ENGLISH
From wintery slopes above the world below
Like feathers shimmering white; fluttering falling snow
Just the two together waiting embracing tight
Frozen breath, hand in hand; a tiny village at night

"This snow [bad word] again, just like that day back then"
You whisper with a smile as we think to when we met
Flushing red I hid my face away from the heat
Sheltered in the shadows cast by your sleeve over me

Finally spring [bad word] again
Together with the birds I sing a [bad word] with this endless breath of happiness
"When you sing, everything's beautiful" are the words you said to me
That alone, those words you spoke, brought me joy that I could not express

"If there's a day my voice has gone away; if I can't sing anymore,
Would you still be here with me; would you still love me as you did before?"
"But of course," was your reply to me as you smiled gently
And I knew if I'm with you, I would wish for nothing more

One summer afternoon when leaves were dappled blue
You tired as your sickness left you weaker than you knew
What we had living together could not afford
Remedies that were needed for curing you

So day by painful day, with no more time to waste,
While weaving at the loom I close my eyes and keep my faith
With these hands I fight the fluttering autumn leaves
Unlike their death, I couldn't let your life slip away

And so the seasons turn with time
The summer ending echoes with the [bad word] of the crickets chirping their goodbyes
"You hold beauty in your fingertips" are the words you said to me
Though you cradle my wounded hands while your own were cold as winter ice...

"If there's a day my hands have lost their glow and I can't weave anymore
Would you still be here with me; would you still love me as you did before?"
"But of course" was your reply to me as you coughed into your sleeve
And your hands, so much larger as they held the pain within my own

No time to sleep, I need to weave, I need to heal you somehow
I'm racing time, it's flying by, your medication for its worth
More, just a little more, just a little; Racing against the leaves fluttering
Keep fighting 'til my fingers are nothing... Weaving until the feathers are all gone..

"If there's a day when I am not the same, not human anymore,
Would you still be here with me; would you still love me as you did before?"
To be honest I still fear the [bad word] so I left it all untold
Reaching out, drifting down, the final feather falls alone...

"But of course" I whisper smiling just as I have done before
Keep my promise to embrace you; without wings I'll love you even more
And that crane which once so beautifully had taken flight that winter day
I'll remember for forever how you spread your wings and soared

And as always, for forever, 'til the end I'll love you as before

JAPANESE
 [bad word] konayuki ga 
yama no se wo shiroku [bad word] 
sabireta mura no abaraya de
futari, mi wo yoseau fuyu no [bad word] 

「deatta hi mo, yuki datta」
anata ga hohoemi tsubuyaku
iroribi ni hotetta kao wo
ooki na sode no kage ni [bad word] 

 [bad word] no otozure wo
ibuki no yorokobi [bad word] tori-tachi to utau
「kirei na koe da ne」to anata ga itta
tada sore ga, sono kotoba ga, ureshikute

「itsuka, kirei na koe ga denakunattemo
soredemo watashi wo [bad word] 」
「atarimae da yo」tte yasashiku warai
sotto ooki na te ga hoho wo nadeta

aoba [bad word] natsu no gogo
anata ga yamai ni taoreta
mazushii meoto kurashi de ha
anata wo naosu kusuri ha kaenai

 [bad word] hi mo [bad word] hi mo
tada, hitasura ni hata wo [bad word] 
hakanaki no momiji no ha no youni
anata no inochi wo chirase ha shinai

kisetsu ha nagarete
natsu no owari wo [bad word] suzumushi ga rin, to naku
「kirei na yubi da ne」to kizu darake no te wo [bad word]  sono te ga
amari nimo tsumetakute…

「itsuka kirei na yubi ga nakunattemo
soredemo watashi wo [bad word] 」
「atarimae da yo」tte sekikomi nagara
itamu yubi wo ooki na te ga tsutsunda

 [bad word] mo [bad word] mo hata wo oritsudzukete
hayaku hayaku, kusuri wo kawanakereba…
mou sukoshi, ato sukoshi, momiji ga [bad word] mae ni
kono yubi ga [bad word] made… kono hane ga, [bad word] made…

「itsuka, watashi ga hito janaku nattemo,
anata ha, watashi wo [bad word] 」
kowakute shinjitsu ha tsugerarenu mama
sotto hitori, saigo no hane wo ori…

「atarimae da yo」tte boku ha warai
tsubasa wo [bad word] kimi wo dakishime, itta
kirei ni habataita ano hi no [bad word] wo
zutto, imademo [bad word] yo

 [bad word] kawarazu kimi wo [bad word] yo