「アオノカナタ」/ “Ao no Kanata” – 島崎信長
“The Blue Yonder” – Shimazaki Nobunaga
“I know a place I can call my own
No one’s voice can reach me here…”
Translation:
Submerged beneath the tranquil water and drops of wavering light
As if to melt into the silence
I match my heartbeat to the ripples in the water
Everything becomes one / My course is set
I know this, and I will accept it with all I am
I know a place I can call my own
No one’s voice can reach me here / Wo-oh
It’s something much more precious than victory or defeat
This scenery that always occupies my thoughts
The blue yonder forever etched into my memory
I can try to resist, but it makes no difference / Here, I am all alone
The current mirrors my heart and shifts from moment to moment
It envelops my body completely / I place my trust
In that power, and I will never doubt it
I know a place where I can be free
Here, even my doubts wither away to next to nothing / Wo-oh
Now, as I swim at my own speed
Nothing can stand in my way / I want to pursue
The eternal blue yonder
At the sensation that traces my existence / I’ll slip into the water
To find the true freedom that rises to the surface
I know a place I can call my own
No one’s voice can reach me here / Wo-oh
It’s something much more precious than victory or defeat
This scenery that always occupies my thoughts
The blue yonder forever etched into my memory
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Romaji:
Shizuka na mizu no soko de / tayutau hikari no tsubu
Chimoku to tokeau you ni / kasanaru kodou wo azukete
Subete ga / hitotsu ni naru / sono yukue wo
Kanji nagara ukeireteiku
Jibun dake no basho wo shitteiru
Dare no koe mo todokanai n da / wo-oh
Kachimake yori motto taisetsu na
Itsudatte atama no naka wo shimeru keshiki
Yakitsuita ao no kanata
Donnani aragattemo / koko de ha hitorikiri da
Nagare ha kokoro wo utsushite / tsugi no shunkan wo erabu yo
Karada wo tsutsumikonda / sono chikara wo
Utagawazu ni shinjiteiyou
Jiyuu ni naru basho wo shitteiru
Mayoi sae mo hodo kareteiku / wo-oh
Ima wo oyogu ore no supiido de
Nani kara mo jama sarezu ni oikaketai
Eien no ao no kanata
Sonzai wo nazoru kanshoku ni / suberikomu sono sukima ni
Ukabi agaru tashika na freedom
Jibun dake no basho wo shitteiru
Dare no koe mo todokanai n da / wo-oh
Kachimake yori motto taisetsu na
Itsudatte atama no naka wo shimeru keshiki
Yakitsuita ao no kanata
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