Unmei Wa Utsukushiku (Fate, Beautifully) - Moon Sailor

(Every block of lines is written first in

Japanese, then in translation. Translated by Steve Nickolas)



Saisho-ni mitsumeta ano toki

Kaze-no kaori-ga shita natsukashii egao

Fushigi-na chikara-ni yobarete

Meguriaeta imi-ni kidzuite hayaku

=: When first we glanced

the scent of the wind, that dear face

Called by a mysterious power

quickly, find out what that chance encounter meant.



Hiroi sora-no shita zutto sagashiteta

ATSUI anata-no hitomi-o

=: Under the vast heavens, I always sought

the eyes of the hot you



Kono unmei-wa utsukushiku

Watashi-no namida-o kagayakaseru-kara

Don'na omoide-ga hikitomete mo

Mou nido to furimukanai son'na ki-ga shita

=: Because this fate beautifully

makes my tears sparkle

whatever memories I keep

I will never again return to what I felt before



Anata-ni nobashita yubisaki

Fukai yami-no iro-ni somerarete-yuku-no

Tsumetai arashi-ni mezameru

To'oi yume-ga itsuka HONTO-ni natte mo

=: The fingers I stretched out to you

are beginning to turn the color of profound darkness

Even if these distant dreams of waking up

in a cold storm someday become reality



Eranda subete-o shinjiru-KOTO-ga

Asu-o kaeteku chikara ne

=: Believing the chosen All

is it not the power to change tomorrow?



Kono unmei-wa uruwashiku

Watashi-no suhada-o kagayakaseru-kara

Don'na kanashimi-ga oshiyosete mo

Mou nido to kizutsukanai anata-ga ireba

=: Because this fate charmingly

makes my body sparkle

even if sadness comes my way

I won't be hurt again if you are there



Kono unmei-wa utsukushiku

Watashi-no namida-o kagayakaseru-kara

Don'na kanashimi-ga osh