Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Invisible Writer

You're always knocking at my heart
Then draw tears when my eyes are still wide
You turn things upside down as you like
And you're still my one love

You tell me my dad loves me
About his inability to show it
You show me my mom needs me
All the way behind that curtain of temper
I ask myself why I should be kind to people
Yet I worry if you'd ever stop being kind to me
I think I have a heart of stone
But you keep it throbbing

Over?
Has my time come?
But I open my eyes
As another morning greets me
This journey is still far
There are still puzzles to unscramble
Whenever I stumble and fall
I get back up
Knowing it was you who supported
I hate it when I doubt myself
But then you will sing me a story
And tell me to believe

I do not know who I am
Because everything about me belongs to you
You, my God

Sunday, October 31, 2010

星の遠くに

複雑です
心の安らぎを求めている
きっとどこかにあるのに
なぜ手に入らないの?
まるで忘れられた存在のように

淋しくて愛おしくて
いつか会えると信じ
あの人の笑顔がなんでこんなにいとおしくなったんだろう
いつも笑ってた
よく隣にいてくれた
たまにいないときは
私が不安になる

多重人格?どうでもいい
あなたはあなた、それでいい
失いたくない
抱きしめたい
帰ってよあなた
こんなに待たせないで

たったの5分でも
買い物の途中であなたが試着しに行ったとき
なんとなく5年間のように
なぜかその5分の間に
またあなたが消えてしまうような
わずかな時間
永遠のように感じる

離れたくなくてゴメン
私に愛されてること
どうか許して

***

The Healer's midnight melancholy

Thursday, October 28, 2010

With love, for Palestine

一つの愛

空が赤く照らされた時
母は悲しげな顔を隠した
幼い弟を見つめながら
私たちはやむを得ず家を出た

たぶんこれは天罰だろう
果敢ない幸せを追い続けてた僕たちは
大事なことを忘れ踊っていた
昔から約束された天敵はいずれやって来て
あれから何十年も
じいさんたちが私たちに残した遺産は
むしろこの戦いしかない

友達、学校
そういうもの感じたかった
きっと楽しくて、きっと笑える
父の愛さえ分からない私は
命の意味を問うていた
世の中を問うてた
だけど母はいつも笑いながら
大丈夫だよって言ってくれた
わからないよ、あの時の私が
なんで僕たちばかりがこんな目に
なぜ父が死ななきゃいけないの?と
毎日、涙が私を寝かせていた

いま僕はわかる
やらなきゃいけないことがあること
一人ぼっちになっても
僕を見て愛してくれてる神様がいる
その神様は今
亡くなった父も、母も、弟も
どこかで見守ってくれてるだろうと
そして僕の出番がやっと来た
一つの愛を信じ
この戦場に踏み出す

***English version***

Believe In One Love

There was a time when the sky turned red
And mother hid that sad face from me
I wonder what future awaits my little brother
As we stepped out of that house

Could this be punishment from above?
When we chased after the fleeting happiness on earth
We danced only to forget the most important thing
The enemies promised in our early days finally came
And since then years passed
What our ancestors passed down to us
Is nothing more than this fight

Friends to play with, going to school
I always wanted to know what it feels like
It must be fun and full of laughter
Not even knowing what a father's love is like
I started to wonder what life is
I began to doubt everything
But then mother would always smile
And tell me it will be alright
I didn't understand, I was too young
Why are we the ones to carry this burden?
Why did father have to die?
Everyday, tears put me to sleep

Now I comprehend
That there's something I must do
Even if I'm left alone
There is God who looks at me and loves me
That very God right now
Is probably looking after them too
My father, my mother, and my brother who died
And then my turn finally came
Believing in one love
I stepped into the battlefield

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A look into a person's heart.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

ELIXIR一郎

Woke up early in the morning
Somewhat sleepy, somewhat late
10 minutes left time to pray
A new day begun again

After prayers the holy book
And after that a delicious breakfast
I crouched in front of the screen, wondering
What should I write, for this report

Things got a little hazy, things got a little blurry
Into another slumber you sent me
That alarm You told me to set earlier
Rang at 7:45, and I realized I was dreaming

A little bit of this, and things that I don't like
But since You gave it, it must be good for me
Then at 8:15, finally You showed me what to write
A brilliant report that I never thought of

しっかりしていたい、はっきりしていたい
朝ってミラクル、あなたはワンダーフル

Light Binder

It's not the weather
Probably is has come
The time of the year
When snow falls in midsummer
While ants gather around a rotten apple
I stare at the sky wondering
Has cosmic started its alignment?
And it is not a dream

Funny how complicated things are
To have two souls in one body
Funny to be the one who crosses time
But still this uneasiness lingers
Just what is this anxiety?
To watch myself with the eye of the heart
Reality isn't quite what it seems

I ask for only one answer
What should I know and what shouldn't I?
The Light Binder made me from clay
And put us above spectrums of light
Alas the traveler picks up hes sword
Somewhat heavy, somewhat far
50 years later se promises to return
And it was a long day for hem again

Look At Me

Always wanting You to look at me
I forgot about the things you gave
Going around wondering how to make You love me
But I never looked at those You blessed
Do they really love You? I always ask
Do they even know You? I ask with angst
I can't help but weep
Everytime their words make You look weak
But I forgot that humans make mistakes

Why didn't I see when I sat under the stars
Birds flying back to their nests after a long day work
That small stream flowing nearby
Had it always been that blue?
I see now Your love is infinite
Hatred from jealousy leads to nowhere
If I always want to despise
When will I get out of this prison called delusion
But now I've climbed the walls
And saw a beautiful rainbow arc

Life is short
My journey is almost over

Resting Area

I have chosen this road
This difficult road

Not everyone can move
Now everyone can just wait
Someone has to do it
While someone can just sit
I sat down for too long
My legs have gotten numb
Time to spread these wings
And begin a new journey

Too long the rest was
Too short the journey will be
Why not take a break? say them
Because it's too easy
The traveler always walk on
From the past to the future
Always smiling
But never looking back
That's how travelers are
And I don't want to be the one who waits

My lover once said
"If fighting is our destiny,
Then there is nothing to do but fight"
But no one knows their destinies
Till everything ends
Still I want to be the one who flies
I will be the one who learns