Flower Garden - Yanagi Nagi

takusan no iro niA picture book

michita zukanfilled with prismatic color

sore wo miteruWhen you looked upon that

toki wa shoujo no youyou were like a young girl again

demo shigoto ni naru toBut when it's time for work

tsuyayaka ni warauI smile brightly

tabemono woYou took your meal

uketoru to shizuka niand quietly shed

fuku wo nuidayour clothes

nanimokamo gaIn a world, where all seems

kurutta sekai deto have grown so out of hand,

kimi dake gayou were all

kirei na mono ni mietathat was beautiful to me

kimi wo dounika shiteI had to get you outside,

soto ni tsuredasetara nano matter what

soshite futari deSo we would be able

aruketara sore dake deto walk together,

mou iijust that would be enough

demo kimi wa amari ni yowakuteBut you were so very weak

soto no kuuki ni waYou couldn't take

furerarenaithe air outside

itsuka kimi waYou once told me

hanashitahow marvelous it would be,

honmono no hana woif you could see

mite mitai to mezurashikua real flower

demo doko no chijou ni datteBut such things don't exist

sonna mono wa naianywhere up above,

yume no you na monoonly in our dreams

aru hi ooame gaOne day the rain

furitsuzuitabegan to pour

warui chiri mo nagasaretaIt seemed as if the dirt

hazu towould come pouring down too

kimi wa kitai daiteSo you rushed above ground,

chijou e to tsuzukuwith hope in your heart

nagai kaidan wo nobotteClimbed those long stairs

doa wo akehanatsuand threw open the door

tomeyou to shitaI tried to stop you,

sonna koto debut after that

sekai wo moto niour world

modori wa shinaiwould never be the same

kimi wa taorete shimauAnd then you collapsed

boku wa sugu ni dakiageinto my arms

beddo made tsurete ittaand I carried you to bed

nemutteru kimi no soba deI'll keep praying

inori tsuzukeruby your side as you sleep,

zouka wo tsukuri nagaramaking paper flowers

ichimen no hanabatake deStill you slumber

kimi wa ima mo nemuruatop that flower bed

kamisama moshi iru noIf there is a God,

nara douka mezamesasetethen perhaps one day you'll wake