DEPARTURES

Zutto fuseta mama no
Shashintate no futari
Egao dake wa ima mo
Kagayaite iru
Itsu no hi kara hosoku
Nagai michi ga hajimaru
Tabidachi no hi wa nazeka
Kaze ga tsuyokute
Yasashisa mo wagamama mo
Nukumori mo samishisa mo
Omoiyari mo subete wo
Zenbu azuketa.

Doko made mo kagirinaku
Furitsumoru yuki to
Anata e no omoi
Sukoshi demo tsutaetakute
Todoketakute
Soba ni ite hoshikute
Kogoeru yoru machiawase mo
Dekinai mama
Ashita wo sagashiteru
Itsu datte omoide wo
Tsukuru toki ni wa
Anata to futari ga ii.

Itta koto ga nai ne
Yuki to asobitai ne
Aitakute aenakute
Akogarete iru
Yoru ga yake ni nagakute
Fuyu no sei kamo shirenai
Dakedo haru wa akaruku
Hizashi abitai.

Eien ni tsudsuku michi
Sore wa anata e
No omoi ga kitto
Furitsumoru yuki to tomo ni
Fukaku tsuyoku
Futari wo sasaete ita.

Maegami ga nobita ne
Onaji kurai ni natta
Hidarikiki mo nareta shi
Kaze mo naotta.

Ai ga yume wo jama suru
Yume ga ai wo mitsukeru
Yasashisa ga ai wo sagashite
Anata ga watashi wo
Erande kureta kara.

Doko made mo kagirinaku
Furitsumoru yuki to
Anata e no omoi
Sukoshi demo tsutaetakute
Todoketakute
Soba ni ite hoshikute
Kogoeru yoru machiawase mo
Dekinai mama
Ashita wo sagashiteru
Itsu datte omoide wo
Tsukuru toki ni wa
Anata to futari ga ii.

[translation]

I've kept the framed picture of us
Face down for a while now
But even now your smile
Is just so radiant
One day a long narrow road
Starts to form
And for some reason the wind is strong
The day i start off on it
My kindness and selfishness
And warmth and loneliness
And compassion and everything
I trusted you with all of it.

The fallen snow
And my love for you go on forever
I want to convey that to you
Even just a little bit
I want to get that through to you
I want you beside me
When you can't meet with me
On a freezing night
I'm looking for it tomorrow
When it comes to making memories
It's always better if
It's you and me together in them.

I've never been here before, you know?
I want to play in the snow, you know?
I miss you but i can't see you
And i'm longing for you
The night is terribly long
Maybe that's because it's winter
But i want to bask in
The bright sunlight of spring.

I'll keep going down
This road forever
I'm sure that's because
My love for you and the fallen snow
Were strong and deep
As they supported the two of us.

Your bangs have grown, haven't they?
They're almost the same as before
You've gotten over your left-handedness*
And your cold's gotten better.

Love gets in the way of dreams
Dreams find love
Kindness looks for love
And you chose me
That's why.

The fallen snow
And my love for you go on forever
I want to convey that to you
Even just a little bit
I want to get that through to you
I want you beside me
When you can't meet with me
On a freezing night
I'm looking for it tomorrow
When it comes to making memories
It's always better if
It's you and me together in them.