Kataritsugu Koto (The Things I Pass Down) 語り継ぐこと

     

"Kataritsugu Koto" was the seventh track on Aya's eighth album
"Click You Link Me"

It was originally Chitose Hajime's sixth single and the ending theme
for the Anime BLOOD+

Mus: Yuichi Tajika (田鹿祐一) / Lyr: HUSSY_R

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Album version:

 

Translated by Cherryblossom-Garden (Jonathan Wu)

Kanji

 

なみだ いくつ 零れて
新月の夜 ひとつ海が生まれた
遠く紡いだ言葉
語りべたちの物語の中に

むかし だれかが ここで
張り裂けそうな胸をそっと開いた
歌に奏でてずっと
どんな場所にも携えてゆけるよ

消さないで あなたの中の
ともしびは連なりいつしか
輝くから

語り継ぐことや伝えてゆくこと
時代のうねりを渡って行く舟
風光る 今日の日の空を
受け継いで それを明日に手渡して

指に 額に 髪に
あなたの向こう 垣間見える面影
もしも時の流れを
さかのぼれたら その人に出逢える

この世界 生まれてそして
与えられたあらゆる名前に
願いがある

いとしい笑顔に心動かして
嵐に揺らいで立ち止まる時も
守りたい すべてを捧げても
思いは力に姿を変えるから

語り継いで 伝えてゆくこと
時代のうねりを渡って行く舟
風光る 今日の日の空を
受け継いで それを明日に手渡して

Romaji

 

namida ikutsu koborete
shingetsu no yoru hitotsu umi ga umareta
tooku tsumuida kotoba
kataribetachi no monogatari no naka ni

mukashi dareka ga koko de
harisakesou na mune wo sotto hiraita
uta ni kanadete zutto
donna basho ni mo tazusaete yukeru yo

kesanaide anata no naka no
tomoshibi wa tsuranari itsushika
kagayaku kara

kataritsugu koto ya tsutaete yuku koto
jidai no uneri wo watatte yuku fune
kazehikaru kyou no hi no sora wo
uketsuide sore wo asu ni tewatashite

yubi ni hitai ni kami ni
anata no mukou kaimamieru omokage
moshimo toki no nagare wo
sakanoboretara sono hito ni deaeru

kono sekai umarete soshite
ataerareta arayuru namae ni
negai ga aru

itoshii egao ni ugokashite
arashi ni yuraide tachidomaru toki mo
mamoritai subete wo sasagete mo
omoi wa chikara ni sugata wo kaeru kara

kataritsuide tsutaete yuku koto
jidai no uneri wo watatte yuku fune
kazehikaru kyou no hi no sora wo
uketsuide sore wo asu ni tewatashite

Translation

 

Many tears I shed, and of the night
of the new moon, another tear is created
Far in the distance, the words of this
story are spinning around

A long time ago, someone stood here
here heart slowly opening up
always singing his song
taking it along wherever she went

Before long, the undying flame
in you will bring us together
as it shines in your heart

The things I want to pass down and explain to you
will cross over to your time, as a boat over water
The wind that gleams in the sky today,
I pass it onto you along with the future

I can briefly see your finger,
your forehead, your hair, in the distance
If somehow, I could turn back the stream of
time, I would be with you

When we're born into this world
the names we are given, they each
contain a wish of their own

Your beautiful smile, it moves my heart
when I'm stuck within a storm
I want to protect you, give your everything
because those thoughts turn into strength for me

The things I want to pass down and explain to you
will cross over to your time, as a boat over water
The wind that gleams in the sky today,
I pass it onto you along with the future

Performances

Concert / TV Show / Other
Date
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Click You Link Me Special Night
2010