五月雨と導き鳥/The Early Summer Rain and the Bird of Guidance

(Title: 五月雨と導き鳥)
(Singer: VY1)
(Song and Lyrics: hinayukki)
(Art: hinayukki)
Links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpBSAonjpiw
https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm43895555

Give yourself to the flow of the stream;
swaying, shaking; be washed away.
Slip through the many branches and leaves;
to a place distant; be drifted away.

Suzune* lets out a cry in the dusk;
chirp, chirp; for whom do you sing so?
To guide humans who have lost their way,
a certain bird sings.

That voice; a moonlight that blooms within the darkness.
That song; filled with loneliness and affection both.
They shall guide you; follow that singing voice closely.
You shall awake from the dream; the dawn will come.

As the early summer rain comes, within the hour of the Ox**,
A small shadow wavers and sways.
His freezing body, as it trembles and shivers,
wanders about within the dark forest.

Suzune cries for that lost child;
chirp, chirp; singing for him, saying [this way!].
The lone bird of guidance
encounters the child of Man.

The life I embraced within my arms;
so small; so fleeting; yet so noble.
So that smiling face will never disappear,
I vow to forever protect you.

The days that I spent with you
shined so brightly; dazzlingly; they pass by me in a flash,
as if merely a dream. I fear for the day
when the time comes for us to part at last.

Rain pours forth at the end of the dream;
as you close your eyes, I tightly grasp your hand.
Forever and ever,
may this voice of mine that you've always loved so
resounds and be heard by all!

Chirp, chirp; she sings for his sake.
That morning, as he journeys on to the other side***,
she stayed right by his side.

Suzune lets out a cry in the dawn;
chirp, chirp; singing of her memories.
To dispel the loneliness she feels deep within her heart.

*鈴音, Name of the bird (monster girl/demigod, probably) in the story. Explained in the author's note.

**Would be around 03:00 AM in today's terms.

***彼岸(Higan) usually means nirvana or a certain Buddhist holiday; can be used to say "the other side"(afterlife).

Author's note:
{Please let me hear that bell-like voice of yours(鈴の音の様なその聲) forever and ever.}