つ風が冷たくて。

 

幼し頃、無邪気なあなた。雪仏の傍で。

片笑む姿、思ひ出しては恋しくて。

 

はらり、と──。

み雪の舞い散る度に思ひ出す、名も知らぬその顔。

嗚呼、私に残したこゝろの一枚あたたかく。

 

はらり、と──。

み雪の舞い散る度に思ひ出す、名も知らぬその顔。

嗚呼、ぬくもり残して小さくなってく。

雪もよに消えてく。

 

白む景色、悴んだ心。──斑雪の如く。

 

藪柑子は赤く実る、風に揺れて泣く──。

 

幾返り日々重ねて、重ねる度冴え凍る。

震える体を温める術はなく。

 

霞の奥でやにわに滲む袖口の淡色。

唐傘の下、洟啜り陰る泣き顔。

 

はらり、と──。

み雪の舞い散る度に思ひ出す、名も知らぬその顔。

嗚呼、私に残したこゝろの一枚あたたかく。

 

はらり、と──。

み雪の舞い散る度に思ひ出す、名も知らぬその顔。

嗚呼、ぬくもり残して小さくなってく。

雪もよに消えてく。

 

もう一度、一度だけでいい。

名も知らぬけれど愛しあの人に、会わせてくれまいか。

 

藪柑子は赤く実る、揺るこゝろの一枚。