Paroles et traduction Yuiko Ohara - 継承の唄

継承の唄

木々の騒めき 息を潜めて
互いの名も知らぬままに この身を委ね
茂みの奥の微かな木漏れ日は
どこか母の温もりのよう

古人の残した性よ
刻まれた胸が疼いている

声よ 木霊よ
今望む 言葉を聞かせて
霧の向こうへと進んで
彷徨いあう前に

せせらぎの夢 汲み取り浴びて
木の葉の船 揺らす水面 孤独に沈む
雨風たちと 変わらぬ移り気で
泥にまみれた心洗う

遠く滲んだ 追憶の中
忘れかけた想いを見つけた

声よ 木霊よ
今望む言葉を教えて
混じり合う時の流れが
私になる前に

面影を辿れば 見知るほどに戸惑う
汚れを秘めぬ川の流れに沿わせて

どうか声よ 木霊よ
今望む言葉を聞かせて
霧の向こうへと進んで
彷徨いあう前に

天よ 大地よ
今歌う この歌を聴いて
混じり合う時の流れが
私になる前に
何者でもないまま
この身を捧げましょう

Song of Inheritance

The rustling of trees, I hold my breath
We don't know each other's names, but I give myself to you
The faint sunlight through the thicket
Is like the warmth of my mother

The nature left by the ancestors
My heart inscribed with it aches

Voice, echo
I ask you now, lend me your words
Before I move on through the fog
Before I wander alone

I scoop up the dream of a babbling brook and bathe in it
A leaf boat rocks on the water, sinking alone
With the ever-changing wind and rain
I wash my muddy heart

Far, hazy memories
I found a feeling I had almost forgotten

Voice, echo
I ask you now, show me the words
As the mingled currents of time flow
Before I become myself

The more I follow the vision, the more confused I become
Along the pure river's flow

Please, voice, echo
I ask you now, lend me your words
Before I move on through the fog
Before I wander alone

Oh heavens, oh earth
Listen to this song I sing
As the mingled currents of time flow
Before I become myself
As nothing
I'll devote my body