生まれたUmareta意味Imiなどnadoなかった。Nakatta.

厚紙atsugamiのno箱hakoにni捨てられたsuterareta　命inochiならばnaraba値打ちneuchiはwaないか？nai ka?

A life thrown away in a cardboard box — is it worth nothing then?

バス停basutei　待合machiaiにni渦巻くuzumaku　見て見ぬふりmite minu furiのno雑踏zattou

The indifferent crowd swirling at the bus stop, looking away

書き損じkakisonjiはwaどうしようもないdou shiyou mo naiがga　それsoreにni勝るmasaru反吐hedoがga出ないか？denai ka?

A mistake in writing can't be helped — but isn't there something more revolting than that?

そのsono行方yukueはwa今日日kyoubiじゃja　誰もdare mo知らないshiranai

Where it goes these days, nobody knows

母hahaのno手teをwo零れたkoboreta　小さなchiisana命inochiはwa

A tiny life that slipped through its mother's hands

後部座席koubu zasekiにni勝るmasaru価値kachiもmoないnai

Worth less than a back seat

何者nanimonoにもni moなれるnareru命inochiでde

With a life that could become anything

救えるsukueruものmonoひとつhitotsuもmoないのだnai no da

There is not a single thing we can save

これほどkore hodoにni器用なkiyou na手先tesakiでde

With hands this deft and capable

救えるsukueruものmonoひとつhitotsuもmoないのだnai no da　僕たちbokutachiはwa

There is not a single thing we can save — not us

底知れたsokoshire ta愚鈍なgudon na世界sekaiだda　書き物kakimonoにni筆fudeをwo取れどもtoredomo

What a hopelessly dull world — even when I pick up a pen to write

ぶちまけたbuchimaketaインクinkuのnoそれsoreがga　ひどくhidoku適切tekisetsuでdeはwaないか？nai ka?

Isn't that spilled ink just perfectly fitting?

死にたいかshinitai kaとto言われりゃiwarerya　特にtoku ni死ぬほどshinu hodoのno孤独kodokuでもないdemo naiがga

Do I want to die? No, I'm not so lonely that it comes to that

生きたいかikitai ka問われたらtowaretara　何もnanimo言えないienai

But if I'm asked whether I want to live — I have nothing to say

虚しさmunashisaにni適したtekishita表情hyoujouはwaどれdoreだda

What expression suits this emptiness?

書き始めkakihajimeのno言葉kotobaはwa

The opening words are —

『生まれた'umareta意味imiなどnadoなかった。』nakatta.'

"There was no meaning in being born."

先saki見えぬmienu小説shousetsuをwo読めばyomeba

Reading a novel with no end in sight —

捲り終えぬmekuri oenu世界sekaiがgaあるaruのか？no ka?

Is there a world you never finish turning the pages of?

振り向けばfurimukeba崩れるkuzureru足場ashibaでde

Standing on ground that crumbles the moment I look back

明日asuからkara何処dokoへe向かうmukauのnoだろうdarou　僕たちbokutachiはwa

Where will we head from tomorrow?

アンノウンannoun

Unknown

「私"watashiはwa誰だ」dare da"　「貴方"anataはwa誰だ」dare da"

"Who am I?" "Who are you?"

アンノウンannoun

Unknown

消してはkeshite wa書いてkaite　丸めmarume捨ててはsutete wa

Erase and write, crumple and throw away

アンノウンannoun

Unknown

自分jibunひとつhitotsuがga未だimada書けないkakenai

I still can't write even a single self

生まれたumareta意味imiなどnadoないのか？nai no ka?

Was there no meaning in being born?

生まれたumareta意味imiなどnadoないのか？nai no ka?

Was there no meaning in being born?

―――生まれた---umareta意味imiなどnadoないのだ。nai no da.

———There was no meaning in being born.

事切れぬkotokire nuものmonoなんてnanteないnaiのにno ni

There's nothing that doesn't run out

救えるsukueruものmonoひとつhitotsuもmoないnaiのにno ni

There's not a single thing we can save

このkono命inochiにni意味imiなどnadoないnaiのにno ni

This life has no meaning

優しいyasashii明日asuなんてnanteないnaiのにno ni

There's no gentle tomorrow

行かなくちゃikanakucha　たとえtatoe死shiにni向かってmukatte歩いていたってaruiteita tte

I have to go — even if I'm walking toward death

書かなくちゃkakanakucha　当然touzen余白yohakuもmo残っちゃいないnokoccha inaiがga

I have to write — even though of course there's no margin left

知らなくちゃshiranakucha　明日asuをwo　このkono途方もないtohou mo nai暗晦ankaiをwo

I have to know — tomorrow, this unfathomable darkness

生きなくちゃikinakucha　生きなくちゃikinakucha

I have to live, I have to live

生きなくちゃいけないikinakucha ikenai

I have to live