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Ama tsu Kaze

“Wind of Heaven” — Archbishop HenjōSource: Kokinshū, Miscellaneous I · 872
天つ風 雲の通ひ路 吹き閉ぢよ
をとめの姿 しばしとどめむ
Ama tsu kaze kumo no kayoiji fukitoji yo
otome no sugata shibashi todomen
Wind of heaven, blow shut the pathway through the clouds —
let me keep these dancing maidens here a moment more.
Ama tsu Kaze jacket art

Music Video

ミュージックビデオ

The Story

歌のものがたり
Before he took Buddhist vows, Archbishop Henjō was a dashing courtier who watched the Gosechi dancers perform at the palace — young women so graceful they seemed like celestial beings who might return to the sky at any moment. His plea to the wind, to seal the cloud-road home and hold the vision a little longer, is one of poetry's most charming attempts to stop time. Every beautiful moment we wish would last one more minute belongs to this poem.

Lyrics

歌詞
Japanese

天つ風(僧正遍昭・百人一首12番)/Garu JP

Verse 1

アンコールの光が 顔を照らす

最後の曲だと みんな気づいてる

夢みたいな時間に 出口が見えて

まばたきするのも もったいない

Pre-Chorus 1

時計の針よ 少しだけ眠って

この曲が終われば 魔法が解ける

Chorus 1

天つ風 お願い 道を閉じて

この空の 帰り道を隠して

輝くあの子を あと少しだけ

しばし しばし とどめて

天つ風 願いが届くのなら

まばたきの間さえ もったいない夜

夢の出口を 見つけないように

このまま このまま 醒めないで

Verse 2

はるか昔の 宮中の夜も

天女みたいに 舞う人がいた

若き貴公子が 空に願った

「風よ 雲の道を 閉ざしてくれ」と

Pre-Chorus 2

いつの時代も 終わってほしくない

一瞬があるから 人は歌うんだ

Chorus 2

天つ風 雲の通ひ路 吹き閉ぢよ

天まで届け 千年越しの願い

きらめく舞台を あと少しだけ

しばし しばし とどめて

天つ風 あなたも見てたんでしょう

天女が空へ 帰ってしまう前に

若き貴公子の 精一杯の祈り

どうか どうか 叶えて

Breakdown

天つ風 雲の通ひ路 吹き閉ぢよ

をとめの姿 しばしとどめむ

Last Chorus

天つ風 道を閉じてくれたね

アンコールは 終わらない夢のまま

心の舞台で 今も踊ってる

しばし しばし どころか

天つ風 千年先の空でも

誰かが同じ 願いを叫ぶよ

きらめく一瞬は 消えないから

しばし どころか 永遠に

ずっと ずっと とどまれ

Outro

しばし とどめむ…… ずっと 忘れない……

English

Amatsukaze (Archbishop Henjo, Hyakunin Isshu No. 12) / Garu JP

The encore lights shine on our faces

Everyone knows this is the final song

An exit appears in this dreamlike hour

Even blinking feels like a waste

Hands of the clock, please sleep a little longer

When this song ends, the magic will break

Heavenly wind, please, close the path

Hide the road home across this sky

That shining star, just a little longer

Stay, stay — keep her here

Heavenly wind, if my wish can reach you

A night too precious even for a blink

So we never find the exit of this dream

Just like this, just like this — don't let me wake

Long ago, in a palace night

There was a dancer like an angel from the sky

A young nobleman prayed to the heavens

"O wind, close the path through the clouds"

In every age, there are moments

We never want to end — that's why people sing

Heavenly wind, blow shut the path through the clouds

Reach the heavens, a wish a thousand years old

This glittering stage, just a little longer

Stay, stay — keep it here

Heavenly wind, you saw her too, didn't you

Before the angel returned to the sky

A young nobleman's prayer with all his heart

Please, oh please — make it come true

Heavenly wind, blow shut the path through the clouds

Keep this maiden's dancing form here a while

Heavenly wind, you closed the path for me

The encore stays an endless dream

Still dancing now on the stage in my heart

Not just a while — far more than that

Heavenly wind, even in skies a thousand years from now

Someone will cry out the very same wish

Because a glittering moment never dies

Not for a while — for eternity

Forever, forever — stay

Stay a while longer... I'll never forget...

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