Althena's Song  -  Haruka Naru Tabi (Althena's Song  -  Distant Journey)

haruka naru daichi ni tabi o tsuzukeru
michi ni mayou koto dare ni mo aru
kujikete mo kurushikute nagedashite mo    
anata no soba ni watashi ga iru
douzo nemurinasai hoshi no furu yoru wa   
douzo komoriuta de sora o tsutsumu wa
midori no heigen kaze fuku kouya
ikutsumono egao sasaeru deshou
hitori de wa nai n da to
ai o shinjite

	You continue your journey to distant ground.
	You lose your way, as everyone will.
	Even when you're discouraged, even when you feel so overcome that you give up,
	I am at your side.
	Please, go to sleep beneath a night of falling stars.
	Please; I will wrap the sky above in a lullaby.
	Through green fields and wind-blown wilderness
	the smiling faces of many shall support you.
	Believe that you are not alone;
	believe in love.

chiheisen kanata ni yume wa hirogari
yuuki o motte aruite yuku
kagirinaku tsuzuku inochi wa nai kara
hito wa kagayaku toki o ikiru
douka wasurenaide nemurenai yoru mo
douka nayamanaide hoshi wa michibiku
arasoi no kako mo tsukamenu mirai mo
haruka naru tabi no hate ni mitsukaru
ai shite iru hito no tame
mirai o shinjite

	Dreams extending far to the horizon,
	you venture forth with courage in your heart.
	Life is not never-ending, so
	each person lives for a fleeting, brilliant time.
	Please, don't forget, even on your sleepless nights.
	Please, don't be troubled; the stars will show you the way.
	You will find both the strife-filled past and the masterless future
	at the end of your distant journey.
	For the sake of those you love,
	believe in the future.

midori no heigen kaze fuku kouya
ikutsumono egao sasaeru deshou
hitori de wa nai n da to
ai o shinjite
ra ra ra......

	Through green fields and wind-blown wilderness
	the smiling faces of many shall support you.
	Believe that you are not alone;
	believe in love.
	La la la......

Liner Notes from Lunar Songs 2:
When Kikuko Inoue-san [this song's performer and apparently Althena's 
seiyuu in SSS, though I can't confirm this...] said, "These are good 
lyrics!", ahhh...it made me so happy!  Althena always instills such warm 
feelings in people, doesn't she?  [::translator throws up::  Given her
use-'em-up-and-cast-'em-aside treatment of her servants, her condemning 
innocent people and their descendants to live a wretched existence along 
with those who actually _were_ evil in the Frontier, and her
let-other-people-clean-up-her-messes irresponsible attitude, forgive me if I
can't buy Althena as the ideal personification of virtue and light...] This
song would bring a gentle smile to my face even when I passed by the studio 
from time to time.

Translation Notes:

The second "mo" in line 3 is in the song itself but not the lyric booklet.

"Kagayaku toki" in line 14 literally means "shining time", and from what 
I've seen of the phrase's usage, it's used to allude to the idea of the
brilliance and beauty but fleetingness and impermanence of life.  (The 
concept is also often symbolized by fireflies, in that they emit a radiant
light, but only for a very short time.)

Line 15 is rather ambiguous; I'm not totally sure whether it means "don't
forget, even on your sleepless nights" or "don't forget even your sleepless
nights".  The sentence structure doesn't make it clear.

"Tsukamenu" in line 17 literally means "elusive", "uncatchable", "unable to 
be grasped", and I believe in this instance, especially considering the 
context, it is meant in the sense of "belonging to no one". 

Translation by Rebecca Capowski at RACapowski@worldnet.att.net, so scream at
her if you note any errors (don't get the idea that you have a chance of 
changing her mind about the Althena comments, though).  Lunar is the 
property of Game Arts and Working Designs, and I am not affiliated with 
either.