コクリコ坂から From Up On Poppy Hill (Cover)

A short cover of "Sayonara no natsu" さよならの夏 from the movie コクリコ坂から (From Up On Poppy Hill) by Goro Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli. Its a gentle and wistful kind of song. If you watch the trailer or read the plot of the movie, you'll find that the theme song actually does relate well to it.

さよならの夏

Originally by Aoi Teshima

Translation:

A ship veiled in the shining sea

leaves behind the steam of good-bye

If I went down that loose hill,

would I meet the summer coloured wind

My love is a melody

which I sing high and low

My love is a seagull

that flies high and low

If I tried to call out in the sunset,

I wonder if I'd encounter the gentle you

The sound of a piano that somebody plays
very much resembles the rumbling of the sea
Do the people who come and go late in the afternoon
carry a summer coloured dream too?
My love is a diary
that spells the pages of my life 
My love is a boat
that goes throughout the empty sea
If I looked back in the sunset,
I wonder if you'd be looking for me


On the promenade shaking trees
cast shadows of good-bye
Can the old chapel and chicken weather vane 
be seen in the summer coloured town
Yesterday's love is nothing more but tears
they will soon dry out and disappear
Tomorrow's love is a mere refrain -
words that have no end
If we met by chance in the sunset,
I wonder if you'd embrace me.

The trailer for the movie if you are interested: