彩りIrodori

ただtada目の前me no maeにni並べられたnaraberareta仕事shigotoをwo手際よくtegiwa yokuこなしてくkonashiteiku

Just getting through the work lined up in front of me, efficiently

コーヒーkoohiiをwo相棒aibouにniしてshite

With coffee as my partner

いいさii sa　誰dareがga褒めるhomeruでもないdemo naiけどkedo

It's fine, nobody's going to praise me for it

小さなchiisa naプライドpuraidoをwoこのkono胸muneにni　勲章kunshouみたいにmitai ni付けてtsukete

But I wear this small pride on my chest like a medal

僕bokuのnoしたshita単純作業tanjun sagyouがga　このkono世界sekaiをwo回り回ってmawarimawatte

The simple work I do goes round and round the world

まだmada出会ったdeattaことkotoもmoないnai人hitoのno笑い声waraigoeをwo作ってゆくtsukutteyuku

And ends up creating the laughter of people I've never even met

そんなsonna些細なsasai na生き甲斐ikigaiがga　日常nichijouにni彩りirodoriをwo加えるkuwaeru

That kind of tiny purpose adds color to the everyday

モノクロmonokuroのno僕bokuのno毎日mainichiにni　少ないsukunaiけどkedo　赤aka　黄色kiiro　緑midori

To my monochrome days, just a little, red, yellow, green

今ima　社会shakaiとかtoka世界sekaiのnoどこかdokokaでde起きるokiru大きなookina出来事dekigotoをwo

Right now, picking up some big event happening somewhere in society or the world

取り上げてtoriagete議論してgiron shite

Debating about it

少しsukoshi自分jibunがga高尚なkoushou na人種jinshuにniなれたnareta気がしてki ga shite

Feeling for a moment like I've become some higher class of person

夜yoがga明けてakete　またmata小さなchiisa na庶民shomin

Then dawn breaks, and I'm just a small commoner again

憧れakogareにはniwaほど遠くってhodotookute　手teをwo伸ばしてもnobashitemo届かなくてtodokanakute

So far from what I long for, reaching out but it's out of grasp

カタログkataroguはwa付箋したfusen shitaまんまmanma　ゴミ箱gomibakoへeとto捨てるsuteruのnoがgaオチochi

The catalog goes in the trash with the bookmarks still in it, that's how it ends

そしてsoshite些細なsasai na生き甲斐ikigaiはwa　時にtoki ni馬鹿馬鹿しくbakabakashiku思えるomoeru

And that tiny purpose sometimes feels ridiculous

あわててawatete僕bokuはwa彩iroをwo探すsagasu

I scramble to search for color

にじんでいてもnijinde itemo　金kin　銀gin　紫murasaki

Even if they're blurred, gold, silver, purple

ただいまtadaima

I'm home

おかえりokaeri

Welcome back

なんてnanteことkotoのnoないnai作業sagyouがga　このkono世界sekaiをwo回り回ってmawarimawatte

This unremarkable work goes round and round the world

何処dokoのno誰かdarekaもmo知らないshiranai人hitoのno笑い声waraigoeをwo作ってゆくtsukutteyuku

And creates the laughter of people I don't know from who knows where

そんなsonna些細なsasai na生き甲斐ikigaiがga　日常nichijouにni彩りirodoriをwo加えるkuwaeru

That kind of tiny purpose adds color to the everyday

モノクロmonokuroのno僕bokuのno毎日mainichiにni　増やしていくfuyashiteiku　水色mizuiro　オレンジorenji

To my monochrome days, adding more, light blue, orange

なんてnanteことkotoのnoないnai作業sagyouがga　回り回りmawarimawari回り回ってmawarimawatte

This unremarkable work goes round and round and round and round

今ima　僕bokuのno目の前me no maeのno人hitoのno笑い顔waraigaoをwo作ってゆくtsukutteyuku

And right now creates the smiling face of the person in front of me

そんなsonna確かなtashika na生き甲斐ikigaiがga　日常nichijouにni彩りirodoriをwo加えるkuwaeru

That kind of certain purpose adds color to the everyday

モノクロmonokuroのno僕bokuのno毎日mainichiにni　頬hohoがga染まるsomaru　温かなatataka naピンクpinku

To my monochrome days, my cheeks flush, a warm pink

増やしていくfuyashiteiku　きれいなkirei na彩りirodori

Adding more and more, beautiful colors