Ito (Thread) 糸 [Cover]

     

"Ito" was Miyuki Nakajima's 35th single (a double A-side
with "Inochi no Betsumei"), released 1998

Kanako and Naotaro Moriyama sang it in the sixth
"Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura" episode in 2015

Mus/Lyr: Miyuki Nakajima (中島みゆき)

TV version:

 

Translated by yougaku

Kanji

 

なぜめぐり逢うのかを 
私たちはなにも知らない
いつめぐり逢うのかを 
私たちはいつも知らない

どこにいたの 生きてきたの
遠い空の下 ふたつの物語

縦の糸はあなた 
横の糸は私
織りなす布は いつか誰かを 
暖めうるかもしれない

なぜ生きてゆくのかを 
迷った日の跡の ささくれ
夢追いかけ走って 
ころんだ日の跡の ささくれ

こんな糸がなんになるの
心許なくて ふるえてた風の中

縦の糸はあなた 
横の糸は私
織りなす布は いつか誰かの 
傷をかばうかもしれない

縦の糸はあなた
横の糸は私
逢うべき糸に 出逢えることを
人は仕合わせと呼びます

Romaji

 

Naze meguriau no ka o
Watashitachi wa nani mo shiranai
Itsu meguriai no ka o
Watashitachi wa itsumo shiranai

Doko ni ita no ikite kita no
Tooi sora no shita futatsu no monogatari

Tate no ito wa anata
yoko no ito wa watashi
Orinasununo wa itsuka dareka o
Atatameuru kamo shirenai

Naze ikite yuku no ka o
Mayotta hi no ato no sasakure
Yume oikake hashitte
Koronda hi no ato no sasakure

Kon'na ito ga nan ni naru no
Kokoro motosanakute furueteta kaze no naka

Tate no ito wa anata
yoko no ito wa watashi
Orinasununo wa itsuka dareka no
Kizu wo kabau kamo shirenai

Tate no ito wa anata
yoko no ito wa watashi
Au beki ito ni deaeru koto wo
Hito wa shiawase to yobimasu

Translation

 

We never know
how we are destined to meet people
We never know
when we are going to meet them

Where have you been? How have you lived your life till now?
Under the high sky tTwo different histories

You are the vertical thread
I am the horizontal thread
Woven together, the cloth
may warm someone else one day

There are frays from the days
we were concerned about our future
And the days we chased
our dreams and failed

What would become of these threads?
Feeling insecured, I was shivering in the wind

You are the vertical thread
I am the horizontal thread
Woven together, the cloth
may cover the wound of someone one day

You are the vertical thread
I am the horizontal thread
When two threads that are meant to be woven together meet
They call it happiness