Lyrics and translation
Original
美しい蝶の羽を見た 名前も知らずに 砂漠の砂丘を飲み干してみたい 渇きの一つも知らずに 美しい蝶の羽を私につけて 緩やかな速度で追い抜いていく ゆっくりゆっくりと 託児 の軽さで 行ったり来たりを 繰り返し ながら 美しい蝶の羽を見た 醜い私を知らずに 海原を全部飲み干してゆく 少しも満ちるを知らずに 美しい鱗を地平を染めて ありえない速度で追い抜いてゆけ ひらりひらりと 凍えの光で 行っ たり来たりを 繰り返しながら 私が歩いた道も 私の足も 私が触った花も 私の指も 私が死ぬ日の朝も その他の日も 緩やかな速度で追い抜い ていく ゆっく りゆっくりと 託児の 軽さで 行ったり来たりを 繰り 返しながら ゆっくりゆっくりと 奏で 恐る恐ると 羽を広げ ながら
English translation
I saw the wings of a beautiful butterfly. Without knowing its name, I want to drink up the sand dunes of the desert. Without knowing a single ounce of thirst, the wings of a beautiful butterfly attach themselves to me. They overtake me at a gentle speed. Slowly, slowly, with the lightness of a daycare, I keep going back and forth. I see the wings of a beautiful butterfly. Without knowing how ugly I am, I want to drink up the whole ocean. Without even knowing when it's full, its beautiful scales color the horizon. Overtake me at an impossible speed, repeating back and forth in the flashing, freezing light The road I walked, my feet, the flowers I touched, my fingers, the morning of my death, and every other day Overtake me at a gentle speed Slowly, slowly, with the lightness of a daycare, repeating back and forth, playing slowly and slowly, fearfully spreading my wings.