Our Meeting

We met,

In that cherry-blossom-colored early summer;

Back then,

I could not have known,

That I would be by your side;

We came to know each other,

After half a year,

I still did not know,

That we would reach this day.

Everything about you,

Lovely, clever, and bright,

Everything about me,

Was only you;

Year after year, my darling,

My eyes brimmed with tears,

Suihan, through three lifetimes,

My heart held but one.

I know your heart is like the bright moon,

Shining three circles of light across my heart;

But through three thousand miles of passing years,

My steadfast heart has silently held only you.

You know I understand the moon of a thousand autumns,

And know, too, that I have a heart of unwavering courage.

The only one in my heart,

Is you, who shine alone.