And before I knew, the ocean above had changed

Its blissful azure dye of yore

Now musing tones of sapphire and gold

Celestial vessels raise their blazing sails

And lift off leaving trails of flame

Over distant mountains

And lands where their long shadows lay

A fiery procession soaring far away

Fleeting whispers

Gliding in silence

Guided beyond the confines

By the twilight wind

Otsuru hi no hō e

Sora hitohake ni

Hakaretari

Swept away, out of sight

Shimmering colors to listless shades

Meager veins of fire

Glow dimmer in the growing night

Sole remnants of a pyre

Soon submerged by the tide