Hitsujikai no tabi (羊飼いの旅) – Sheperdess’ Journey

Performed by Special Girls B.

from GIVE ME FIVE! single.

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Right in the centre of that sky
Like a claw mark
The crescent moon is left behind
White and lighting up the night

Someday, the time to move on
From this place will come
Morning dew and memories
Are not eternal
But blessings from a season past

The sheperdess
Starts her journey
Without telling anyone
From one mountain to another
She starts walking
On the gentle slopes
With the silent blowing
Breeze and light
Ringing the bell…
Where is it?
Tomorrow…
Where is it?
The future…

In the rain or in the storm
Always facing straight ahead
Aiming for that mountain ridge
Still so far away now
Herding the flock on

She knows that a flat even road
Does not exist anywhere
With just a little rock salt
And love for her family
She cheers herself up

The sheperdess
Does not speak
Dreams alone will not feed her
So, just to stay alive
She continues to walk
The ancestors’ hills
Laying her feelings
On the same earth
Priceless life
Reaching out
To God
Reaching out
Her prayers

In the wind
Humming to herself
The nomad’s
Love song
Reverberating
Throughout the hills
The happy
Enjoyable
Passing of time
On this journey

The sheperdess
From the day she was born
Her heart starts to walk

The sheperdess
Starts her journey
Without telling anyone
From one mountain to another
She starts walking
On the gentle slopes
With the silent blowing
Breeze and light
Ringing the bell…
Where is it?
Tomorrow…
Where is it?
The future…

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ノエルの夜 (Noeru no Yoru) – Noel’s Night

from Ue Kara Mariko single.

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Freshly fallen snow
Is carried on the wind
And like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
Buries the glass window

The RADIO plays Jingle Bells
How many times has it come on?
When it does, you and I
How many times did we kiss?

In Noel’s night
We don’t need words
Just gazing at each other is enough
Hearts connected
As long as we stay together
We’ll love each other more than anyone

The cake you bought
And cut into halves
The half you gave to me
Is decorated with holly

All the lovers in the world
Kiss, as they
Exchange their presents
Matching answers of love

In Noel’s night
We can be honest
Today is special
As the candle flame
Shines down on us
Let’s embrace and fall asleep

Under the distant sky, I heard
A faint bell tone from the church
And wished it would ring on forever
Let us (Let us)
Become forever

In Noel’s night
We don’t need words
Just gazing at each other is enough
Hearts connected
As long as we stay together
We’ll love each other more than anyone

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上からマリコ (Ue kara Mariko) – Mariko from the top

from Ue kara Mariko single.

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You, my senior, are so wild and free
Even I can’t predict your next move

In the crowd, suddenly turning around
You pestered (me)
For a kiss

Mariko from the top, you sadistic person!
So unreasonable, like a tablet of love
Why so sudden? Why do you shut your eyes?
Are you for real? Or is this a joke?

The age gap is a thrill, like a Ferris Wheel
You swayed my heart and made it hammer hard

When I hesitate, to agitate me
You (gently) said
“You coward”

Pestering Mariko, you selfish person!
Such bad behaviour, like you’re just trying out love
Why now? Why here?
Are you for real? Are you a baby?

Acting shy, so teasingly
You pout your lips

Mariko from the top, you sadistic person!
So unreasonable, like a tablet of love
Why so sudden? Why do you shut your eyes?
Are you for real? Or is this a joke?

My senior (my senior), that’s you, but (that’s you, but)
More than anyone else (More than anyone else), you’re just the cutest
My senior (my senior), that’s you, but (that’s you, but)
You’re always (you’re always), a teenager to me

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Misa’s note
1) Tablet of love comes from the phrase “愛の踏み絵” or “ai no fumie”. A “fumie” is tablet bearing Christian images. During the Edo period, suspected Christians were forced to step on the fumie to prove that they were not Christians, which was a banned religion in Japan then. Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumi-e

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Sakura no Ki ni Narou (桜の木になろう) – Let Me Become A Sakura Tree

From Sakura no Ki ni Narou single.

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You start walking alone, under the spring-coloured sky
On this long road, resembling the one you saw in a dream long ago
Today, and the days we spent in our uniforms, I keep those memories tucked away
And am newly reborn, to watch over your back

Looking back uncertainly, you gave an unconvincing smile
Those tears sliding down your cheeks mark your passage into adulthood

Let me become an everlasting sakura tree. Yes, I will never move from here
So even when your heart has lost its way, I will be standing here
In this place, with love

The future which we discussed with our classmates, in that sunny classroom
That step which you are taking now, is the first towards that goal
Please don’t think only about the season during which the flowers are in full bloom
Think of how the tree shivered in the cold winds, then overcame the winter to flower again

And please come back to this abandoned schoolyard sometime
And you will see yourself, shining on your graduation day

Let me become an everlasting sakura tree. So that I will be remembered even after you leave
Even when all my flowers have withered and fallen, my branches will spread out like arms
Waiting for you

“In everyone’s hearts, determination is left forgotten somewhere, like a pressed-dried flower
Remember me, like “One tree”, during the season when sakura blooms”

Let me become an everlasting sakura tree. Yes, I will never move from here
So even when your heart has lost its way, I will be standing here
In this place, with love

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