Märchen

lyrics: Klaha / music: Klaha
translated by Gwendel

The night deepens...
the curtain of dreams silently lowers;
Flowing to me from far away,
I focused my ears on the faint sound [of your heartbeat] (1)

Our feelings are a secret thread, (2)
and we are inevitably tied together by it, so...

Even if I am reborn a hundred times,
Our paths will cross again;
Assuming even we are engulfed by fate, this love of ours...
Even if my very form is destroyed, I am not afraid
As long as I shall come across you again
In the season when the flowers bloom

I am touched on the cheek by falling flower petals,
and look up to the sky

The trees rustle...
And while having the sensation that time has stopped,
At the end of the dream,
I heard the sound of your footsteps getting closer

"I have met you somewhere before..."
It is not communicated between us with words, but...

Even if I am reborn once more, I will not forget
your scent, wafting clean and beautifully,
Even if I am swept away by generations, I am waiting,
As long as the spring moon will grant for me my vain wish

Even if I am reborn a hundred times,
Our paths will cross again;
Assuming even we are engulfed by fate, this love of ours...
Even if my very form is destroyed, I am not afraid
As long as I shall come across you again
In the season when the flowers bloom

Drops of evening dew spilled on my cheek shine in the moonlight,
And like their watery surface, I shake with sadness


(1) Klaha is just singing "the sound", but the type of the sound (a heartbeat) is defined by the kanji used in the song. I'm not sure if a native Japanese person would understand the type of sound without the written lyrics, so I've set it apart in brackets.
(2) You probably don't have to know this to enjoy the song, but the Japanese commonly refer to "fate" (unmei) as a red thread that draws people together (kind of like kismet). So this will imply later on in the song that their feelings for each other are the fate that holds them together no matter what.