The Name of Life, by Joe Hisaishi with Ayaka Hirahara (2001)

The Name of Life (いのちの名前, Inochi no Namae), music by <br />Jō Hisaishi (久石 譲 Hisaishi Jō), for the film <br />Spirited Away (千と千尋の神隠し, Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi, lit. "Sen and Chihiro's Spiriting Away", 2001)<br /><br /><b>Romaji Lyrics</b>:<br /><br />Aozora ni sen wo hiku<br />Hikoukigumo no shirosa wa<br />Zutto dokomademo zutto tsuzuiteku<br />Asu wo shitte'ta mitai<br /><br />Mune de asaku iki wo shiteta<br />Atsui hoo samashita kaze mo oboeteru<br /><br />Mirai no mae ni sukumu teashi wa<br />Shizuka na koe ni hodokarete<br />Sakebitai hodo natsukashii no wa<br />Hitotsu no inochi manatsu no hikari<br />Anata no kata ni yureteta komorebi<br /><br />Tsubureta shiroi BOORU<br />Kaze ga chirashita hanabira<br />Futatsu wo ukabete mienai kawa wa<br />Utainagara nagareteku<br /><br />Himitsu mo uso mo yorokobi mo<br />Uchuu wo unda kami-sama no kodomo-tachi<br /><br />* Mirai no mae ni sukumu kokoro ga<br />Itsuka namae wo omoidasu<br />Sakebitai hodo itoshii no wa<br />Hitotsu no inochi kaeritsuku basho<br />Watashi no yubi ni kienai natsu no hi<br /><br />* Repeat<br /><br /><b>English translation:</b><br /><br />The whiteness of the jetstream<br />Draws a line in the blue sky<br />Far away, unto nowhere it goes continuing forever,<br />As if it knew tomorrow<br /><br />I was drawing shallow breaths<br />I remember the wind that cooled my hot cheek also<br /><br />Before the future my cramped limbs<br />Will be untied by a quiet voice<br />Missed to the point of wanting to cry,<br />The one life. The light of Midsummer<br />Was shining on your shoulder, sunbeams filtering through the trees<br /><br />A crushed white ball<br />Flower petals scattered by the wind<br />A couple floats on an invisible river<br />That sings as it flows<br /><br />* Before the future my cramped heart<br />Some time will remember its name<br />Beloved to the point of wanting to cry<br />The one life. The place of return<br />on my finger an unvanishing summer day.