たとえばTatoeba

とおくtooku　よぶこえがyobu koe ga

A voice calling from far away

ときをめぐりtoki wo meguri　ここにゆれたkoko ni yureta

Traveled through time, and trembled here

むすんだかみmusunda kami　ほどいてhodoite

Untying the hair that was bound up

きょうはしずかにkyou wa shizuka ni　そらをみようsora wo miyou

Today, let's quietly look up at the sky

うれしかったことやureshikatta koto ya

The things that made me happy

そうでないことsou de nai koto　みんなminna

And the things that didn't — all of it

おもいのままにomoi no mama ni　ここにえがこうkoko ni egakou

Let me paint it all here, just as I feel

かぜがkaze ga　なでてゆくnadete yuku

The wind brushes through

たとえばtatoeba　いまima

For instance, right now

あのひうまれたano hi umareta

Born on that day

ゆめにyume ni　ふられるのならばfurareru no naraba

If we are left behind by that dream

つながれたtsunagareta　てとてのおくにte to te no oku ni

Deep within the hands that hold each other

ぼくはboku wa　てらそうterasou

I will shine

あわいawai　つきあかりをtsukiakari wo

A faint moonlight

ひのひかりhi no hikari　あびてabite

Bathed in the light of the sun

さかのうえのsaka no ue no　はなびがひらくhanabi ga hiraku

Fireworks bloom on top of the hill

きりのはれたkiri no hareta　かおりにkaori ni

In the scent of the clearing mist

いぶきはめざめibuki wa mezame　きょうがさいたkyou ga saita

Breath awakens, and today blooms open

ふるぼけたfuruboketa　とけいのtokei no

An old, worn clock's

あゆむねいろにayumu neiro ni　まぎれmagire

Lost in the ticking of its footsteps

こぼしたことばkoboshita kotoba　くもにうかべてkumo ni ukabete

The words I spilled, I float them up to the clouds

よれてyorete　とけていったtokete itta

They frayed and dissolved away

たとえばtatoeba　いまima

For instance, right now

あのひうまれたano hi umareta

Born on that day

ゆめにyume ni　ふられるのならばfurareru no naraba

If we are left behind by that dream

はなやいだhanayaida　とおりのむこうtoori no mukou

Beyond the bright, lively street

ぼくはboku wa　むすぼうmusubou

I will tie

ひかるhikaru　きぎのみきをkigi no miki wo

The trunks of glowing trees

たちどまってtachidomatte　ふりかえるfurikaeru

Standing still, looking back

なにがみえるnani ga mieru

What do you see?

ここにkoko ni　ここにkoko ni

Here, right here

ぼくはむかったboku wa mukatta

I headed

たどるさきにtadoru saki ni

Toward where the path leads

こたえをさがしつづけたkotae wo sagashi tsuzuketa

I kept searching for an answer

まぶたにうつるmabuta ni utsuru　すべてをsubete wo

Everything reflected on my eyelids

あかいろがakairo ga　くみかえていくkumikaete iku

Red rewrites and rearranges

ひろくおおきなhiroku ookina　いちまいをichimai wo

A single wide, vast canvas

あかくakaku　くみかえてぼかしたkumikaete bokashita

Rearranged in red, blurred at the edges

それからここにsore kara koko ni　いつかみたitsuka mita

And then here — something I once saw

どこかのdoko ka no　けしきとkeshiki to

A scene from somewhere

どこかでみたdoko ka de mita　だれかへとdareka e to

And to someone I saw somewhere

しずかに「きょうはshizuka ni "kyou wa　くれた」というkureta" to iu

Quietly, it says, "Today has come to an end"

ふりかえるfurikaeru

Looking back

すがおsugao

A bare face

あしもとashimoto

Feet on the ground

きれめないかげkireme nai kage

A shadow without end

とおりぬけたくもtoorinuketa kumo　かざむきkazamuki

Clouds passing through, the direction of the wind

ながれるままにnagareru mama ni　じかんをおよいだjikan wo oyoida

I let myself drift — swimming through time

ひかりのすなhikari no suna

Grains of light

またたいたmatataita

Twinkled

いつかのitsuka no

Some distant

おもいでomoide

Memory

おもかげomokage

A face left behind

ねがいをnegai wo

A wish —

ほらhora

Look,

ならべてnarabete

Line them up

わらってwaratte

Laugh

ないてnaite

And cry

つづくひをtsuzuku hi wo

The days that follow

つづいてくひをtsuzuite kuru hi wo

The days that keep on coming

ぼくたちはそうbokutachi wa sou

That's how we are —

えがきつづけたんだegaki tsuzuketanda

We kept on drawing

とわへtowa e

Toward eternity

とわへとtowa e to

On toward eternity

あたたかなatataka na　たびじのはてにtabiji no hate ni

At the end of a warm journey

あすはただasu wa tada　きょうにほほえむkyou ni hohoemu

Tomorrow simply smiles at today

めのまえをme no mae wo　うつすせかいはutsusu sekai wa

The world reflected before my eyes

かがやきながらkagayaki nagara

While glowing

ときをtoki wo　あるかせてくarukasete ku

Lets time walk on

かぜがkaze ga　ぬけたnuketa

The wind passed through

けしきをなでてkeshiki wo nadete　ぬけたnuketa

Brushing over the landscape as it passed

それがsore ga　たかくのびたtakaku nobita

And that stretched up high

しあわせはshiawase wa　うまれたumareta

Happiness was born

とおくからtooku kara　こえがきこえるkoe ga kikoeru

A voice reaches me from far away

むねにmune ni　たくしてtakushite

Holding it close to my chest

ぼくもboku mo　あるいてゆくaruite yuku

I too will walk on