Kaze no Matsuri  ("Festival of the Wind")
"Shamanic Princess Original Soundtrack vol. 2" Victor VICL-60045
translation: Mark Neidengard


Kaze ni michitsukete
Tobu tori ga asa-kiri yobeba
Shiroi kumo kara wa
Taiyou no hibiki ga kieru
                                       When the birds drawn aloft by the wind
                                       Summon the morning fog
                                       The sound of the sun vanishes
                                       From the white clouds

Tooi jikan wo
Koko made yobu
Inori no hi
Samenai yume ni
Hitotsu no
Koe ga todoku yo
                                       The day of the prayers
                                       Pronounced
                                       Since antiquity
                                       One voice
                                       Will reach into the dream
                                       From which one cannot awake

Sora ni kiete yuku
Saka-michi wo 
Doko made mo yuku
Noboritsumeta nara
Kamigami to kotoba
Kawasou - saa
                                      Travel the sloping road
                                      That vanishes into the sky
                                      Wherever it leads
                                      If we ascended to heaven
                                      Let's converse with the gods
                                      Now then - 

SOONSOGGDEN SOONSOGGDEN
Toki wo tsugeru uta ga                The song that announces the time
SOONSOGGDEN SOONSOGGDEN
Sougen wo yurashite                   Shakes the grassy plains
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Koko wa atatakai yo                   It is warm here
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Kono ude ni                           Within these arms

BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Kyou wa Kaze no Matsuri               Today is the Festival of the Wind
BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Ashioto wo tatezuni                   Without the sound of footfalls
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Daremo hohoenderu                     Everyone is smiling
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Hitomi tojite                         Close your eyes

Kiniro no suna no
Haruka na kuni no maboroshi ga
Ukande wa kieru
Niji no katachi no chiheisen
                                      The illusion of a distant country
                                      Cast by the golden sands
                                      Floats, and disappears
                                      At the rainbow-shaped horizon

Doko e mo yukazu
Doko e mo kaeranai mama
Samayou kokoro
Koko de wa kitto nemuru yo
                                      Without going anywhere
                                      Without returning to anywhere
                                      The wandering heart
                                      Is surely sleeping here

Soshite sono kokoro
Kasuka na shirabetsumugedasu
Sora ni tokete yuku
Mikazuki no kage wo
Yurashita toki
                                      And that heart
                                      Begins to faintly search and spin
                                      And shakes the shadow
                                      Of the crescent moon
                                      That will melt into the sky


BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Kyou wa Kaze no Matsuri               Today is the Festival of the Wind
BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Ashioto wo tatezuni                   Without the sound of footfalls
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Dakishimete ageru yo                  I'll embrace you
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Kono ude ni                           With these arms

BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Kyou wa Kaze no Matsuri               Today is the Festival of the Wind
BEJEGERIYAEE BEJEGERIYAEE
Kage wo fumanu you ni                 Don't step on any shadows

NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Yawarakai sekai e                     On to a warm world
NASHANNASHAN NASHANNASHAN
Hitomi tojite                         Close your eyes