Hiru no Tsuki

This song is absolutely beautiful. It makes me so sad every time I hear it. One of my favorites.

I have a feeling the english version in Outlaw Star isn't the actual translation from Japanese.

this isn't the actual translation. If it was a literal translation, it wouldn't rhyme like that.

Most likely, when the cartoon was transfered to the US, they made a new song.

yeah, its pretty close though, the full lyrics go like this:

one soundless midday the wind was fresh and clean the flowerpetals swayed as if they were asleep

this serene feeling tell me, what's the name people use for it?

tell me a story that's locked away in the white-sand moon let me hear it as gently as light shining down

-instrumental-

will the time come? when will you know the pain in my heart? then you'd be able to be gentler that you are now

such a warm feeling tell me, what's the name people give to it?

softly, let me hear of the distant future so bright it can't be seen, like a white-sand moon

anyway, i love this song, my favorite acutualy. it taught me my first japanese and the credit artwork has been and inspiration to me for a long time. if you can find the full japanese verson, check it out. it sounds incredible, like what the moon would be like if it were a paradise and not just a dead rock. = )