• My gift to you this year
    Doesn’t need wrapping
    It needs not bows or ribbons
    And that’s good, because it would never fit

    My gift to you this year
    Hasn’t got a receipt
    You can’t return it, sorry
    The sale was final, and went through years ago

    My gift to you this year
    Is every wish you made,
    Every kiss you gave
    It’s every tear you shed, wiped away

    My gift to you this year
    Didn’t cost me anything
    It was yours first
    And though I give it, I also keep it

    My gift to you this year
    Is more powerful than money
    More meaningful than toys
    It’s everything I can give, and a little more to be sure

    My gift to you this year
    Is nothing I can hand you
    You won’t see it or hear it
    But you know it’s there, like it’s been forever

    My gift to you this year
    Has nothing to do with the package in my hand
    It’s not the book or poem or sculpture
    But all the love I keep from you, freed on a single day

    My gift for you this year
    Makes up for when I go away
    And comforts you when we argue
    It’s everything you are to me, expressed in a single phrase

    My gift to you this year
    Is Aishiteru
    Ich Liebe Dich, Je t’aime
    Minä rakastan sinua, I love you