1999Sen Kyuuhyaku Kyuujuu Kyuu年、Nen,夏、Natsu,沖縄Okinawa

僕bokuがga初めてhajimete沖縄Okinawaにni行ったitta時toki

The first time I went to Okinawa

何となくnan to naku物悲しくmono ganashiku思えたomoetaのnoはwa

The reason it somehow felt melancholy was

それsoreがgaまるでmarude日本Nihonのno縮図shukuzuであるde aruかのka noようにyou ni

As if it were a microcosm of Japan itself

アメリカAmerikaにni囲まれていたkakomarete itaからkaraですdesu

It was surrounded by America

とはいえtowa ie94kyuujuu yo年、nen,夏natsuのno沖縄Okinawaはwa

That said, Okinawa in the summer of '94

TTシャツshatsuがga体karadaにniへばりつくhebaritsukuようなyou na暑さatsusaでde

Was so hot that T-shirts clung to your body

憂鬱なuuutsu naことkotoはwa全部zenbu夜yoruのno海umiにni脱ぎ捨ててnugi sutete

I stripped off every gloomy thought and left it in the nighttime sea

適当にtekitou ni二、三発ni, san patsuのno恋koiもmoしましたshimashita

And casually fell in love two or three times

ミンミンminmin　ミンミンminminとto蝉semiがga鳴いていたnaite itaのnoはwa

The cicadas crying min-min, min-min

歓喜kankiのno歌utaかkaそれともsoretomo嘆きnagekiのnoブルースburuusuかka

Was it a song of joy or a blues of lament?

もはやmohaya知るshiruすべsubeはwaないnaiがgaあのano蝉semiのno声koeにni似たnitaようなyou na

There's no way to know anymore, but something like those cicada voices

泣き笑いnaki waraiのno歌utaをwo奏でkanade僕らbokuraはwa進むsusumu

Playing a song of tears and laughter, we press on

いろんなironna街machiをwo歩きaruki　いろんなironna人hitoにni出会いdeai

Walking through all kinds of towns, meeting all kinds of people

口kuchiにniしたshitaさようならsayounaraはwa数しれずkazu shirezu

The goodbyes I've spoken are beyond count

そしてsoshite今ima想うomouことkotoはwa　大胆daitanにもni mo想うomouことkotoはwa

And what I think now, what I boldly think now is

あぁaa　もっともっとmotto motto誰かdarekaをwo愛したいai shitai

Ah, I want to love someone even more and more

酒sakeのno味ajiをwo覚え始めてoboe hajimeteからkaraはwa

Once I started learning the taste of alcohol

いろんなironnaモノmonoをwo飲み歩きnomi arukiもmoしましたshimashita

I went around drinking all sorts of things

そしてsoshite世界一sekai ichiのnoお酒osakeをwo見つけましたmitsukemashita

And I found the greatest drink in the world

それsoreはwa必死hisshiでde働いたhataraita後atoのno酒sakeですdesu

It's the drink you have after working yourself to the bone

戦後sengoのno日本Nihonをwo支えたsasaeta物monoのno正体shoutaiがga

The true nature of what supported postwar Japan

何となくnan to naku透けて見えるsukete mieruこの頃kono goroはwa

Is something I can vaguely see through these days

平和heiwaとはtowa自由jiyuuとはtowa何かnani ka　国家kokkaとはtowa家族kazokuとはtowa何かnani ka

What is peace, what is freedom? What is a nation, what is a family?

柄にもなくgara ni mo naku考えたりkangaetariもmoしていますshite imasu

I find myself thinking about such things, out of character as it is

生まれたumareta場所bashoをwo離れhanare　夢yumeからkaraもmo遠くtookuそれてsorete

Leaving the place where I was born, straying far even from my dreams

あぁaa僕bokuはwaどこdokoへe辿り着くtadori tsukuのnoだろうdarou

Ah, where will I end up?

今日kyouもmo電車denshaにni揺られyurare　車窓shasouにni映るutsuru顔kaoはwa

Riding the train again today, the face reflected in the window

そうsouほんのちょっとhonno chottoくたびれているkutabirete iruけれどkeredo

Yeah, it's just a little worn out, but

神kamiはwa我等wareraをwo救い賜うsukui tamauのnoでしょうdeshouかka

Will God grant us salvation?

それともsoretomo科学kagakuがgaそれsoreにni代わるkawaruのnoでしょうdeshouかka

Or will science take its place?

永遠eienでdeありたいaritaiとto思うomouのnoはwa野暮yaboでしょうdeshouかka

Is it uncouth to wish for eternity?

全能zennouでdeありたいaritaiとto願うnegauのnoはwaエゴegoでしょうdeshouかka

Is it ego to desire omnipotence?

時tokiのno流れnagareはwa速くhayaku　もうmou三十sanjuuなnaのnoだdaけれどkeredo

Time flows so fast, and I'm already thirty

あぁaa僕bokuにni何naniがga残せるnokoseruとto言うiuのnoだろうdarou

Ah, what could I possibly leave behind?

変わっていったkawatte ittaモノmonoとto　今だima da変わらぬkawaranuモノmonoがga

The things that have changed and the things still unchanged

あぁaa　良くyokuもmo悪くwarukuもmoいっぱいippaiあるaruけれどkeredo

Ah, for better or worse, there are so many

そしてsoshite99kyuujuu kyuu年nen夏natsuのno沖縄Okinawaでde

And in Okinawa in the summer of '99

取りあえずtoriaezu僕らbokuraのno旅tabiもmoまたmata終わりowari

For now, our journey comes to an end once more

愛するai suru人たちhitotachiとto　愛してくれたai shite kureta人たちhitotachiとto

With the people I love and the people who loved me

世界一sekai ichiのno酒sakeをwo飲み交わしたnomi kawashitaのnoですdesu

We shared the greatest drink in the world

最後saigoのno曲kyokuがga終わりowari　音otoがgaなり止んだnari yanda時toki

When the last song ended and the sound died away

あぁaa僕bokuはwaそこsokoでde何naniをwo思ったomottaのnoだろうdarou

Ah, what did I think in that moment?

選んだeranda路michiとはいえtowa ie　時tokiにni険しくkewashikuもmoありari

The path I chose, though it's the path I chose, is sometimes steep

些細なsasai naことkotoでde僕らbokuraはwa泣き笑うnaki warau

And over the smallest things, we laugh through our tears

いろんなironna街machiをwo歩きaruki　いろんなironna人hitoにni出会うdeau

Walking through all kinds of towns, meeting all kinds of people

これからkore karaだってdatteそれsoreはwaそうsouなんnanだdaけどkedo

That's how it'll be from here on too

そしてsoshite今ima想うomouことkotoはwa　たったtatta一つhitotsu想うomouことkotoはwa

And what I think now, the one single thing I think now is

あぁaa　いつかitsukaまたmataこのkono街machiでde歌いたいutaitai

Ah, someday I want to sing in this town again

あぁaa　きっとkittoまたmataあのano街machiでdeもmo歌いたいutaitai

Ah, I'm sure I want to sing in that town again too

あぁaa　そしてsoshite君kimiにniこのkono歌utaをwo聞かせたいkikaseta i

Ah, and I want you to hear this song