1 Litre of Tears

Powdered Snow
The season in which the powdered snow dances always passes by
Even if Im lost in a crowd I can see the same sky
Even though I'm chilled as if I'm being blown by the wind


I don't know anything(1) about you, do I?
And yet, I found you amongst a billion(2) people
There's no (scientific) basis for this, but I believe this with all seriousness


We can't live at the same time without trivial fights
If I can't be honest, then rapture and sorrow are meaningless
Powdered snow, if you paled me white to the heart
Can you share our loneliness?


I pressed my ear against your heart
Going gently, deeply towards where the sound (is coming from)
(That's where) I want to disembark,
There, we'll meet once again


I want us to reach rapport but I was the (only) one who touched its surface
The only thing that was holding us together was my hand squeezing yours that was numb with cold
Powdered snow, in front (of us), eternity, too fragilely, becomes a stain upon rough asphalt


Powdered snow, this heart that has transcended time is faltering
And yet, I want to continue to protect you
Powdered snow, if you paled me white to the heart
You would wrap around our loneliness and send it back into the sky


(1) lit. Everything. (2) lit. A hundred million. Japanese number splitting are different in that it goes from a thousand (sen) to ten thousand (man) to a hundred million (oku) instead of the thousand, million and billion we're used to. I just made this a billion to parallel what I call a "numberless number" i.e. one of those numbers that doesn't have other number names in it like a hundred, thousand, etc.


The above lyrics was beautifully translated by someone who was kind enough to share it with us on his/her site. See, I gave the person due credit =P I spent some time surfin for the lyrics coz what I have been getting is the 'pronunciation' version of the lyrics.


This song is entitled 'Konayuki' (go youtube/google it and listen to it =) It is one of the songs in the jap drama (of 11 episodes which I finished watching on youtube in 2 days *applause*), 1 litres of tears. This is based on a truth story of a girl who had cerebrospinal degerative disease. It is really touching, but bear in mind that the love interest Asou Haruto is a fiction character. Sorry to disappoint those people who (may) drool over the (quite) yeng guy in the drama.