A Song for Small Love

## • Music Guide •

"**A Song for Small Love**" (小さな恋のうた, *Chiisana Koi no Uta*) is the fifth ending theme of *Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san* anime series. It's sung by Rie Takahashi, the voice actress for Takagi.

This song is a cover version of a 2001 song by the Okinawa-based Japanese alternative rock/pop punk band Mongol800. The arrangement of Takagi-san version, which is an acoustic ballad song, is very different from Mongol800's original version, which has a straight forward pop punk sound. (YouTube: Mongol800's version)

Another song of theirs It's for You (あなたに, *Anata ni*) is used as the thirteenth ending theme of the Takagi-san series.

## Songwriters

* Music: Mongol800
* Lyrics: Kiyosaku Uezu (上江洌 清作, *Uezu Kiyosaku*) (vocalist and bassist of Mongol800)
* Arrangement of Takagi-san version: Minoru Yoshida (吉田 穣, *Yoshida Minoru*)

## Lyrics

* Romaji Lyrics
* English Lyrics

*Hiroi uchuu no kazu aru hitotsu

Aoi chikyuu no hiroi sekai de

Chiisana koi no omoi wa todoku

Chiisana shima no anata no moto e

Anata to deai toki wa nagareru

Omoi o kometa tegami mo fueru

Itsushika futari tagai ni hibiku

Toki ni hageshiku toki ni setsunaku

Hibiku wa tooku haruka kanata e

Yasashii uta wa sekai o kaeru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo

Sugu soba ni iru no

Tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii

Hibike koi no uta

Hora hora hora

Hibike koi no uta

Anata wa kizuku futari wa aruku

Kurai michi demo hibi terasu tsuki

Nigirishimeta te hanasu koto naku

Omoi wa tsuyoku eien chikau

Eien no fuchi kitto boku wa iu

Omoi kawarazu onaji kotoba o

Soredemo tarizu namida ni kawari yorokobi ni nari

Kotoba ni dekizu tada dakishimeru

Tada dakishimeru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo

Sugu soba ni iru no

Tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii

Hibike koi no uta

Hora hora hora

Hibike koi no uta

Yume naraba semenai de

Yume naraba semenai de

Anata to sugoshita toki

Eien no hoshi to naru

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo

Sugu soba ni iru no

Tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii

Hibike koi no uta

Hora anata ni totte daiji na hito hodo

Sugu soba ni iru no

Tada anata ni dake todoite hoshii

Hibike koi no uta

Hora hora hora

Hibike koi no uta*

*In the wide world on our blue planet,

Which is just one of the numerous stars in the vast universe,

A little love finds its way

To you on a small island.

I've met you and time passes by.

The mail I expressed my affection pile up.

Someday our hearts resonate with each other,

Sometimes intensely, sometimes sadly.

The sound reaches miles, far and far away.

The gentle song changes the world.

Listen, your most precious people are

Someone always right next to you.

I just hope it'll reach you only.

Ring out, my song of love.

Listen, listen, listen,

Ring out, my song of love.

You notice it. The two of us walk.

Though it's a dark path, the moon lightens it up night after night.

I keep holding your hand so tightly.

My affection is strong, and I swear the eternity.

In the depth of the eternity, I'll surely say

The same words of my affection that never changes.

It still isn't enough, and it turns to tears, and it turns to joy,

And I can't put them into words, so I just embrace you.

I just embrace you.

Listen, your most precious people are

Someone always right next to you.

I just hope it'll reach you only.

Ring out, my song of love.

Listen, listen, listen,

Ring out, my song of love.

If it's a dream, I wish I'd never wake up.

If it's a dream, I wish I'd never wake up.

The days I spent with you will be

An immortal star.

Listen, your most precious people are

Someone always right next to you.

I just hope it'll reach you only.

Ring out, my song of love.

Listen, your most precious people are

Someone always right next to you.

I just hope it'll reach you only.

Ring out, my song of love.

Listen, listen, listen,

Ring out, my song of love.*

## Video

TVアニメ『からかい上手の高木さん』ノンクレジットED「小さな恋のうた」／高木さん（CV：高橋李依）
## Trivia

* Though Mongol800's version has not been released as a single CD, it's one of their most popular songs and covered by many musicians. It was released as a song in their most successful album "Message," which has sold 3 million copies as of 2015.

## References

1. ↑ MONGOL800の『MESSAGE』が湛えるシンプルがゆえに奥深いメッセージ | OKMusic