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At first, here is the lyrics.

SPRING RAIN (春時雨 HARU SHIGURE)　lyrics　written by：(V)・∀・(V)KANIPAN.

誰そ彼に　伸びる影
　TASOGARE NI NOBIRU KAGE
　My shadow kengthens at dusk
宵の明星　ぽつり光る
　YOI NO MYOUJOU POTSURI HIKARU
　The evening star shines alone

東風吹かば　香り立つ
　KOCHI HUKABA KAORI TATSU
　When the wind is in the east, a small bud
小さな蕾　朧な月
　CHIISANA TSUBOMI OBORO NA TSUKI
　has the scent. And there is the vague moon.

人知れず　唇を噛んだ
　HITOSHIREZU KUCHIBIRU WO KANDA
　I bit my lip silently.

春時雨　冴え渡る水よ
　HARUSHIGURE SAEWATARU MIZU YO
　A spring rain shower, clear water,
風よ　想いを運んで
　KAZE YO OMOI WO HAKONDE
　and wind, please carry my feeling.

暁にまどろむ　重い瞼のような
　AKATSUKI NI MADOROMU OMOI MABUTA NO YOUNA
　To break hesitation that is like
迷いを断ち切るために
　MAYOI WO TACHIKIRU TAMENI
　heavy eyelids when I doze off in dawn
立ち上がれ
　TACHIAGARE
　Stand up.

花曇り　振り向いた
　HANAKUMORI FURIMUITA
　hazy weather in spring, I look back and
鏡に映る　その姿は
　KAGAMI NI UTSURU SONO SUGATA WA
　I saw myself in the mirror.

焼け野から　煙立つ
　YAKENO KARA KEMURI TATSU
　Smoke stands from the burned field
陽炎が揺れ　ふわり消えた　夢のように
　KAGEROU GA YURE FUWARI KIETA YUME NO YOUNI
　Waves of heat shimmered and disapperared like a dream.

遠い日の手のぬくもりよ
　TOOI HI NO TE NO NUKUMORI YO
　That was warmth of the hand in the far-off days

春時雨　冴え渡る水よ
風よ　想いを運んで
暁にまどろむ　重い瞼のような
迷いを断ち切るために
　

独りで立って　独りで歩き
　HITORI DE TATTE HITORI DE ARUKI
　I stand up alone, walk alone
独りで選び　自分を探す
　HITORI DE ERABI JIBUN WO SAGASU
　choose alone, to find myself

いつか誰かと分かち合える
　ITSUKA DAREKA TO WAKACHIAERU
　I'm sure we can share my feeling someday.

春時雨　冴え渡る水よ
風よ　想いを運んで
暁にまどろむ　重い瞼のような
迷いを断ち切るために
立ち上がれ



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I wrote this lyrics with the theme of plum. You can see the flower under the collar of Luka on my illustration.
The flower language of plum is "Independence", "Patience".

So I thought about independence from "parents" mainly to write the lyrics. In Japan February is the month that come near to graduation in March, and we should prepare for new starting in April.

In Japanese independence is "独立(DOKURITSU)".
独(doku) means ALONE.
立(ritsu) means STAND.
So 独立(DOKURITSU) means "standing alone". Independence is to stand alone.

But we should not mix up it with "Self-satisfaction".

I mean we must not forget that there is no one who can live alone. So we should think of independence from parents as standing alone but never forget the support from them and other people. Otherwise, the person would be Self-satisfaction.

Here is an easy analogy.
Even if we start to live in mountain or forest with self-sufficient, we must eat something. This is sacrifice to live that we can't avoid. And it makes us never be alone. We have some "background" as far as we live. We must not forget about it.
It's even more important as far as we live in human society without self-sufficient. Even if a person would be self-sufficient in forest, he/she was raised by the his/her parents before starting the self-sufficient. If we could not be raised by someone, we must die before independence.

So "standing alone" is not only to stand without reclining but also to be able to support other person who needs to recline. Anyway it should not be same as Self-satisfaction.


Under old Japanese calendars, February was included spring (now it's winter). So I used many "季語(KIGO)" to write the scenery in this lyrics.

季語 is "season word".
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigo
There are so many 季語 and I used 季語 of February and spring for this song.
Because I remembered old Japanese song from Michizane Sugawara (about in 1006 A.D.).
「東風吹かば にほひおこせよ 梅の花 主なしとて 春を忘るな」
KOCHI FUKABA NIOI OKOSEYO UME NO HANA, ARUJI NASHI TOTE HARU WO WASURUNA
This is one of 和歌(WAKA). I explain about this.

和歌(WAKA) is a style of ancient Japanese song.　
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka_(po%C3%A9sie_japonaise)
There is no pitch. But there is a rule for syllable 5-7-5-7-7 and use 1 季語(KIGO) for 1 song. If you make a 和歌(WAKA), you must write the lyrics 5-7-5-7-7 syllable and there must be 1 季語, okay?
So the song is written like this

KOCHI FUKABA (5 syllable and KOCHI is a 季語 for spring)
NIOI OKOSEYO (7 syllable)
UME NO HANA (5 syllable)

ARUJI NASHI TOTE (7 syllable)
HARU WO WASURUNA (7 syllable)

It means :
When an eastern wind blows, breathe your smell and send it on wind oh my plum. (5-7-5)
Even if I would not be there, never forget spring. (7-7)


When Michizane Sugawara had to move for his business, he sang this for his lovely plum that was at garden of his office.

This is a song for plum and a famous 和歌(WAKA). And I can regard this as song of independence if I force.
And 季語(KIGO) and 和歌(WAKA) is Japanese old culture. I thought that our Vocaloid original songs will be listened by many foreigner, so I used 季語 and explain about it here with the express purpose. This is related with JAPOKANI GAKUSHŪCHŌ.
These are 季語 for February in my lyrics.
東風(KOCHI) an eastern wind
朧な月(OBORO NA TSUKI) The vague moon
春時雨(HARUSHIGURE) the title of this song. Spring rain
花曇り(HANA KUMORI) cloud with flower
焼け野(YAKENO) burnt field


Next week we will diffuse a song of March !!!
Please be looking forward to it !!! ^^