ヴォカリーズ - Taro Hakase translation in English

ヴォカリーズ

人の世の常とは知りつ
千度来る 春の香りに酔いしれて
今､夢かまぼろしか

涙の奥の我に 行きつ戻りつ
走り去る 降る雨も便りに嬉し
水の音 逢うていつしかふけて行く

はや後朝のつれなく
知らせる時 うらみて憎くや
明くるる この短か夜
思い出でせば 数々あれど
云うて云われぬ おもいの丈は
またふたたび待つ身は
永き思いはやるせるもない 絵そら事

ああこの胸の高鳴りに
昨日の事もいにしえに
明日をも忘れただ一つ
見えてたはずが思わず
はっと見据えしが 見えもせず

光を見つめてひたすらに
行く水の流れのその先に
たどりつく果てもない
沈みし夕日の
燃えつきぬ 居続けて

人の世の常とは知りつ
千度来る 春の香りに酔いしれて
今､夢か
朝の雪の まばゆくも

Vocalise

Knowing the nature of human existence
I'm still intoxicated by the scent of spring coming a thousand times
Is it a dream or a mirage?

My tears take me back and forth
The rain falling down is a welcome sign as I run
The sound of water, meeting and passing the time

Soon, the morning will come without mercy
Do I resent and hate the time that tells me this?
This short night passing
If I recall, there were many
Unspoken words, endless thoughts
Waiting again, as I do
My endless yearning is futile, a mere fantasy

Oh, with this pounding heart,
Yesterday's worries seem distant
Forgetting about tomorrow, there was only one thing
In sight, but then I didn't see it
I looked up in shock, but could not see it

Staring at the light, with all my being
Following the flowing water downstream
Reaching the endless end
The setting sun
Burning out, staying still

Knowing the nature of human existence
I'm still intoxicated by the scent of spring coming a thousand times
Is it a dream?
The morning snow, so dazzling