竹原ピストル – サンサーラ

Takehara Pistol - Saṃsāra     

We live  

We are alive  

Only this reality exists here  

Leading a life means saṃsāra  

The flow of a river goes beyond time

Time passes by, going beyond humankind

A dream someone had in the distant past dwells in us, leading us to tomorrow

Daytime and nighttime stories in which we wander

Managing to live

What I listen to by straining my ears

While standing still on the bank of the river in the morning haze

We live

We are alive

Only this reality exists here

Leading a life means saṃsāra

Why do people grieve and shed tears repeatedly in this fleeting world?

Why do people keep walking while believing in eternity and encounter others, 

Only to bid farewell?

Stories of life and death in which we are befuddled

Weaving love

What I listen to by straining my ears

While gazing at the river surface shimmering in the evening glow

We live

We are alive

Only this reality exists here

Leading a life means saṃsāra

We live

We are alive

Only this reality exists here

Leading a life means saṃsāra

We live

We are alive

Only this reality exists here

Leading a life means saṃsāra

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朝もや [asamoya]: the morning haze