Mizu no Akashi
By Rie Tanaka

Mizu no naka ni yoru ga yureteru
Kanashii hodo shizuka ni tatazumu
Midorinasu kishibe

Utsukushii yoake wo 
Tada matte iraretara
Kirei na kokoro de

Kurai umi to sora no mukou ni
Arasoi no nai basho ga aruno to
Osiete kureta no wa dare
Dare mo ga tadori tsukenai
Soretomo dareka no kokoro no naka ni

Mizu no nagare wo shizumete 
Kureru daichi wo uruosu shirabe
Ima wa doko nimo nakutemo
Kitto jibun de te ni ireruno
Itsumo, itsuka, kitto

Mizu no akashi wo kono te ni
Subete no honoo wo nomikonde nao
Hiroku yasashiku nagareru
Sono shizukesa ni tadoritsuku no
Itsumo, itsuka, kitto
Anata no te wo tori...

English Translation

Token of Water
By Rie Tanaka

The night is wavering in the water
The greening shore is so still and silent 
That it is painful

If only I could wait
For a beautiful dawn
With a pure heart...

Who told me that
There is a land without any conflicts
Beyond the dark seas and skies?
No one can reach that land,
Or perhaps it only exists in someone's heart

A melody that can quench the thirst
Of the land that calms the waters' flow 
Even if it does not exist anywhere right now, 
I will come to possess it
Always, someday, for sure

Let the token of water be in my hands
Even after engulfing all the flames,
It still continues to flow, gently and broadly
I will reach its tranquility
Always, someday, for sure
With your hand in mine...

The nighttime fills the sky
Stars alive, go floating by
So still the evening air so warm and soft peace everywhere 
I see a world in harmony, A world of peace and humanity
Where people roam free, like water in a stream
Flowing on forever more

The breezes softly blow crisp and warm
So sweet I know
Upon my cheek, I can feel tenderly a kiss so real
Like the brush of a hand that I can not see
The sound of a voice deep inside of my heart
So I dream of a new day coming
for all the world to see

Lift your eyes and see a new day dawning
A dream, that will soon come true
The day that we waited for
Lift your heart and see the future for us all