虹の彼方へ　Niji no kanata e | To the distant rainbow
artist: 亜波根綾乃　Ahane Ayano
disc: 	Lin Nai ~Fine Art Museum~

lyrics:  小山薫堂・佐藤竹善　Koyama Kundou, Satou Chikuzen
music, arrangement: 佐藤竹善　Satou Chikuzen

translation by iconoclastiac @ gmail.com
http://melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net/lyrics/

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うすれゆく夜を　雲が追いかける　心揺れたまま
深い眠りから　時が目をさまし
白み始めた空が　私に手まねきした

むなしい記憶は　涙でとけるから
明日(あす）を見つめたい

鏡のように　光を集めても
この胸の　勇気こぼれる
疲れ果てた　森をぬけて
朝陽を　抱きしめたい

哀しみの風は　傷跡かわかし
過去を優しく映す　瞳が今甦る
	
さまよう思い出は　ため息の鍵かけて
星に飛ばしたい

飾らない目に　輝き集めても
この胸の　温もり消えた
色褪せてた　夢は捨てて
あざやかな　虹の彼方へ

まぶしい世界に　翼を広げたなら
すべて飛び越えよう
鏡のように　光を集めても
この胸の　勇気こぼれるけど
色褪せてた　夢は捨てて
あざやかな　虹の彼方へ

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usureyuku yoru wo   kumo ga oikakeru   kokoro yureta mama
fukai nemuri kara   toki ga me wo samashi
shiramihajimeta sora ga   watashi ni temaneki shita
	The fading night chases the clouds   with a wavering heart
	From a deep sleep,   Time awakened me
	The brightening sky beckoned to me

munashii kioku wa   namida de tokeru kara
asu wo mitsumetai
	Empty memories   dissolve away with tears
	So I want to gaze at the new morning [1]

kagami no you ni   hikari wo atsumetemo
kono mune no   yuuki koboreru
tsukarehateta   mori wo nukete
asahi wo   dakishimetai
	Like a mirror,   though it gathers light,
	The courage in my heart spills out
	Escaping the burned-out forest
	I want to embrace the sunrise

kanashimi no kaze wa   kizuato kawakashi
kako wo yasashiku utsusu   hitomi ga ima yomigaeru
	A wind of sadness   dries the scars
	The eyes that gently reflect the past   come back to me now [2]

samayou omoide wa   tameiki no kagi kakete
hoshi ni tobashitai
	Locking the wandering memories into a sigh,
	I want to fly into the stars

kazaranai me ni   kagayaki atsumetemo
kono mune no   nukumori kieta
iroaseteta   yume wa sutete
azayaka na   niji no kanata e
	Even though briliance gathers into these plain eyes,
	The warmth dissipated from my heart
	Leaving behind the faded dream,
	(I look) toward the distant brilliant rainbow [3]

mabushii sekai ni   tsubasa wo hirogeta nara
subete tobikoeyou
kagami no you ni   hikari wo atsumetemo
kono mune no   yuuki koboreru kedo
iroaseteta   yume wa sutete
azayaka na   niji no kanata e
	In this blinding world, if we spread our wings
	Let's vault over everything
	Like a mirror, though it gathers light,
	Though the courage in my heart spills over,
	I let go of the faded dream
	(Going) toward the distant brilliant rainbow [3]

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[1] asu wo mitsumetai. Specifically, the reading of 明日 as "asu" implies the next morning, rather than the more general "tomorrow" (with the more common reading of "ashita"). 

[2] kanashimi no kaze wa   kizuato kawakashi
kako wo yasashiku utsusu   hitomi ga ima yomigaeru.
	More literally, the "winds of grief" (referring specifically to the kind of grief experienced with the loss of a loved one) that "dry up scars" also bring back--to the singer's mind--the pupils of the eyes (of a lost loved one) which gently reflected the past in them.

[3] azayaka na   niji no kanata e. There is no verb to the phrase "toward the distant brilliant rainbow", which implies the speaker is shifting their attention away from the "faded dream" and turning, looking, or moving toward the "distant brilliant rainbow" instead.