I was just quietly gazing at
the little one's sleeping face.
Its eyebrows are slightly frowning;
if it's a nightmare, then please wake up.

I used to fear swimming and always hold back.
Yes, the memories from that summer are coming back.
Being pushed in my back, I finally learned how to swim.
It all seems like yesterday.

I can hear a voice;
it's showing me the direction I should go.
Alone in the rustling wind,
I am singing a song.

The little one is actually me.
Without a doubt, it is me.
My helpless feeling reflected in the mirror
will become my unbeatable tomorrow.

Then, little by little,
I will start to return to my childhood,
to the days when you praised me for singing love songs,
the meaning of which I had yet to understand.

When I look up into the sky,
my voice gradually becomes full.
In the rustling wind, you, too,
should lightly float up with me.

I can hear a voice;
it's showing me the direction I should go.
Alone in the rustling wind,
I am singing a song.

I've realized that my most precious one is right by my side.

When I look up into the sky,
my voice gradually becomes full.
In the rustling wind, you, too,
should lightly float up with me.

I can hear a voice;
it's showing me the direction I should go.
Alone in the rustling wind,
I am singing a song.

Labels: Life, Pokemon, Songs

Storia
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
Vocals: Kalafina

In the secrecy of darness
I reached for your hand
A ballad from ancient times
As though it is repeating, spins
Romance of life

I always want to sing about you
Fill the sad night with warmth
Find love

The daisies bloomed
The white moon shone
With your whisper,
A storia of eternity begins

It sank into the water
A nostalgic tale of love
From the centre of light and shadows
Belovedness is born
Return...

I gazed into your eyes
In those arms

A lover's whispers
A zither of stardust
A ballad from ancient times
Fills the fountain
The wind blows West

I want to sing a kind song with you
May's moon is now here
Because a love song resonates
My cold chest is filled with warmth
Let us speak of a storia of love

Storia
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
Vocals: Kalafina

Himitsu no tasogare ni
Kimi no te wo totta
Inishie no BARAADO
Kurikaesu you ni tsumugu
romance of life

Kimi no koto wo itsumo utaitai
Kanashii yoru wo nukumori de mita shite
Ai wo mitsukete

Hinagiku ga saiteta
Shiroi tsuki kagayaiteta
Kimi no sasayaki de hajimaru yo
Tokoshie no storia

Mizu no naka shizun de itta
Natsukashii koi no monogatari
Hikari to kage no naka kara
Itoshi sa wa umarete
Kaeru

Kimi no me wo miteta
Sono ude no naka de

Koibito no sasayaki
Hoshikuzu no CHITAA
Inishie no BARAADO
Izumi wo mita shite
Kaze wa nishi he

Yasashii uta wo kimi to utaitai
Gogatsu no tsuki ga ima koko ni aru
Koi no uta ga koyoi hibiku kara
Tsumetai mune wo nukumori de mita shite
Katarou
Ai no storia

Translation taken from Akiba or Takarazuka?
Romaji taken from canta-per-me.net

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OH WATCH THE PV! MISE-EN-SCENE ELEMENTS!

... Screw VC. Now it's hard to watch Kalafina PVs without noticing all the camera angles & stuff... sigh wonder how long it took to make those props just for a 3min+ song...

Labels: Kalafina, Songs

Seventh Heaven
Music: Yuki Kajiura
Lyrics: Yuki Kajiura
Arrangement: Yuki Kajiura
Vocals: Kalafina

I want you to sing
The quiet words of love
Why I cried
Wasn’t because of you
But that you announced our parting in the light snow
That was vanishing into the night

The heartbeats of a chest that I heard from within the darkness
Finally taught me of pain
Please kiss my wounds
Please don’t let your fingers
That touch me briefly leave me
Ever

You brought me
Into a world this bright
It’s too glaring, it’s too glaring
I can’t see anything
Within the light

Please embrace me tightly
Share our frozen breaths
Melt the snow that remains
In you and me

It’s that within
The dreamlike days
You’re laughing
I’m fine with just that
Because you’re simply by my side

I’m not alone anymore
Forever
We’ll go together
To Arcadia

I want you to sing
Your, my
The night’s, the morning’s

The sea’s
The sky’s tune

Seventh Heaven

utatte hoshii
shizuka na ai no kotoba
nai teitanoha
anata noseijanakute
yoru no nakani kie te itta
awayuki ni wakare wo tsuge tano

yami no naka kara kiko eta mune no kodou ga
yatto itami wo watashi ni oshie tekureta
o kono kizu ni kuchizuke te
hakanaku fureau yubi wo
hanasa naideite
zutto

konnani akaru i sekai he
kimi ga watashi wo tsure te kita
mabushiku te mabushiku te
nanimo mie nai
hikari no naka

tsuyoku daki shimeteite
kogoe ta toiki wo wake ai
anata to watashi no
nagori no yuki ga toke te

soreha yume noyouna
hibi no naka
anata ga waratteru
soredakedeii
o tada soba ni iru kara

mou hitori janai
zutto
futari de iku
mahoroba

utatte hoshii
kimi no boku no
yoru no asa no

umi no
sora no shirabe

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I don't know about you, but ever since I listened to Seventh Heaven I've always thought Kalafina did a great job with conveying the emotions in this song. When I first heard it, I was armed with only the meaning of the song title, but that didn't stop me from grasping the emotions expressed throughout the song. It left me with a bittersweet feeling, an emotion that was equal parts sorrow and hope.

But having the translation on hand doesn't hurt, of course. Heh.

Labels: Kalafina, Songs