Tamashii no RUFURAN

A spirit's refrain

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Rebirth movie ending
Sung by Takahashi Youko
Translation/transliteration by the Icefalcon

Watashi ni kaerinasai, kioku wo tadori
Yasashisa to yume no minamoto e
Mou ichido hoshi ni hikare, umareru tame ni
Tamashii no RUFURAN

Aoi kage ni tsutsumareta suhada ga
Toki no naka de shizuka ni furueteru
Inochi no yukue wo toikakeru you ni
Yubisaki wa watashi wo motomeru

Dakishimeteta unmei no anata wa
Kisetsu ni saku maru de hakanai hana
Kibou no nioi o mune ni nokoshite
Chiri isogu azayakana sugata de

* Watashi ni kaerinasai, umareru mae ni
Anata ga sugoshita daichi e to
Kono te ni kaerinasai, meguriau tame
Kiseki wa okoru yo, nando de mo
Tamashii no RUFURAN

Inoru you ni mabuta tojita toki ni
Sekai wa tada yami no soko ni kieru
Sore de mo kodou wa mata ugokidasu
Kagiriaru eien wo sagashite

Watashi ni kaerinasai, kioku wo tadori
Yasashisa to yume no minamoto e
Anata mo kaerinasai, aishiau tame
Kokoro mo karada mo kurikaesu
Tamashii no RUFURAN

(Repeat *)

Return to me, wearily going on to memories
To the source of dreams and gentleness ...
Shine to the stars once more, for the sake of being born
The refrain of a spirit.

A wrapped-up body quietly trembles
In a blue shadow at the middle of time.
As if beginning to question the whereabouts of life,
Your fingertips seek me out.

Belonging to a once-embracing fate,
You bloom in the season, an irregular blossom.
The scent of hope remains in my heart,
Quickly falling into a vivid form.

* Return to me, to before your birth
Whenever you have spent too much time on this earth.
Return to this hand, we may meet by chance
No matter how many times the miracle takes place ...
A spirit's refrain.

In the closed times, as if in prayer,
The world merely disappears in the depths of the darkness.
Despite this, the rhythym stirs again,
Seeking out a limiting eternity ...

Return to me, wearily going on to your memories
To the source of dreams and gentleness ...
You, too, return, so that we may love each other;
Both body and soul, repeating over and over ...
A soul's refrain.

(Repeat *)