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Why do we meet like this?
なぜ巡り会うのかを
naze meguriau no ka o
We don’t know a thing.
私たちは何も知らない
watashitachi wa nanimo shiranai
When will we meet again?
いつ巡り会うのかを
itsu meguriau no ka o
We never really know.
私たちはいつも知らない
watashitachi wa itsumo shiranai

Where have you been, living your life?
どこにいたの 生きてきたの
doko ni ita no ikite kita no
Under the distant sky, two stories unfold.
遠い空の下 ふたつの物語
tooi sora no shita futatsu no monogatari

The vertical thread is you, the horizontal thread is me.
縦の糸はあなた 横の糸は私
tate no ito wa anata yoko no ito wa watashi
The fabric we weave might someday
織り成す布はいつか誰かを
orinasu nuno wa itsuka dareka o
Warm someone’s heart.
温めるかもしれない
atatameuru kamo shirenai

Why do we keep on living?
なぜ生きてゆくのかを
naze ikite yuku no ka o
After the days of confusion, the bamboo grass.
迷った日の後の笹くれ
mayotta hi no ato no sasakure
Chasing dreams, running fast,
夢追いかけ走って
yume oikake hashitte
After the days of falling, the bamboo grass.
転んだ日の後の笹くれ
koronda hi no ato no sasakure

What can this thread become?
こんな糸が何になるの
konna ito ga nan ni naru no
With no heart, I trembled in the wind.
心持たなくて 震えてた風の中
kokoro motonakute furueteta kaze no naka

The vertical thread is you, the horizontal thread is me.
縦の糸はあなた 横の糸は私
tate no ito wa anata yoko no ito wa watashi
The fabric we weave might someday
織り成す布はいつか誰かの
orinasu nuno wa itsuka dareka no
Cover someone’s wounds.
傷をかばうかもしれない
kizu o kabau kamo shirenai

The vertical thread is you, the horizontal thread is me.
縦の糸はあなた 横の糸は私
tate no ito wa anata yoko no ito wa watashi
Meeting the threads we’re meant to meet,
逢うべき糸に出会えることを
au beki ito ni deaeru koto o
Is what people call happiness.
人は幸せと呼びます
hito wa shiawase to yobimasu