Kasasagi

Details

 * Title: かささぎ
 * Title (romaji): Kasasagi
 * Title (English): Magpie
 * Artist: Sada Masashi (さだまさし)
 * Lyrics: Sada Masashi (さだまさし)
 * Composer: Sada Masashi (さだまさし)
 * TV Series: Kaikyo (NHK, 2007)

Lyrics (Japanese)
生きることは すれ違うことだと解っていたけれど 夢の多くは叶わないものだと気づいていたけれど 海を韓紅花に染めて 沈む夕日見つめ泣いた懐かしいあの日 星空には かささぎが精一杯羽をひろげ 織り姫と彦星の海峡に橋を架けた あの日あの橋を渡れたなら あなたの場所へ辿り着けただろうか 憧れて 憧れて 憧れた あなたを想いながら 諦めて 諦めた あの 時の流れに 生きることは 水のように流されてゆくことか 風のように 空に抗って吹き抜けることか 今は思い出の抽き出しに 音もなく納めた愛しい埋み火 星空には かささぎが精一杯羽をひろげ 織り姫と彦星の海峡に橋を架けた けれどあなたと私のためには 舞い降りてくれなかったね かささぎ 切なくて 切なくて 切なくて空を見上げながら 愛しくて 愛しくて 愛しくて今も胸が痛む 憧れて 憧れて 憧れた あなたを想いながら 諦めて 諦めた あの 時の流れに

Lyrics (Romaji)
Ikiru koto wa surechigau koto da to wakatte ita keredo Yume no ooku wa kanawanai mono da to kidzuite ita keredo Umi wo karakurenai ni somete Shizumu yuuhi mitsumenaita Natsukashii ano hi Hoshizora ni wa kasasagi ga seiippai hane wo hiroge Orihime to hikoboshi no kaikyou ni hashi wo kaketa Ano hi ano hashi wo watareta nara Anata no basho e tadoritsuketa darou ka Akogarete Akogarete Akogareta Anato wo omoinagara Akiramete Akirameta Ano toki no nagare ni Ikiru koto wa mizu no you ni nagasarete yuku koto ka Kaze no you ni sora ni aragatte fukinukeru koto ka Ima wa omoide no hikidashi ni oto mo naku osameta itoshii uzumibi Hoshizora ni wa kasasagi ga seiippai hane wo hiroge Orihime to hikoboshi no kaikyou ni hashi wo kaketa Keredo anata to watashi no tame ni wa Maiorite kurenakatta ne kasasagi Setsunakute Setsunakute Setsunakute sora wo miagenagara Itoshikute Itoshikute Itoshikute ima mo mune ga itamu Akogarete Akogarete Akogareta Anata wo omoinagara Akiramete Akirameta Ano toki no nagare ni

Translation
I had always thought life was simply passing others by I already realized that most dreams never come true, and yet... With the ocean dyed crimson red I watched the sinking sun and cried... How I long for those days back then The magpies in the twilight sky stretched their wings with all their might and bridged the strait between the weaver maiden and shepherd boy If I had only crossed that bridge that day would I have made it to where you are? Longing, longing, I longed... Thinking of you Giving up, I gave up... And let time pass us by Is life like water... Are we carried away by the current? Is life like the wind... Do we struggle against the sky? The beloved banked fire burns silently, now locked away in the shelves of my memory The magpies in the twilight sky stretched their wings with all their might and bridged the strait between the weaver maiden and shepherd boy But for you and I the magpies never came flying down How painful, painful, painful... Looking up at the heavens I miss you, miss you, missed you... Even now my heart aches Longing, longing, I longed... Thinking of you Giving up, I gave up... And let time pass us by