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AI WA HANA, KIMI WA SONO TANE (Love is a Flower, You its Seed)
Performed by: Miyako Harumi

Yasashisa wo oshinagasu Ai sore wa kawa Tamashii wo kirisaku Ai sore wa NAIFU Tomedonai kawaki ga Ai da to iu keredo Ai wa hana inochi no hana Kimi wa sono tane Kujikeru no wo osorete Odoranai kimi no kokoro Sameru no wo osorete CHANSU nogasu kimi no yume Ubawareru no ga iyasa ni Ataenai kokoro Shinu no wo osorete Ikiru koto ga dekinai Nagai yoru tada hitori Tooi michi tada hitori Ai nante kiya shinai Sou omou toki ni wa Omoidashite goran Yuki ni umoreteitemo Tane wa haru ohi-sama no Ai de hana hiraku

Washing away kindness Love, it is a river Tearing at your soul Love, it is a knife Some say that love is only An endless, parching thirst, but Love is a flower, life's flower And you are its seed Afraid of being broken Your heart will not dance Afraid of being wakened Your dreams let slip their chances Afraid of being stolen Your soul becomes unyielding Afraid of dying Your life cannot be lived On long nights, all alone On distant roads, all alone Whenever you think that love Will never make its way to you Try to remember That even when buried in snow The seed is spring, that with the sun's love Will blossom into a flower

NOTES
This song is a Japanese cover of the Bette Midler song, "The Rose".
The lyrics are actually very faithful to the English originals, but I tried to demonstrate the small differences in this translation.