Vapor Trail (song)

Vapor Trail (ひこうき雲, Hikouki-gumo^?)

Theme song for The Wind Rises

Lyrics, Music, Performance: Yumi Matsutoya (松任谷由実 ～ ユーミン, Matsutoya Yuumi - Yuumin^?)

Yumi Matsutoya's performance of Hikouki-gumo (starts at 5'20")

Japanese lyrics

白い坂道が　空まで続いていた
Shiroi sakamichi ga sora made tuzuite ita
'

ゆらゆらかげろうが　あの子を包む
Yurayura kagerou ga ano ko wo tsutsumu
'

誰も気づかず　ただひとり
Daremo kizukazu tada hitori
'

あの子は　昇っていく
Ano ko wa nobotte iku
'

何もおそれない　そして舞い上がる
Nanimo osorenai soshite maiagaru
'


空に憧れて　空をかけてゆく
Sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete iku
'

あの子の命は　ひこうき雲
Ano ko no inochi wa hikouki-gumo
'


高いあの窓で　あの子は死ぬ前も
Takai ano mado de ano ko wa shinu mae mo'
'

空を見ていたの　今はわからない
Sora wo miteita no. Ima wa wakaranai
'

ほかの人には　わからない
Hoka no hito niwa wakaranai'
'

あまりにも　若すぎたと
Amari nimo wakasugita to
'

ただ思うだけ　けれどしあわせ
Tada omou dake. Keredo shiawase
'


空に憧れて　空をかけてゆく
Sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete iku
'

あの子の命は　ひこうき雲
Ano ko no inochi wa hikouki-gumo
'

Adapted English lyrics (from the bonus track Vapor Trail on the Japanese release of Susan Boyle's The Gift

Susan Boyle's performance of Vapor Trail

There's a road, a misty road
Leading up to heaven
She was walking, all alone
Not a soul was around.

There came a little wispy cloud out of the blue
And it carried her away
She's not afraid of anything
And she goes without a sound.

She would gaze up at the sky
Dreaming that she's flying so high
Then she was gone, disappearing
Like a vapor trail.

Yesterday, she lay in bed
In that lonely little room
From the window up above
All she would see were the clouds.

She was so very, so very young
Such a long, long road ahead of her
But she heard that voice a calling
And I guess she's happy now.

She would gaze up at the sky
Dreaming that she's flying so high
Then she was gone, disappearing
Like a vapor trail.

She would gaze up at the sky
Dreaming that she's flying so high
Then she was gone, disappearing
Like a vapor trail.