Monthly Theme: Community
Sermon Topic: Community Sunday
Choir: Unitarian Choir

“Ballade to the Moon”
Music: Daniel Elder
Text: Daniel Elder

On moonlit night I wander free,
my mind to roam on thoughts of thee.
With midnight darkness beckoning
my heart toward mystic fantasy:

Come, dream in me!

How beautiful, this night in June!
And here, upon the velvet dune,
I weep with joy beneath the moon.

The pathlies dark before my sight,
and yet my feet with pure delight
trod onward through the darkened vale,
beneath the starry sky so bright.

O share thy light!

These woods, their weary wanderer soon
in awe and fearful wonder swoon;
I weep with joy beneath the moon.

And as the darkened hours flee,
my heart beats ever rapidly.
Though heavy hangs my eyes with sleep,
my singing soul, it cries to thee:

Come sing with me!

The twinkling sky casts forth its tune:
O must I leave thy charms so soon?
I weep with joy beneath the moon.

“つながり” (“Tsunangari”)
Music: Kentaro Sato
Text: Kentaro Sato

本当のことを見るのは なんて難しいのだろう
Hontō-no Koto-wo Miru-nowa Nante Muzukashī-no-darō
本当のことを思うのは なんて一人ぼっちなのだろう
Hontō-no Koto-wo Omou-nowa Nante Hitoribocchi-nano-darō
本当のことを伝えるのは なんて勇気がいるのだろう
Hontō-no Koto-wo Tsutaeru-nowa Nante Yūki-nga Iru-no-darō
そして 嘘の向こうで
Soshite Uso-no Mukō-de
悲しい風に涙する人に差し伸べられた手は
Kanashī Kaze-ni Namida-suru Hito-ni Sashinobe-rareta Te-wa
なんて温かいのだろう
Nante Atatakai-no-darō

不安な中
Huan-na Naka
心の奥でふるさとを抱きしめながら歩く人に
Kokoro-no Oku-de Hurusato-wo Dakishime-nangara Aruku Hito-ni
寄りそう心は なんて優しいのだろう
Yorisou Kokoro-wa Nante Yasashī-no-darō

私の隣で一緒に
Watashī-no Tonari-de Issho-ni
見て 感じ 思う
Mite Kanji Omou
どんなに離れていても
Donna-ni Hanarete Itemo
この空の下で 寄り添い
Kono Sora-no Shita-de Yorisoi
泣き 笑い 歌う
Naki Warai Utau
どんなに離れていても
Donna-ni Hanarete Itemo

この空のつながりを
Kono Sora-no Tsunangari-wo
この心のつながりを
Kono Kokoro-no Tsunangari-wo
感じてください
Kanji-te Kudasai

TRANSLATION:

How difficult seeing the truth is.
How lonely thinking the truth is.
How brave speaking the truth is.
And, how warm is the hand
Which is held out to people crying in the sad wind
Behind the lie.

How kind is the heart
Which accompanies people who cling to
The homeland in their hearts.

To see, feel, and think together
As if you were next to me
No matter how far apart we are…
To cry, laugh, and sing together
Under this sky
No matter how far apart we are…

Please…
Feel the connection of the sky,
And the connection of our hearts.