ISAKU’S SONG FOR HIS FATHER

This is a song Isaku wrote for his father, “Sanctity,” featuring Sumie Kaneko on vocals.

あなたからの　贈りもの

遠く離れても　耳をすませば

私の大事な宝もの

か弱い鼓動　今は誇り

惜しむ間もなく　走れども

もう何も耐えることはない

てしおにかけた　我が子ども

もう何も迷うことはない

This is how I’ve translated the words into English:

This gift I got from you

Listen hard, even from afar

It’s my most precious gift

That faint beat is now my pride;

Before one even knows it, that passing of time,

There is nothing to bear anymore,

That child, you raised with all this love,

There is no uncertainty anymore