Earth

作詞： 奥井雅美・Monta (OKUI Masami & Monta)
作曲： Monta
編曲： Monta
　歌： okui, masami
 CDs： - okui, masami: ReBirth (KICS-1061)
英訳： Teresa Ko (http://www.okui-masami.net/)

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なんにも生まれない　不毛な争いは
今でもこの空の下では続く…
 nan ni mo umarenai   fumou na arasoi wa
 ima demo kono sora no shita dewa tsudzuku...
    All this futile fighting, which begets nothing
    Continues under the sun even to this day...

絶えまなく流れる涙　同じ数のはかない命
 taemanaku nagareru namida   onaji kazu no hakanai inochi
    The tears that flow unceasingly,
    The human lives that are equally innumerable

この広い銀河でたったひとつ　神に与えられた地球で
僕達は何を想いながら　生きて行くべきなのでしょうか
 kono hiroi ginga de tatta hitotsu   kami ni ataerareta chikyuu de
 boku-tachi wa nani wo omoinagara  ikite yuku beki nano deshou ka
    On this very one Earth in the great vast galaxy
    Given to us by God,
    What should we be thinking about, I wonder,
    As we live our lives?

幼い心は　今も震えてる
時代はくり返す何も学ばず
 osanai kokoro wa  ima mo furueteru
 jidai wa kurikaesu nani mo manabazu
    My young heart trembles, even now
    The times repeat themselves, learning nothing.

悲しみに打ち勝てるように　『忘れること』覚えたのか
 kanashimi ni uchikateru you ni   'wasureru koto' oboeta no ka
    To try to overcome sadness,
    Have we simply learned to 'forget'?

この広い銀河でたったひとつ　神に与えられた地球で
僕達は何を想いながら　生きて行くべきなのでしょうか
 kono hiroi ginga de tatta hitotsu   kami ni ataerareta chikyuu de
 boku-tachi wa nani wo omoinagara  ikite yuku beki nano deshou ka
    On this very one Earth in the great vast galaxy
    Given to us by God,
    What should we be thinking about, I wonder,
    As we live our lives?

とめどなく溢れる愛を　求めているはずの命
 tomedonaku afureru ai wo   motomete iru hazu no inochi
    Love that overflows without end
    That these human lives are surely searching for

いつの日か銀河の塵となり　神のもとへと旅立つ時は
僕達は何かを学び行く　罪さえも包み込む場所へ…
この広い銀河も惑星-ほし-達も　ひとつになる
想いを集めて
 itsunohika ginga no chiri to nari   kami no moto he to tabidatsu toki
 boku-tachi wa nanika wo manabiyuku   tsumi sae mo tsutsumikomu basho he...
 kono hiroi ginga mo hoshi-tachi mo   hitotsu ni naru
 omoi wo atsumete
    When, someday, we become the dust of the galaxy
    And start out towards the place of God
    We will learn something as we go
    Somewhere where even sins become covered over
    This great vast galaxy and the stars all become one [1]
    Drawing together these thoughts...

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TRANSLATOR'S NOTES:
[1] The reading 'hoshi' (star) is given the kanji 'wakusei' (planet).