[Verse 1] 百億光年 かなたでは (Ten billion light-years away) 名も知らぬ星 燃え候 (An unnamed star burns on) 星間雲から 生まれたる (Born from an interstellar cloud) この身の元素も on the road (The elements in this body, 旅の途中) carbon, oxygen (炭素、酸素) born in the stars (星々の中で生まれた) 超新星の 置き土産 (A parting gift from a supernova) still in motion この鼓動 (まだ巡り続ける、この鼓動) 公転 motion (Orbiting 巡る動き) ご縁 again (Connection 再び) [Verse 2] お天道様より borrowed light (From the sun above 借り受けた光) 八分の旅路で still alive (An eight-minute journey 今も生きている) 光子ひとつを いただいて (Receiving a single photon) breathe it in (それを吸い込んで) 太陽風は 頬を知らず (The solar wind passes, never knowing my cheek) neutrino passing through me (ニュートリノがこの身を通り抜ける) 見えぬものほど (The things unseen) よく届く (Somehow reach us most deeply) through me (私を通って) through you (あなたを通って) 有難きかな (How grateful I am) この惑星 (For this planet) [Micro Hook] 巡り巡って round and round (Circling and circling 巡り続ける) 頂いて pass it on (We receive そして次へ渡す) receive it (受け取って) give it (渡して) 旅は続く (The journey continues) round and round (巡り巡って) [Verse 3] 電波望遠鏡 空を聴き (A radio telescope listens to the sky) deep space calling (深宇宙が呼んでいる) 探査機はいまだ (The spacecraft is still) drifting on (漂いながら旅を続ける) GPSは現在地を申せども (GPS may tell us where we are) where we’re going? (けれど、どこへ向かう?) ご存知ない (It does not know) アルゴリズム殿はご多忙 (Dear Algorithm is terribly busy) scrolling, guessing (スクロールして、推測して) 今日もご推察 (Making its guesses again today) 宇宙背景放射 (Cosmic microwave background) ancient light (太古の光) こちらの履歴はクラウドへ (Meanwhile, our history goes to the cloud) 人類ずいぶん ご几帳面 (Humanity is remarkably meticulous) data flows (データは流れ) the galaxy goes (銀河も巡る) [Verse 4] 遥かかなたで 星ひとつ (Far, far away, a single star) burning out (燃え尽きようとしている) こちら地球の片隅で (Meanwhile, in a corner of Earth) coffee getting cold (コーヒーが冷めてゆく) 重力場へ 身をあずけ (Giving this body to the gravitational field) through spacetime (時空を抜けて) travel on (旅を続ける) 家族の声 (The voices of family) 友の笑み (The smiles of friends) seventeen notifications (十七件の通知) 「元気か」ひとつ (One simply says, “How are you?”) that’s enough (それで充分) more than enough (それ以上に充分) [Hook] 巡り巡って round and round (Circling and circling 巡り続ける) 頂いて pass it on (We receive そして次へ渡す) 今日の光は borrowed light (Today’s light 借り受けた光) through me (私を通って) through you (あなたを通って) 生きて 渡して (Live, and pass it on) また受け取る (Then receive again) ありがたきかな (How grateful I am) another day (またひとつの今日) [Return] 恒星ひとつ 燃ゆる間へ (While a single star keeps burning) 朝餉の湯気は 天へ消ゆ (Steam from breakfast fades into the sky) the universe keeps turning (宇宙は巡り続ける) されど今日も 陽は昇る (And still, the sun rises again today) from star to leaf (星から葉へ) from leaf to breath (葉から呼吸へ) その息を この身にいただいて (I receive that breath into this body) 今日も誰かの 名を呼べる (And today, I can still call someone’s name) still here (まだここにいる) still grateful (今も感謝している) [Final] この身もいつか 星へ還る (Someday, this body too will return to the stars) back to dust (塵へ還り) back to stars (星へ還る) それはその時 (When that time comes) 考えませう (I shall think of it then) 今宵は飯を いただいて (For tonight, I shall receive this meal) eat, laugh, live (食べて、笑って、生きる) 友と笑って よく眠る (Laugh with friends, then sleep well) receive (受け取る) give (渡す) return (還る) ご縁 again (Connection 再び) 公転 motion (Orbiting 巡る動き) 巡り巡って (Round and round) we travel on (私たちは旅を続ける) ありがたきかな (How grateful I am) another orbit (またひとつの軌道) ――我らみな (We are all) 旅の途中 (Still on the journey)


