Kalafina　「Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Yuku (You Turn It All to Light)／君が光に変えて行く」

あたたかな風の中で
誰かが呼んでる
暗闇を惜しむように
夜明けが始まる		Within a warm wind,
Somebody is calling out;
Wishing to hold dear the darkness,
The dawn begins;
明日はきっと
綺麗な空に
銀色の虹がかかるでしょう		Tomorrow, certainly,
Upon a pristine sky,
A rainbow of silver shall surely hang;
こんな哀しい景色を
君が光に変えて行く
小さな涙の粒さえ
宝石のように落ちてく
未来の中へ		You take scenery as sorrowful as this
And you turn it all to light;
Even these small teardrops
Fall like jewels
Towards the future;
心には秘密がある
それでも触れたくて
触れ合えば壊れて行く
躊躇いは螺旋の中へ		There are secrets, within this heart,
Yet, still, I want to touch it,
And if I were to brush against it, it might go and break;
A hesitancy which spirals on towards its centre;1
橋を渡った河の向こうまで
明日はきっと・・・・・・
真昼の中で
春は甘く深く香るのでしょう
夢から醒めて
人は何を探すの		Beyond the bridge, with a river threading through,
Tomorrow, certainly……
With the midday noon,
Spring surely does smell so deeply, so sweetly;
Since waking from a dream,
What is it that a person searches for?
こんなに明るい世界へ
君が私を連れて行く
眩しさにまだ立ち竦む
背中をそっと抱きしめる		To a world as brilliant as this,
You lead me:
And, when still dazzled by its radiance,
Hold me so gently;
信じることの儚さを
君が光に変えて行く
目覚めた朝には涙が
宝石のように落ちてく
未来の中へ		You take my transient faith
And you turn it all to light,
And the tears that come with waking
Fall like jewels
Towards the future

Footnotes

1. Given the abstract imagery and the choice of 「へ」 as a particle over 「に」, where 「へ」 emphasises the ongoing journey rather than the destination, I interpret this line as a metaphor: the hesitancy displayed is descending, like a spiral, towards an inevitable climax.

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