romaji

Sora no kodoku na taka yo
Kaze ni aragai nagara
Soko ni aru no wa hikari to yami
Hitori dake no sora

Sora wo miagete naita
Hitori ikiteru kimi yo
Shinjitsu no na wo oshiete okure
Itsu no hi ka kiete shimau kimi yo

Hikari ga yami ni tokeru you ni
Kokoro no naka wo toori sugiru kimi no uta wo
Utau yo

Sora wo miagete naita
Hitori ikiteru kimi yo
Shinjitsu no na wo oshiete okure
Itsu no hi ka shinde shimau kimi yo

Hikari ga yami ni ukabu you ni
Chinmoku no naka ni toori sugiru toki no uta wo
Utau yo

Umare kiete iku hakanai
Inochi tachi yo
Owari ga ari
Hajimari ga aru yo
Wasurenai de

Sora no kodoku no taka yo
Kaze ni araganai nagara
Sora wo miagete naita
Kimi yo

english

Oh lonely hawk, flying in the sky
while struggling against the wind
All around you is light and darkness –
A sky for only you

I looked up at the sky and broke into tears
Oh you, you who live alone,
won’t you teach me your true name?
Oh you, you who will one day fade away

A melody that passes through one’s heart
much like light dissolving into darkness... I’ll sing it,
your song

I looked up at the sky and broke into tears
Oh you, you who live alone,
won’t you teach me your true name?
Oh you, you who will one day pass away

A melody that passes through the silence
much like light floating upon darkness... I’ll sing it,
the song of time

Oh you, bearer of a fleeting life that is given one day
only to fade away the next
There will come an end...
But where there is an end, there is a beginning...
Don’t ever forget

Oh lonely hawk, flying in the sky
while struggling against the wind
I looked up at the sky and broke into tears
Oh, you...