Sakura no tsubomi ga
sotto fukuramu koro
yume daki kakeyuku
yayoi no misora e
    In the time when the buds
    of cherry blossoms softly swell
    Fly high holding your dreams close
    into spring's beautiful sky (1)

Fuyu no samusa ni koraenagara
tabidatsu haru o machiwabita
wakare ga kuru koto ni
me o fuse
omoide o
tsuzurinagara
    While enduring the cold of winter
    You waited impatiently for the spring of starting a journey
    You cast your eyes away
    from the fact that a parting is coming
    all while composing
    your memories

Sotsugyou wa owari janaku
mada minu mirai
sagasu tame no tabidachi no hi
sekibaku no omoi
mune ni samezame to...
kimi yo
itsu no hi ni ka
aimashou
    Graduation is not the end
    It's the first day of a journey
    to search for a yet unseen future
    Sorrowfully putting in your heart
    this lonely feeling...
    Oh, you
    Someday
    let's meet again

Yume wa miru mono janakute
kanaeru mono...
uso itsuwarinaki
kimi kara no kotoba
    Dreams are not meant to be seen
    they are meant to be granted...
    With no lies or pretenses
    Those were your words

Kodoku ni tsubusaresou na yoru wa
kawamo ni nagare saku sakura ni
furue naita
kimi o omoeba
ganbareru
ki ga suru n da
    On nights I feel about to be crushed by lonliness
    At the sight of the cherry blossoms blooming on the river
    I cried, shaking
    If I think of you
    I have the feeling
    I can keep trying

kasumiyuku haru no kaze ni
betsubetsu no michi
erabu toki ga tabidachi no hi
sekibetsu no kotoba
mune ni sanzameku...
itsuka
mata kono basho de
aimashou
    In the misty spring wind
    The time we choose
    our separate paths is the first day of a journey
    Merrily putting in your heart
    words of our reluctance to part...
    Someday
    once more at this place
    let's meet again

Kakegaeno nai omoide to
nanigenai kotoba o
kokoro to iu kaban ni boku wa
muzousa ni tsumekomiyuku yo
    Irreplaceable memories and
    casual words
    In this bag called my heart
    I'll simply keep stashing them

Utsuriyuku haru no naka de
mou kaeranai
awoki toki wa tabidachi no hi
sekiei no sakura
sora ni sanzan to...
kimi ni
okuru kotoba
arigatou
    In the spring that comes upon us
    Oh, we can't go back
    This young time is the first day of a journey
    the fleeting glimpse of cherry blossoms
    disappears completely in the sky...
    The words I send
    to you,
    Thank you

Sotsugyou wa owari janaku
mada minu mirai
sagasu tame no tabidachi no hi
sekibaku no omoi
mune ni samezame to...
kimi yo
itsu no hi ni ka koko de
aimashou
    Graduation is not the end
    It's the first day of a journey
    to search for a yet unseen future
    Sorrowfully putting in your heart
    this lonely feeling...
    Oh, you
    Someday, here
    let's meet again

Notes;
1) yayoi literally is the obsolete term for the third month of the lunar calendar