Tori no uta ( Air )

kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta




mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute




ano hi kara kawarazu




itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto




kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu




(*)We watched the plane depart, its vapor trial fading behind.




I ran away because it was dazzling. I was always weak




and the fact that I was forever changing ever since that day




left me frustrated and I removed my finger.







ano tori wa mada umaku tobenai kedo




itsuka wa kaze wo kitte shiru




todokanai basho ga mada tooku ni aru




negai dake himete mitsumeteru




That bird can't fly well yet,




but it will know some day when it feels the wind,




that there is a place it can't reach off in the distance.




It is just looking at it having a wish inside now.







kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku




fuku kaze ni suashi wo sarashite




tooku ni wa osanakatta hibi wo




ryoute ni wa tobidatsu kibou wo




The children walk on the railway in summer,




exposing their bare feet to the blowing wind,




So far away are my childhood days,




In my hands are wishes about to fly.







kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete




kono oka wo koeta ano hi kara kawarazu itsumademo




massugu ni bokutachi wa aru youni




watatsumi no youna tsuyosa wo mamoreru yo kitto







We watched the plane depart, we kept chasing and chasing after it.




Since that day when we crossed over this hill, in order to make us straight,




we will have always kept the strength like the god of the sea, certainly.







ano sora wo mawaru fuusha no hanetachi wa




itsumademo onaji yume miru




todokanai basho wo zutto mitsumeteru




negai wo himeta tori no yume wo




The blades of the wind mill going round in the sky,




have the same dream forever.




A dream of a bird looking at the place it can't reach and having a wish inside.







furikaeru yaketa senro oou




nyuudougumo katachi wo kaetemo




bokura wa oboete ite douka




kisetsu ga nokoshita kinou wo




Looking back, it is the thunder cloud covering the burned railway.




Even if it change shape,




may we always remember them- the yesterdays left behind from that season







kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete




hayasugiru aizu futari waraidashiteru itsumademo




massugu ni manazashi wa aru youni




ase ga nijindemo te wo hanasanai yo zutto




We watched the plane depart, we kept chasing and chasing after it.




It was an early sign. We two began to smile. In order to look at you straight,




I won't release your hand even if I sweat, forever.







kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta




mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute




ano hi kara kawarazu




itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto




kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu




(*) repeat