マチゲリータ (Machigerita) - 雪月花 (Setsugekka)

Singer, Lyrics, Music : Machigerita
The comment on the original Niconico video was:

「隣で眠る、もう居ない貴方へ。」

"To you, who is no longer here, sleeping beside me."

歌詞 (Japanese lyrics here)　・　Romaji　・　English Translation



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雪月花

空隠れ、雪が夜に落ちて白く。
寄り添った季節、凍てついた花びらに。

冷たくなった貴方の傍らで。
絶望に噎ぶわたしにどうか言葉を返して。

小指に宿るぬくもりは決して消えず。
重ねた日々を忘れる事も無い。
ああ
御揃いの鈴の音を思い出して泣いた。

雪月花。

ぼんぼりを灯す、明りが揺らめいて。
抱きしめた景色は、足跡さえ無い道。

手を繋ぎ、歩いたこの道に雪積もり。
白くなる、何もかも掻き消したようで悲しい。

小指に宿るぬくもりは決して消えず。
重ねた日々を忘れる事もない。
ああ
御揃いの鈴の音を思い出して泣いた。

雪月花。

御揃いの鈴の音を鳴らしてみました。
頬を伝う涙だけが暖か。
さよなら、また会う日まで。さよなら、愛しい人。

雪月花。


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Setsugekka
Song: Machigerita

Sora gakure, yuki ga yoru ni ochite shiroku.
Yorisotta kisetsu, itetsiuta hanabira ni.

Tsumetaku natta anata no katawara de.
Zetsubou ni musebu watashi ni douka kotoba wo kaeshite.

Koyubi ni yadoru nukumori wa keshite kiezu.
Kasaneta hibi wo wasureru koto mo nai.
Aa
Osoroi no suzu no ne wo omoidashite naita.

Setsugekka.

Bonbori wo tomosu, akari ga yurameite.
Dakishimeta keshiki wa, ashiato sae nai michi.

Te wo tsunagi, aruita kono michi ni yuki tsumori.
[Shiroku naru,] nanimo kamo kakikeshita you de kanashii.

Koyubi ni yadoru nukumori wa keshite kiezu.
Kasaneta hibi wo wasureru koto mo nai
Aa
Osoroi no suzu no ne wo omoidashite naita.

Setsugekka.

Osoroi no suzu no ne wo narashite mimashita.
Hoho wo tsutau namida dake ga atataka.
Sayonara, mata au hi made. Sayonara, itoshii hito.

Setsugekka.


Note:

1. Even though "shiroku naru" is written in the video, it is not sung. That's why I wrote it in between [ ] here.

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Setsugekka
Song: Machigerita

Hiding the sky, the snow falls whitely in the night.
A season, embraced by frozen flower petals

I am by your side. You have grown cold.
I am choked by grief. Please, please answer me.

The warmth in my little finger absolutely won't disappear.
I won't forget the days upon days either.
Aa
I cried, remembering the sound of our bells.

Setsugekka

Lighting the lantern, the light flickers.
The scenery held is a road without even footprints

The snow piled on this road that we [once] walked, holding hands.
[It's whitening,] as if everything is being erased. It's so sad.

The warmth in my little finger absolutely won't disappear.
I won't forget the days upon days either.
Aa
I cried, remembering the sound of our bells.

Setsugekka

I tried letting our bells ring.
Only the tears streaming down my cheek are warm.
Farewell, until the day we meet again. Farewell, my beloved one.

Setsugekka


Notes:

• The translation is not as close to the Japanese as I would have liked it to be, but these lines just don't really allow me to incorporate every element present in the Japanese lines without butchering the English language (even more than I normally do XD)

1. I left out "osoroi". It means "matching" as demonstrated in the following sentence: "osoroi no yubiwa" -> "a pair of matching rings". To me, it has the same connotation.
2. The phrase "setsugekka" (lit: "snow, moon, flowers") traditionally denotes the beauty of nature, in particular that of the seasons. As I cannot think of a proper phrase in English (neither "passing seasons" nor "beautiful seasons" incorporate both the sense of "beauty" as well as "time"), I left the Japanese phrase.