ああ

あなたと見上げた桜が今年も咲いた

そっと風に手を引かれ　あなたのことを思い出す

 

いつしか年を重ねるごとに　あなたを思い出す時間が

少しずつ短くなってた　あなたを置き去りにしてきた

あなたの知らない私は　とても長い道のりを歩いてきた

きっとそれが生きてくことで　まだ知らない私なんだと

気づいて寂しさを抱えたけれど

 

今にもあなたの声が聞こえそう　ありもしないことを想う

期待も不安も過去が見せた　まやかしのように消えていく

 

どこへ向かうこともできずに　重いままの足を引きずって

今見える場所にすがっていた　だから今ここに立っている

-春吹く雪のよう　唐突なリフレイン-

 

こんなにも穏やかなままで　こんな日が来てしまうなんて

春吹く雪のように舞う　花びらが私に溶けて

あの日の私がいるみたい　唐突なリフレインに溺れた

 

ああ

あなたと見上げた桜が今年も咲いた

そっと風に手を引かれ　あなたのことを思い出す

 

今にもあなたの声が聞こえそう　ありもしないことを想う

期待も不安も過去が見せた　まやかし

何も変わらないこの風景に　あと何度会えるだろう

流れそうになる涙こらえて　あなたから離れていく

 

 

Lyrics checked with the booklet for: Shinjitsu wo Shitteiku Monogatari.

Aa

Anata to miageta sakura ga kotoshi mo saita

Sotto kaze ni te wo hikare　anata no koto wo omoidasu

 

Itsushika toshi wo kasaneru goto ni　anata wo omoidasu jikan ga

sukoshizutsu mijikaku natteta　Anata wo okizari ni shitekita

Anata no shiranai watashi ha　totemo nagai michinori wo aruitekita

kitto sore ga ikiteku koto de　mada shiranai watashi nanda to

kidzuite samishisa wo kakaeta keredo

 

Ima ni mo anata no koe ga kikoesou　Ari mo shinai koto wo omou

Kitai mo fuan mo kako ga miseta　Mayakashi no you kieteiku

 

Doko he mukau koto mo dekizu ni　omoi mama no ashi wo hikizutte

ima mieru basho ni sugatteita　Dakara ima koko ni tatteiru

-Harufuku yuki no you　toutotsu na RIFUREIN-

 

Konna ni mo odayakana mama de　konna hi ga kiteshimau nante

Harufuku yuki no you ni mau　hanabira ga watashi ni tokete

ano hi no watashi ga iru mitai　toutotsu na RIFUREIN ni oboreta

 

Aa

Anata to miageta sakura ga kotoshi mo saita

Sotto kaze ni te wo hikare　anata no koto wo omoidasu

 

Ima ni mo anata no koe ga kikoesou　Ari mo shinai koto wo omou

Kitai mo fuan mo kako ga miseta　Mayakashi

Nani mo kawaranai kono fuukei ni　ato nando aeru darou

Nagaresou ni naru namida koraete　anata kara hanaereteiku

Ah

The cherry blossom tree I used to look up at together with you has blossomed this year as well.

My hand gently getting tugged at by the wind, I'm thinking back of you.

 

With every year that passes before I even know it, the moments I think back of you

have become shorter little by little. I've left you behind me.

This version of me unknown to you has walked a very long journey.

But because that's just how life is, I guess, I don't think you've met the person I've become.

At the times I noticed this I would hold onto that loneliness, however.

 

Even now it feels like I can hear your voice. "It's not real", the thought crosses my mind.

It exposed my hopes, anxieties and past. And like a deceptive illusion it disappears.

 

Unable to head anywhere new, I drag along my heavy feet,

and I'm clinging onto the place before me now. That's why I'm standing in this spot right now.

-A sudden refrain like snow that falls in spring-

 

For a day like this to have come, as peaceful as this.

Dancing like snow falling in spring, the flower petals melt into me,

and like the person I was on that day, I wallowed in the sudden refrain.

 

Ah

The cherry blossom tree I used to look up at together with you has blossomed this year as well.

My hand gently getting tugged at by the wind, I'm thinking back of you.

 

Even now it feels like I can hear your voice. "It's not real", the thought crosses my mind.

It exposed my hopes, anxieties and past. A deceptive illusion.

In this unchanging scenery, I wonder how many more times I will be able to see you.

Holding back the tears welling up in me, I let go of you.

 

 

Translated on 09-07-2022