indessed roscivs

The season when powdered snow dances always passes by …
Powdered snow, if you paled me, white to the heart,
Could you share our loneliness?

The song 粉雪—konayuki—was featured in a Japanese television drama entitled, “One Liter of Tears”, based on a book of the same name. It’s not so much a book as a diary—it was written by a young girl who was diagnosed with a fatal disease when she was fifteen years old. She writes about the daily events of her life, which include the normal activities of a teenager, along with the difficulties unique to struggling with such a disease. The diary was published when she was twenty-three—two years before she died.

Powdered snow, if you paled me, white to the heart,
You would wrap around our loneliness and send it back into the sky

I’m not sure I could handle reading the book or watching the series—it seems just too sad for me to manage—but I love the song. It has simple chords, so it’s easy enough for me to play, but the lyrics are moving and the melody stirring. I’ve been practicing it all weekend long.

Powdered snow, this heart that has transcended time is faltering

It’s a beautiful song.