吉祥寺Kichijouji

いつ振りかitsu burikaのnoOrange LineOrange Line揺られyurare

Riding the Orange Line after so long

見えてくるmietekuru

The view comes into sight

懐かしいnatsukashii香りkaoriがga記憶kiokuのno奥okuをwoくすぐってるkusugutteru

A familiar scent tickles the back of my memory

来る日kuru hiもmo来る日kuru hiもmo

Day after day after day

揺られyurare降り立ったoritatta

I'd ride and step off at

朝asaのnoホームhoomu

The morning platform

今imaでもdemo覚えてるoboeteru駅メロekimero

I still remember the station jingle

変わんないkawannaiルーティンruutin

The same old routine

通りtooriをwo抜けてnukete階段kaidan下ればkudareba

Cut through the street and down the stairs

見えるmieru七井橋Nanai Bashi

And there's Nanai Bridge

右左migi hidari見渡してもmiwatashitemo

No matter how far I look, left or right

今imaはwaもうmou知らないshiranai顔kaoばかりbakariでde

Now it's all unfamiliar faces

面影omokage探してるsagashiteru

Searching for traces of the past

会いたいaitaiなna

I want to see you

偶然guuzen会えないaenaiかなkana

Maybe we'd run into each other by chance?

一人hitoriでde歩くarukuこのkono街machiはwaとてもtotemo寂しいsabishiiですdesu

Walking this town alone feels so lonely

そこらじゅうsokorajuu散らばるchirabaruエピソードepisoodo

Episodes scattered all over the place

拾い集めてはhiroi atsumete wa

I keep gathering them up

景色keshikiのno中nakaにni映し出してるutsushidashiteru

Projecting them onto the scenery

卒業sotsugyou間際magiwaのno昼下がりhirusagariにはniwa

On lazy afternoons just before graduation

手漕ぎtekogiボートbooto

A rowboat

ゆらゆらyurayura揺られyurare

Gently rocking back and forth

下shitaからkara眺めるnagameruしだれ桜shidarezakura

Gazing up at the weeping cherry blossoms from below

恋バナkoibana咲かせてsakaseteはしゃぐhashaguそのsono側sobaでde

Right next to us, giddy with love stories in bloom

散っていくchitteiku花びらhanabiraひとひらhitohira

Petals fluttering down one by one

惜しむoshimuようにyou ni目meでde追ったotta

I followed them with my eyes, not wanting to let go

橋hashiをwo渡ってwatatte噴水funsui抜ければnukereba

Cross the bridge and past the fountain

並ぶnarabu思い出omoideベンチbenchi

A row of memory benches

ギターgitaaひとつhitotsu抱えてkakaete歌ったutatta唄uta

The song I sang holding just one guitar

覚えてますか？oboeteimasu ka?

Do you remember?

お客さんokyakusanにniなってnatte聴いてくれたねkiite kureta ne

You played the audience and listened for me

会いたいaitaiなna

I want to see you

どこかdoko kaでde会えないaenaiかなkana

Maybe we could meet somewhere?

特別tokubetsuでdeありふれてたarifureteta日々hibiもmo

Even those days that were special yet ordinary

年toshiをwo重ねればkasanereba

As the years go by

忘れたくないwasuretakunaiけどkedo忘れていくwasurete ikuものmono

You don't want to forget, but you do

だからdakara思い出omoideをwo持ち寄ってmochiyotteまたmata話そうhanasou

So let's bring our memories together and talk again

色褪せないiroasenaiようにyou ni

So they never fade