虹 { n i j i }

[currynana]

虹//Double Rainbow, originally uploaded by ochaki.

Can you see it? There are not one but two rainbows in the sky. :) God treats me well with lil delights like these.

Lately, maybe for a week or two, I've been hooked to Nino's solo, 虹 { n i j i }. The music is lovely  
  and the song is even lovelier  
 . But it turned out, when I actually went to find the translations for the lyrics
, the words are far more beautiful than I imagined - or half translated in mind with my amateur knowledge of Japanese.

Ninomiya Kazunari 「嵐」// Niji (Rainbow)

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If you've never heard of this song, do give it a listen. It's worth your 4 minutes, trust me.

Lyrics from AllLyrics.netIt's always like that
You throwing tantrums
You would hide away my most precious treasure
And because those places where you'd hide them
Would always be the same
Today I'll wait for you there first

The seasons have brought along the evening sun
And the shadows have found me

With a shocked expression on your face
You stare intently at me
And suddenly turn away from me, seems like you're pouting

When I say "I'm sorry"
You say "then come here, look at this
Our shadows have overlapped each other"

Because our umbrellas are colliding against each other
I'm unable to move forwards
And you laugh after seeing me like this

So I do it as well, like how you showed me
I pout the same way you pouted

You, who's smiling so gently
All these while, all this time
You've been so precious that I could cry
You're my most precious treasure

So you pout on purpose
And before I could respond to your "sorry"
You kissed me gently
From now on, it's okay if you say slightly wilful things
But please say them only to me

It's too troublesome
You're not being frank with me
I wonder why you can't just say it
"I like you" it's just these words

Sometimes I just want to hear you say it
Today is the day our names overlap each other
The day that our love starts to sprout

Lalalalalalalalala

The rainbow is really pretty
No it's you that's prettier
To the you who's starting to be shy

Thank you
Thank you.


 Nino being Nino, despite being quite wonderful, is also quite ...unique.
He wrote this song from a girl's POV.

But it's a beautiful setting in my mind.

And I love rainbows anyways.

Lovesmiles


レイラ。