Midnight Blue
Midnight blue
I tried my best to love you
Midnight blue with no moon
I don't know when this dark night will end
Dreaming of the dawn
Again I'm feeling midnight blue tonight
Midnight blue
I can't help feeling hopeless
Midnight blue with no stars
I don't know when this deep night will end
Turning almost black
Midnight blue
Midnight blue
I'm sinking away
Like the moon disappearing in the morning
Alone I wash my long black hair
The mirror of the water basin trembles
as it reflects my teary eyes
I don't how I am going to live
Now that I have lost love
Even a question like this is being washed away
in the midnight blue
Midnight blue
I can't help feeling hopeless
Midnight blue with no stars
I don't know when this deep night will end
Turning almost black
Midnight blue
Sakura Dayori (Cherry Blossom Letter)
In spring
On rainy days
A small figure stood
In front of the train station
You were waiting for me
With a pink umbrella
I still remember it
Blooming in the rain like a cherry blossom
Mother
In this foreign land I live
Cherry blossoms are now in season
But people don't seem to care
passing hastily by the trees
Mother I am standing alone
and reading
As if they were letters from home
The scentless petals one by one
Ever since I can remember
I was stubborn and made you worry so
I thought I was living by myself
I wanted to prove I could be on my own
What a selfish child I have been, but...
I have learned little by little
how to trust changing seasons
I still have many whys
Then I hear your voice saying,
"It is all right, my dear, just be happy, be safe."
In this foreign land
Where my soul will be buried someday
Cherry blossoms are in full bloom
The spring light pours down on me gently
As if to heal the weary traveler's heart
Mother
I am standing alone
and reading
As if they were letters from you
Cherry blossom petals one by one
one by one...
Copyright © 2011 by Chie Treagus
Furudokei - The Old Clock
In the deep snow
Peeks a spring crocus in the color of dawn
Today will be a lucky day
In a foggy morning, a thrush visits my window
She flew off leaving the winter tangerine behind
Tomorrow will be a fine day
When I am a little bit sad
I dream the usual dream
Of the southern land
Where the warm breezes blow
Of the forest
Where a blue bird stops on my shoulder
The handkerchief you’ve left after our last goodbye
I shall wash it in a bamboo basin
Will it dry in the misty rain?
The needle spins for the thousandth time
But I want to listen to the song again
All alone tonight
What is happiness?
If only anybody knew
No one would ever cry
“Sleep, sleep,”
The old clock chimes
Idainaru Kimi e - To The Great You
The spring is so fragrant and bright
It is pregnant with hope
White magnolias and larks on the hills
are singing songs of life
The summer breeze blows warm
and the sky is blue
Those are not ordinary things
I know you must be able to understand
Because you suffered so much
but never stopped searching
It must have been frightening to stay honest
You must have shaken with fear
But here it is, The Great You
who has been trying and still trying
to overcome weakness within
Even if you can't walk straight
even though you may not leave
a footprint in our time
I beg you please
smile for me, show me
the smile of the Crowned One!
In the end of autumn
birds spread their wings and take off
Over the golden clouds
they fly back home
leaving traces of the life fully lived
across the southern sky
The coldness of winters
freezing snowstorms
embrace them all and live on!
I know you can
because you had the courage to be hurt
in return for opening your heart
to love
It must have been difficult wanting happiness
You must have fallen at times
But here it is, The Great You
who keeps trudging forward
the labyrinth of the confusing "self"
Even if you can't live upright
even though your voice may not echo
in the history
I beg you please
smile fo me, show me
The smile of The Crowned One!
Even if you can't walk straight
even though you may not leave
a footprint in our time
I beg you please
smile for me, show me
The smile of The Crowned One!
Orange Bitter
24 hours ago I was on the plane
Arriving in San Francisco from Narita Airport
Where powdery snow was floating in the air
The plane shakes hard while it ascends toward the clouds
I keep telling myself it won’t be long
I cover my ears to protect them from the deafening sound of the jet
All the while
I am thinking of you
Did it really happen between us?
I remember the coolness of the sheets and our hot breaths
We couldn’t stop the fraying of time
Cold fingers and wet hair
The truth in our lies tasted just as good
as the orange bitter cocktail
I am staring at the ocean from the Golden Gate Bridge
The waves beyond the dark sea are so violent
I lose consciousness for just a second
The thought that no one knows or cares for me here,
Even if I hurl myself over the bridge right now,
Makes me feel strangely peaceful
Darling, if I became one of the stars above
How many drops of tears would you shed for me?
We were too jaded to cry out loud
For the love fading away
We did not have much faith in us to begin with
To be able to accuse one another
The truth in our lies was as sweet
as the orange bitter cocktail
From the top floor window of my hotel
I can see bustling holiday shoppers
Should I try to blend with them
with a smile on my face?
Even buy myself a teardrop-shaped jewel, maybe then,
The truth in our lies may look
As beautiful as the orange bitter cocktail
The Crescent Moon And The Kitty Cat
The crescent moon and the kittty cat
Little baby kitty cat
Where are you from, pretty one?
The crescent moon and the kitty cat
Little baby kitten cat
Have you been lost?
Which way is your home?
Somehow I feel very sad and sentimental
The silver tail is swinging
Under the roof of the night sky
The crescent moon and the kitty cat
Little baby kitty cat
Are you hungry?
Isn't it cold today?
The crescent moon and the kitty cat
Little baby kitty cat
No matter how hard you stare
The pie in the sky won't fall down
Somehow I feel very lonely and sentimental
The silver tail is swinging
Under the roof of the night sky
The crescent moon and the kitty cat
Prancing happily
Fluffy cloud, wrap her up
So she will stay warm
The crescent moon and the kitty cat
Little baby kitty cat
It will be morning soon
Hope you can find your way home....