Dust... Falling slow in morning light 塵が... (Dust...) Shimmer... Floating... Not falling Every day I clean this room Every day... the dust returns But today... 今日は... (Today is...) 動くわ (Moving) Moving in the air Circles Patterns Like it knows Like it.... waits for me …塵って、 (...Dust,) こんなだった？ (Was it like this?) What are you…? I stop Watch it dance 手を止めて (Stopping my hands) That voice 塵の声 (Voice of the dust) Not heard… ただ、感じる (Just feeling it) "You clean me every day… But do you see?" "Do you understand?" 塵から、生まれた (Born from dust) Born from dust 塵に、帰る (Return to dust) Return to dust Everything… すべて… (Everything...) Returns また、戻る (Returning again) Wood becomes dust Stone becomes dust Flowers... Skin... 無常 (Impermanence) Nothing stays The cloth in my hand Once a tree Soon will be... ちり (Dust) ほこり (Dust) ちり (Dust) ほこり (Dust) 待って (Wait) If everything returns… If I am… 私は… (I am...) I am… 消える？ (Disappear?) それとも…薄れる？ (Or... fade away?) I don’t want to… 消えたくない (I don't want to disappear) These hands– 私のものだ (Are mine) This voice– 私のものだ (Is mine) This breath– 私の息だ (Is my breath) Me… 私… (Me...) 私のものですか…？ (Is it mine...?) 本当に…？ (Really...?) ほこりをしずめる… (Settle the dust...) just… clean… 心を鎮める… (Calm my heart...) just… clean… 消えない (Not disappearing) not gone ただ、帰る (Just returning) just returning Returning… 帰る… (Returning...) I remember… 昨日のような (Like yesterday) Sitting by the sea 果てのない海 (Endless ocean) Someone said… "The wave rises— 一つなのか？ (Is it one?) Feels separate, 空に届こうとする (Trying to reach the sky) But look closer…" The wave… すべての波. (Every wave.) Never left the ocean It always was the ocean Dust… あなたも (You too) You rise as trees 木になって (Becoming trees) As flowers 花になって (Becoming flowers) As… me 私になって (Becoming me) We dance 踊る (Dance) We fall 落ちる (Fall) We return 帰る (Return) 君は汚れじゃない (You are not dirt) 離れてなんかいない (You are not separated) You are everything And I… 私も. (Me too.) Thank you… ありがとう (Thank you) For eyes 世界を映す (Reflecting the world) that saw dust dance in light 光と影 (Light and shadow) For hands 触れられた手 (Hands that touched) that touched wood, felt grain 木の温もり (Warmth of the wood) Thank you ありがとう (Thank you) For this shape 与えられた形 (Given shape) this brief wave 短い波 (Short wave) 小さくとも (Even if small) even small 尊い (Precious) precious I was given 与えられた... (Was given...) time to rise 立つ時間 (Time to stand) time to dance 踊る時間 (Time to dance) たぶん… (Maybe...) もう一度、風に吹かれて (Blown by the wind one more time) Just once more 一瞬だけ、踊る (Dancing for just a moment) Dancing… 踊る、美しく (Dancing, beautifully) Falling... 流れる… (Flowing...) 優しく (Gently) くうせい (Nature of emptiness) emptiness 時… (Time...) Time… かくせい (Awakening) awakening 時が来た (The time has come) 時を超えた (Beyond time) Not I 私を超えた (Beyond me) We 私たち全員 (All of us) Born 生まれ (Born) Returning 帰る (Returning) Not disappearing 消えない (Not disappearing) Just changing 変わる (Changing) dust ちり (Dust) wave なみ (Wave) ocean うみ (Ocean) everything すべて (Everything) す… (E...) べ… (Ve...) て… (Ry...) 終わりました (It is finished)
