Seeing Angi posting 雲のむこう、約束の場所 （Ｂｅｙｏｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｃｌｏｕｄｓ， Ｔｈｅ Ｐｒｏｍｉｓｅｄ Ｐｌａｃｅ） on her msn made me want to watch this anime by Shinkai Makoto for the third time. But since I’m a bit short of time lately and there’re still plenty of things I want to do, I decided to just run the DVD and listen to the ending song. I discovered that Shinkai Makoto wrote the lyric, which fits well with the story theme.
～君の声～色あせた青ににじむ 白い雲 遠いあの日のいろ
心の奥の誰にも 隠してる痛み
僕のすべてかけた 言葉もう遠く
なくす日々の中で今も きみは 僕をあたためてる
きみのこえ きみのかたち 照らした光
かなうなら 僕のこえ どこかのきみ とどくように
僕は生きてく
日差しに灼けたレールから 響くおと遠く あの日のこえ
あの雲のむこう今でも 約束の場所ある
いつからか孤独 僕を囲み きしむ心
過ぎる時の中できっと 僕はきみをなくしていく
きみの髪 空と雲 とかした世界 秘密に満ちて
きみのこえ やさしい指 風うける肌
こころ強くする
いつまでも こころ震わす きみの背中
願いいただ 僕の歌 どこかのきみ とどきますよう
僕は生きてく
きみのこえ きみのかたち 照らした光
かなうなら 生きる場所 違うけれど 優しく強く
僕は生きたい
Your Voice (Kimi no Koe)
The faded blue, the white clouds, the color of that faraway days
Deep inside my heart, there is a pain hidden from all.
I had put my all, the words had become distant
In the lost days, even now, you make me warm.
Your voice, your shape illuminated by the light
If it could happen
If my voice could reach you, whereever you are
I would live on
From the sundrenched rails, echo the voice of that distant day
Beyond the clouds, even now, the promised place is there
Since when, loneliness has surrounded me, clutched my heart
In the flow of time, I’m surely going to lose you.
Your hair, the world where sky and clouds blend, secrets abound
Your voice, your gentle fingers, and your flowing skin
Make my heart strong
Always, a shivered heart, your back
My wish is only that, my song would reach you, wherever you are
I would live on
Your voice, your shape illuminated by the light
If it could happen, even though we live in different places,
Gently and strongly
I would live on
(It’s rather irrational for me to stay up till 1am to translate this song given that I got to wake up at 6am for work. People are truly driven by emotions)
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