Winter Planet No. 1
Original Japanese lyrics by Shiina Nagano
English translation by Miyuki Mouse [ notes ] [ guide ] [ policy ]

JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
Into the world's [Earth's] most¹ white winter
JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
I want to relay the emotions² that excite me TONIGHT!!

"I've had fights and I've even cried over the trivial differences³"
"The irreplaceable memory that [seasons in which] we were still able to be smiling in the end"
"If we are to continue on from here, I want to go as a natural couple straight on and on..."
"Because I like the self [the present self] who stumbles, gets hurt, and is living feverishly..."

Enwrapping⁴ me as if to cut off
The piercing coldness of the wind hitting my cheeks...

A moment in which we seek one another
In spirit more than in flesh...

Ah- Let's promise the same future
Equally lovingly overlaying our lips [lips⁵]...

JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
Into the world's [Earth's] most white winter
JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
I want to relay the emotions that excite me TONIGHT!!

"On anxious nights I look back to the days of summer when I had peace of mind"
"These days I feel [have a feeling of reality] that I've become prettier by the number of tears shed"
"Ideals and reality, contradiction and simplicity, with the balance between all things"
"Never again will I lose to the weaknesses to hesitate, to doubt, and to fear..."

Breaths which bob-up and disappear into the sky [winter sky]
I want to be watching like this...

Powder snow which quietly floats down
Onto the hair and shoulders...

Ah- Let's entwine fingers and dance the waltz
In time with the beat [each other's heartbeats] that gently rings out...

STEP INTO... STEP INTO HEART!!
In the world's [Earth's] most near dream [paradise]
STEP INTO... STEP INTO HEART!!
I want to believe in the miracle that we met TONIGHT!!

JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
Into the world's [Earth's] most white winter!!
JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
I want to relay the emotions that excite me
JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
That "You are my world's [Earth's] most beloved ⁶ !!"
JUST INTO... JUST INTO YOUR LOVE!!
Catch the honest⁷ feelings [love] to say so TONIGHT!

>> notes

1. literally "number one"
2. "emotions" is actually too weak and simple
3. literally "the act of brushing past each other"
4. can also be "enwrap"
5. the written and sung word are both synonymns for "lips"
6. "I love you most in the world"
7. "honest to oneself" - no English equivalent

This songs is written to be parallel to "SUMMER PLANET No.1" so it might be interesting to compare the two. My interpretation is that the word "white" as in "...most white..." is meant to symbolize purity. More great verbal imagery overall. I especially like the second verse: it's a very poetic way of describing being outside while it's snowing, although I tend to imagine more *wads* of snow coming down like it does where I live...

>> transliterations & other translations

http://www.animelyrics.com/jpop/twomix/twmwpn1.htm