In Spring Clothes, Awaiting Word

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Warm rain gently knocks the ice awake

The willow tips are first to understand the new year's good news

I try on a light spring garment, freshly sewn

Yet I do not know whom to tell of this joy

[Pre-Chorus]

The poetry in the wine has yet to find a kindred soul

Yet tears have already blurred my careful makeup ever so slightly

[Chorus]

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

Even in the finest spring I wish for someone beside me

Stitch by stitch, I sew the sorrow in my chest into the seams

And save fresh courage for every dawn

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

May this window live to see us draw closer with clear hearts

[Instrumental Interlude]

[Verse 2]

Deep into the night, the lamp wick's bloom falls and forms again

The hairpin beside my pillow leaves a familiar mark

I never got to see a lovely dream through to its end

So I cut the long night into a speck of light I could hold

[Pre-Chorus]

The poetry in the wine has yet to find a kindred soul

Yet tears have already blurred my careful makeup ever so slightly

[Chorus]

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

Even in the finest spring I wish for someone beside me

Stitch by stitch, I sew the sorrow in my chest into the seams

And save fresh courage for every dawn

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

May this window live to see us draw closer with clear hearts

[Bridge]

Do not let having no one to share with become a door that shuts others out

Nor will I belittle true affection just because I'm alone for a while

When the first new green branch in the courtyard unfurls

I wish first to live this spring well for myself

[Final Chorus]

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

Even in the finest spring I wish for someone beside me

Stitch by stitch, I sew the sorrow in my chest into the seams

And save fresh courage for every dawn

My spring clothes still await a word of reply from you

May this window live to see us draw closer with clear hearts

[Outro]

Gently put the needle and thread back in the wooden box

At daybreak I'll put on my new clothes and go see the flowers