Performed by: Kiyoura Natsumi
Lyrics: Komine Kouko
Music/arrange: Kira Tomohiko
Featured in: Spice and Wolf
Romanization/translation by M Walk
Yakusoku no uta
miharukasu daichi wa aoku hatenaku tsudzuki
ten wo sasu hosaki wa hikari atsumete yureru
itsuno mukashi kara ka oboeta uta wa yagate
kuchibeni ni some sora wo koete wa hibiku
itsuka todoku deshou
watashi wo matsu hito ni
kaze to kawasu daichi to kawasu
yakusoku no uta towa ni
sakebu you ni inori no you ni
utae utae yo towa ni
tane wa inochi yadoshi mizu wo motomete nemuru
onaji sono kizashi wo daremo ga daite nemuru
dakara itsumo koishii
furisosogu hikari ga
yagate tooku minareta sora wo
hanareru toki ga kitemo
itsumo itsumo wasure wa shinai
yakusoku no uta towa ni
itsunohika kono hitomi tojitemo
kono koe ga karetemo
uta dake ga itsumo mitsumeteiru
aoi aoi chihei wo
kaze to kawasu daichi to kawasu
yakusoku no uta towa ni
sakebu you ni inori no you ni
utae utae yo towa ni
Promise Song
The view of the earth, pale, never ending
A ear of wheat pointing to heaven, collecting the light, sways
I soon remembered a song from those olden days
From red-colored lips it echoes across the sky
Someday it will reach
The person who waits for me
Evading the wind, evading the earth
This promise song, eternally
Like shouting, like a prayer
Sing, sing, eternally
A seed carries life, a water-seeking sleep
That same omen, sleeping in someone’s embrace
Therefore, someday, my beloved
The light will pour down
Before long, even if the time comes
To separate from the distant sky I’ve grown used to
Someday, someday, I won’t forget
This promise song, eternally
One day, even if I close these eyes
Even if this voice grows hoarse
That song alone watches
Forever, the blue blue horizon
Evading the wind, evading the earth
This promise song, eternally
Like shouting, like a prayer
Sing, sing, eternally