The murmur of the clock,
Sounding out at midnight,
With its tick-tock, announces,
The beginning of a dream.
Atop a cloud looking over,
An unevenly shaped city,
Comes a visit from,
A dimly flickering stray.
As we search for you, we’ll sing…
Hoping our voices, conveying far-off thoughts, will someday reach you.
On nights the stars flow through the sky,
A northern wind blows through the streets;
Still no contact from those we wait for,
We merely imagine what each following day will bring.
Stars bear dreams,
Only to fall silently through that sky,
While amidst sleep,
We have a pleasant dream.
Forming a new strand,
Clouds spin and stretch,
As innumerable shining,
Lights are born.
The sound of footsteps, a calling voice…
Everyone is awoken;
A number of wishes,
Will likely be granted tonight.
Even if I can’t see you in person, I know:
In a far off city, pelted by the same rain, you’re at a standstill.
On nights the stars pour down,
The sound of rain swallows up voices,
As we, unable to sleep,
Would watch the shining sky.
The rainbow color and noise of the stardust,
Resound down to the Earth;
A confetti that dance through the air,
Like chaotically blooming fireworks.
Clouds that spread in a ripple,
Like the flashing of strobe lamps…
Rising water… waving hair…
Flocks of birds make their departure,
As feeling the premonition of a miracle,
A mother jumps to her feet to wrap her arms around her young child,
With shaking fingers.
We merely stand there,
Cycling through memories with blank stares:
In this present time, in which the entirety of the time we’ve traveled,
Has been revived…
…until the gears that sprung into motion,
Snatch our bodies from us,
I’ll be powerfully, so powerfully, thinking of you.
On nights the stars pour down,
The northern wind carries powdered light,
As we, unable to sleep,
Merely wish for the following day.
The cries of stardust and the ringing in our ears,
Fade out in the end,
While amid scenery with no sound,
We see and unending dream.
On nights the stars pour down…
If we were to clasp our tiny hands together…
The stars would proceed to a far-off sky…
Sending our wishes along…
…bringing forth a happy morning.