Latest D-topia news and "Spring Sky" lyrics.

It's been pretty quiet around here lately. I haven't quite been keeping up with D-topia, but some recent things:

1) Saori's final live is rumored to be her one-man performance on April 1st. The speculation I've heard is that she has no plans to give a real announcement about it, so fans are pretty much saying their goodbyes already. Nonetheless, there's still a month until then, so I guess all we can do is wait.

2) We're going on a year and a half since Aira's last proper album, so I decided to have a look at her blog to see what she's been up to. She's apparently quite sick right now with some kind of bronchitis? She also seemed very depressed in mid-February, so let's hope she feels better soon all around.

Anyway, spring is coming up and I'm totally smitten with this song all over again, so I translated the lyrics to Aira's "Spring Sky"! These were done by ear as I don't think official lyrics ever came out, which means they might not be 100% accurate. two years in a row now I've meant to post "Valentine STEP" in February lol

Spring Sky

ROMAJI
haru no kaze ni aa kimi no nioi
omoidashiteita

mata hitotsu kisetsu ga utsutte
dareka ga suki na hito kurai dekita no ka

kimi mo itsudakke surechigatta ano ko
watashi to mitai na kenka ippai shiteru no kana

haru no kaze ni aa kimi no nioi
omoidashiteita boku no taisetsu na basho

sakura hanabira maiochiru kisetsu ni
naritakatta no wa kimi no tonari de hokoreru jibun

Look up sky nandomo "mou wasureyou" tte
nakitsukareteta'n da

sou Spring sky fui ni kite kimi no chakushin wo
atashi kara kirenai kimi no koe kiiteitakatta'n da

haru no kaze ni aa kimi no nioi
omoidashiteita boku no taisetsu na basho

sakura hanabira maiochiru kisetsu ni
naritakatta no wa kimi no tonari de hokoreru jibun

ENGLISH
In the spring breeze, ah, your scent
I remembered it

As one season shifts again
Did you find someone to like?

I wonder if you and that girl you passed by however long ago
Have been fighting often like you used to do with me

In the spring breeze, ah, your scent
I remembered it, my precious place

What I wanted to be in this season when the cherry blossom petals fall
Was the self I could be proud of by your side

Look up, sky, so many times I thought, "Just forget it already"
I'd gotten tired of crying

Yes, spring sky, that unexpected message from you
Won't leave me — I wanted to hear your voice

In the spring breeze, ah, your scent
I remembered it, my precious place

What I wanted to be in this season when the cherry blossom petals fall
Was the self I could be proud of by your side

Does anyone still have a copy of this song? The old upload that was here in 2009 is dead now and all I've managed to find is a pretty disappointing 128kbps rip. :( It's always been in my top five Aira tracks.