Flower, Sun, Rain by PYG (Lyrics in English)

Today, we have a pretty simple post.

I was looking for a song called Flower, Sun, Rain's lyrics. It is well known for playing during an iconic moment of Return of Ultraman's Episode 34. Not only that, but it inspired famous game developer Goichi Suda into making a whole game based on the lyrics' meaning. You might know it for its localized DS port, Flower Sun and Rain: Murder and Mystery in Paradise.

These lyrics can bring some insight into the games' themes: which are told in a vague, daydreamy manner; causing a lot of players to struggle with such cryptic storytelling. This means that, even if you are more of a Suda fan than an Ultraman fan, it's worth checking them out.

Apparently the translation that's circulating on the internet is so horrible that my poor Japanese skills could point that out at a glance. How can someone translate 笑えない as "unamusing man"?

I spent some minutes of my life to translate it from scratch. I hope this translation can at least honor PYG's legacy and if you have any feedback on it, I'm very interested to hear it. Don't be shy! In this blog, we are fine with corrections.

Flower, Sun, Rain (花・太陽・雨)

Translated by Frost51
Edited by Medjet

Expressionless man, in moments of happiness

Colorless flowers. This world;

Where spring never arrives

I question it to this youth of mine

There is only hatred. Love, inverted

Inside the waterless rain, enclosed;

In the middle of darkness

I call out to this youth of mine

This bright, white light. And the warm wind

Such a meager love, but it envelops

Welcoming the future

There are sorrowful times, in joyful days

But the sun is present too. That world;

Striking me as flowers in the spring 

Wakes up to them, this youth of mine.

Your Flower, your Sun

Your Rain, your Love

Flower, Sun, Rain; Flower, Sun, Rain;

Flower, Sun, Rain; Flower, Sun, Rain; 

Original Japanese Lyrics

よろこびの時　笑えない人

色のない花　この世界

春の訪れのない

私のこの青春に　問いかける

にくしみだけの　さかさまの愛

水のない雨　閉ざされた

暗やみの中での

私のこの青春に　呼びかける

この白い光　あたたかい風と

ささやかな愛に　つつまれた

あしたを迎えに

悲しみの日を　よろこびの日に

太陽もある　その世界

春の花の様に

私のこの青春が　目をさます

あなたの花　あなたの太陽

あなたの雨　あなたの愛

花。太陽。雨。花。太陽。雨。

花。太陽。雨。花。太陽。雨。