Kokia - Chouwa

Chouwa (Harmony)

Kokia

OK, I better point out the bit after the numbers before you think I've gone mad. This part of the lyrics is not Japanese, and comes with a footnote translating it into Japanese, and for the longest time I thought it was another language (possibly one of the Indian languages, as it has that kind of melody.) But my friend Marty has just pointed out that that "other language" is actually the Japanese written backwards!

(The numbers also correspond to the letters of the alphabet (A = 1, B = 2, etc) and spell "Cyouwa", another way of writing "Chouwa", the name of the song. This chick obviously has waaaaay too much time on her hands!)

Romaji

Shizukesa no naka hitotsubu ochita dake
Hirogaru hamon ni namiutsu ido no soko

Zawatsuita watashi no kokoro no mori wo yusaburu kogarashi yo
Kyouzon dekiru mono nara sono mama de

Daremo ga kono mori de shizuka na koe wo kiite zatsuon ni namida shita

3 25 15 21 23 1

Rurekuteshieka wokitonakayada onirokokonoshi tawa
Tai tsuwazadekazushi teshisokunamae tahatookumeshihi nirimonoko

Ureramu ureramu ureramu oto
Nimiunooto denzushi denzu sea denzu sea
Ureramu ureramu ureramu oto
Nimiunooto uroma uroma uroma uroma

Rurekuteshieka wokitonakayada onirokokonoshi tawa
Tai tsuwazadekazushi teshisokunamae tahatookumeshihi nirimonoko

English

In the midst of the silence, a single drop
Causes a ripple that spreads through the water at the bottom of the well

The winter wind shakes the forest in my noisy heart
The things that can live with it stay as they are

Everyone who has heard the quiet voice in this forest has shed tears at noise

3 25 15 21 23 1

Ceaselessly and quietly forest this in sounds of cacophony the
Heart noisy my in peace restore

Born is born is born is sound a
Sounds of sea the into sinks sinks sinks and
Born is born is born is sound a
Sounds of sea the with in blends blends blends and

Ceaselessly and quietly forest this in sounds of cacophony the
Heart noisy my in peace restore