Haru wa SA-RA SA-RA (Spring is Rustling Softly)

In the Spanish film from 2014, "Magical Girl," they use 2 Japanese songs. One is The Song of the Black Lizard, lyrics and translation to which are findable online. However, Haru wa SaraSara is not. A karaoke video of the entire thing was findable and clear enough to glean the kanji out. And here is my translation of it, as concise as translations should be. Any approximations put forth are also reasonable. The entire song is not used in the film.

春はサラサラ
Spring is Rustling Softly

ああ　桜並木で　風が
ah sakura namiki de kaze ga
ah.. The wind through a row of sakura trees

ひと荒れしそうな夕暮れ
hito areshi sou na yuugure
is like a storm in the evening

あなたは帰り路を  私より急いでいます
anata wa kaerimichi w(o) watashi yori isoide imasu
You're in more of a hurry than me on your way home.

こんな日はSA-RA SA-RA
konna hi wa sara sara
Days like this softly rustle

夢もSA-RA SA-RA
yume mo sara sara
Even dreams softly rustle

散りそうな片想いです
chirisou na kataomoi desu
It's my unrequited love about to fall and scatter

花びらがSA-RA SA-RA
hanabira ga sara sara
Flower petals softly rustle

肩にふれる
kata ni fureru
as they touch my shoulder

好きですと言えなくて
suki desu to ienakute
I don't want to say "It's Love."

春です
haru desu
It's Spring.

ああかすむような夕やみに
aa kasumu you na yuu yami ni
Ah, In the darkness of evening like a mist,

何もかも見えなくなれば
nani mo kamo mienaku nareba
when nothing is visible,

あなたが他の誰と通りすぎても気づかない
anata ga hoka no dare to toori sugite mo kidzukanai
I'm not worried as you pass by with someone else.

春風にSA-RA SA-RA
harukaze ni SA-RA SA-RA
In the spring breeze, rustling softly

髪もSA-RA SA-RA
kami mo SA-RA SA-RA
my hair, rustling softly

あなたへとなびく恋です
anata he to nabiku koi desu
Is my love fluttering for you.

人知れずSA-RA SA-RA
hitoshirezu SA-RA SA-RA
It's a secret, rustling softly

見つめながら
mitsume nagara
while I gaze at you

好きですと言えない
suki desu to ienai
I won't say "It's love."

私です
watashi desu
It's me.

こんな日はSA-RA SA-RA
konna hi wa sara sara
Days like this softly rustle

夢もSA-RA SA-RA
yume mo sara sara
Even dreams softly rustle

散りそうな片想いです
chirisou na kataomoi desu
It's my unrequited love about to fall and scatter

花びらがSA-RA SA-RA
hanabira ga sara sara
Flower petals softly rustle

肩にふれる
kata ni fureru
as they touch my shoulder

好きですと言えなくて
suki desu to ienakute
I don't want to say "It's Love."

春です
haru desu
It's Spring.

It's fun to watch DirecTV's technical staff get results

At some point this afternoon (1:10 pm to be precise) I was watching something on History channel when suddenly the feed cut off. This was odd. DirecTV apparently was working on something which required them to make over 30 channels on my lineup to go dark for a couple of hours.

 

When they gradually came back on, TBS and Cartoon Network East WERE LETTERBOXED AGAIN!! Yay! TNT and TruTV and BET are still not fixed, but hey, I've not watched CN East for almost 3 months because it was displaying wrong when it's always been letterboxed.

 

I called Thursday night to complain when Comedy Central messed up. The next day, it was fixed but then CNN was messed up. That persisted until Monday when it got fixed.

 

It's clear DirecTV's technicians were doing their job and accomplished quite a lot, even with still more to do. FreeSpeechTV, LinkTV, and Arirang are messed up but then they were always like that. It would be nice if the set top box was able to reshape all channels like the local stations...