Tsubame

Lyrics

Nihongo

水も狭に川明かり
　見上げて水芭蕉
　
　旋回しつつ　影を増す
　玲瓏と
　雲より来て　残心の

　止まり木おやむ　水彩鳥
　音も無く　一筆
　ふわりと舞って
　消えた

　別れ帰し人想う風
　然は然りながら
　ふくらとなって
　煙霧に抱かれている

 「それでも･･･」
　最後に愛した人が
　言った

　雲を隔つ白雨
　残んの空の散るのを見て
　泣いた

　破顔で

 「それでも泣いてはいけない」

Romaji

mizu mo sema ni kawa akari
miagete mizubashou

senkai shitsutsu kage wo masu
reirou to
kumo yori kite zan shin no

tomari ki oyamu suisai chou
otomo naku hitofude
fuwari to matte
kieta

wakare kishi jin omou kaze
sae wa saeri nagara
fukura to natte
enmu ni idakareteiru

'soredemo...'
saigo ni aishita hito ga
itta

kumo wo hedatsu hakuu
nokon no sora no chiru no wo mite
naita

hagan de

'soredemo naite wa ikenai'

English Translation

The water is also narrow in river lights
The skunk cabbage looked up

While turning, the shadow enhances
With cleverance
The remaining heart came from the clouds

The watercolor bird perches to cease
One stroke without a sound
Dance softly
Disappearing

The wind thinking about an attributed farewell person
While the nature is a versa
Becoming
Has been embraced in the fog

"Still..."
My last, loved person
Spoke

Intervaling the clouds with white rain
Look at the remaining falls of the sky,
Crying

In the features
"Still, the cries will not go on"

Song Connections/Remixes

A version of つばめ that sounds entirely different appears on Asaki's 2nd album, 天庭.
- A short edit of this version of つばめ appears in REFLEC BEAT colette -Winter-.

Trivia

つばめ was the only non-collaboration Asaki song in pop'n music available in a game's default songlist until いきもの失格 in pop'n music 20 fantasia.
In the American version of pop'n music (Wii), つばめ's title and artist were changed to TSUBAMI and Asaki respectively.
Despite that REFLEC BEAT uses a different version of つばめ, this song was added to pop'n music Sunny Park's BEMANI folder under the REFLEC BEAT sub-category.

Music Comment

Still, don't cry, still. Move forward to meet the breath to the summer breeze, move forward.

Difficulty & Notecounts

Game	Standard				Battle		PSP-Exclusive
Game	5	N	H	EX	N	H	5H	7	7H
Notecounts	244	281	664	996	281	548	?	?	?
Pop'n Music 15 ADVENTURE→fantasia	13	18	32	40	14	27	-	-	-
Sunny Park→Present	-	↓23	38	46	14	27	-	-	-
Pop'n Music portable	※10	18	32	40	14	-	16	15	31