oritsu_luv | Utada Hikaru - Sakura Nagashi

After long last, a new song from Hikki, who is still on her indefinite hiatus. It's the theme song for the new Evangelion movie. I wish that this meant she was ending her hiatus soon, but I think it's just a one off. Still, it's beautiful...

Sakura Nagashi

You were so beautiful,
as you watched, full of regret,
the flowers falling when they'd only just opened,
saying, "Every year, it happens so quickly..."
I wonder what you would think if you could see me now
Living without you
Everybody finds love
In the end

If you could hear the healthy newborn cries
echoing again, somewhere in this city that you protected,
I know that you'd be so glad
The sound of the footsteps that will come after ours

Everybody finds love
In the end

I can't believe that I'll never see you again
I haven't told you anything yet.
I haven't gotten to tell you anything yet.

Is this the disconsolation felt by the trees
As they watch the petals fall from the flowers that had only just opened?
No matter how frightened I am, I won't look away.
If there is love in every ending

* Sakura Nagashi is a kigo (seasonal word) used in haiku, which refers to cherry blossoms being scattered by the rain, and floating in the water.