白い雪

Recently, I got my hands on this nice piece by KOKIA:

KOKIA------白い雪

溢れる涙から生まれる雪の結晶
次から次へと生まれては消えてゆく
一瞬の輝きに賭けた人生
もう言い残すことはないと堅く口を閉ざした

沈黙の中で押し寄せる感情が凍りついてく
白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
はかなく消えていった
白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
傷つきやすかった

静かに忍び寄る終わりの時に気づかず
無邪気にはしゃいだ時はただ過ぎてく
小さな吐息が白い跡を残して

閉ざされた世界に立ちすくみ
冷えきったその手は
もうどんなぬくもりも感じないと
凍りついてく

白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
はかなく消えていった
白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
傷つきやすかった
生まれたことの意味も知らずに
消えてゆく存在に誰も気づかず
他人の笑いに押しつぶされて
孤独と手を結んだあの子は最期に... 笑ってた

白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
はかなく消えていった
白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
傷つきやすかった
降り積もる雪たちは
あなたの生きた証さえも残さず白くしてゆく
降り積もる雪たちは
あなたの生きた証さえも残さず白くしてゆく

白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
はかなく消えていった
白く汚れを知らない雪だからこそ
傷つきやすかった

遠く聞こえるあの子の声　白い雪の足跡

Lyrics courtesy of J-Lyric.net. A translation from Hendri Tan is provided here:

Crystal Snow was born from my flowing tears
From one drop to the next one, then starting to disappear

Risking on an instant light of human life
There's nothing left to say, so I close my mouth tightly
In a silence, feelings that I ignored begin to freeze...

You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It'll soon gone
You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It's easy to leave a wound on somebody

Quietly creeping in, in the end I become worry
Innocently I think I've overacted when I thank you
With a small sigh, leaving white prints
I can't move in a locked world
And my hand become completely chilled
Can't fill warmth anymore
And I begin to freeze...

You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It'll soon gone
You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It's easy to leave a wound on somebody

Before I knew the meaning of being born
Everybody's worry of not surviving anymore
People's laugh is being wasted away
Totally confused -- need help
laughing

You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It'll soon gone
You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It's easy to leave a wound on somebody

The gathered falling snow
Even as a proof of your living, the left white begin to disappear
The gathered falling snow
Even as a proof of your living, the left white begin to disappear

You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It'll soon gone
You won't see the white impurity, because it's snow
It's easy to leave a wound on somebody

Somewhere far out there I can hear the little boy's voice
Footprints of white snow...

I've been listening to this piece on loop for the past few days, and frankly, it is really haunting and lovely, even without having to read the translation of the lyrics. KOKIA is a lovely singer, and I'm glad to have first heard of her some time back on one of the few non-nonsensical threads on 4chan.