minamo ni ukabu mangetsu wo miageru karada no nai ishi yo
meguru toki* wo tada machi kogare nando ten wo aoida darou
tsuki wa michi kurikaesu sei to shi wo eien ni
watashi wa ima futatabi umareru
mawari mawaru rasen de itoshii anata ni aitai
itsuka mata shini wakaretemo
tooi ano chi de mou ichido itoshii anata ni aitai
kibou nakuseba subete ushinau you na ki ga suru no
taemanaku oshiyoseru nami michikage wa tomari wa shinai
tsuki wa kage sakebidasu kono karada** furuedasu
yami ni kieta anata ni furerareta nara
mawari naku shita kioku de deatta anata ni aitai
fukai nemuri wo koete ima
tooi tooi rinen de wa kureta anata ni aitai
kibou no asa wo nandodemo
tsutsumi komu you na yawarakana me*** de
yurui kabu**** no rasen no doko de matte iru no
mawari mawaru rasen de itoshii anata ni aitai
sore ga itotoki***** da toshitemo
tooi ano chi de mou ichido itoshii anata ni aitai
watashi no karada** to eikyuu ni tomo ni are
*Written “juuki”.
**Written “tamashii”.
***Written “hitomi”.
****Written “kyokusen”.
*****Written “ichiji”.
(For the record, none of these replacements are alternate readings of the kanji used; they are different words. For some, the written and sung words have the same or similar meanings, and for others the meanings are completely different. -__-)