さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

借りたkarita本honをwo片手katateにni持ってmotte

Holding a borrowed book in one hand

川沿いkawazoiのno歩道hodouをwo行くiku

Walking along the riverside path

読み終わりyomiowariまでmadeあとato2ページni peeji

Two pages until the end

そのsono先sakiがga知りたくないshiritakunai

I don't want to know what comes next

鳥toriにni乗ってnotte旅するtabi suru少年shounen

A boy who travels riding on a bird

どこまでもdoko made mo北kitaへe行くiku

Going north, endlessly north

相棒aibouはwaガチョウgachouのnoモルテンMoruten

His companion is a goose named Morten

そんなsonna小説shousetsuをwo読むyomu

That's the kind of novel I'm reading

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

いつもitsumo僕らbokuraはwa飛ぼうtobouとtoしていたshiteita

We were always trying to fly

腕udeをwo開いてhiraite、、高くtakaku跳ねたhaneta

Spreading our arms, jumping high

何もnanimo起こらないokoranai癖にkuse ni

Even though nothing ever happened

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

君kimiはwa転がりながらkorogarinagara笑ったwaratta

You laughed while rolling on the ground

土tsuchiのno匂いnioiがga少しsukoshi香るkaoru

A faint scent of earth in the air

胸muneがga詰まりそうになるtsumari sou ni naru

My chest feels like it's going to burst

夏natsuがga来ていたkiteita

Summer had arrived

悲しみってkanashimitte資産shisanをwo持ってmotte

Carrying the asset called sadness

夏前natsu maeのno道michiをwo行くiku

Walking the road before summer

読み終わりyomiowariまでmadeあとato2ページni peeji

Two pages until the end

まだmada先sakiがga知りたくないshiritakunai

I still don't want to know what comes next

少しsukoshi伸びたnobita背丈setakeをwo追ってotte

Chasing after a slightly taller frame

いつものitsumo no丘okaへe駆けるkakeru

Running to the usual hill

空soraをwo飛んだtondaガチョウgachouみたいにmitai ni

Like a goose that flew through the sky

僕らbokuraはwa腕udeをwo開くhiraku

We spread our arms

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

僕らbokuraそれでもsoredemo飛ぼうtobouとtoしていたshiteita

We were still trying to fly, even so

実はjitsu wa自分jibunがga特別tokubetsuじゃないja naiとtoただtada知りたくないshiritakunaiだけでdake de

Really, we just didn't want to know we weren't special

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

君kimiはwa転がりながらkorogarinagara笑ったwaratta

You laughed while rolling on the ground

大人otonaにniなっていくnatte ikuことkotoをwo

With a face that knew nothing

少しもsukoshi mo知らないshiranai顔kaoでde

Of growing up

夏natsuがga来ていたkiteita

Summer had arrived

またmata一つhitotsu背seがga伸びるnobiru

Growing a little taller, again

いつしかitsushika遠くなるtooku naru

Drifting farther apart before I knew it

少しずつsukoshi zutsu離れてくhanareteku

Separating little by little

別れたwakareta枝edaのnoようyou

Like branches that split apart

褪せたaseta本honをwo片手katateにni持ってmotte

Holding a faded book in one hand

懐かしいnatsukashii道michiをwo行くiku

Walking down a nostalgic road

あのano丘okaまでmade数百歩suuhyappo

A few hundred steps to that hill

誰かdarekaがgaそこにsoko niいるiru

Someone is there

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

君kimiはwa今でもima demo飛ぼうtobouとtoしていたshiteita

You were still trying to fly, even now

目meはwa煌めいてkirameite、、あの頃ano koroとto何もnanimo変わらないkawaranaiままmamaでde

Your eyes sparkling, nothing at all changed from back then

さよならSayonaraモルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten

僕らbokura飛べないtobenaiことkotoがga愛おしいitooshiiとtoわかるwakaru気kiがgaしてshite

I think I'm starting to understand that not being able to fly is something dear

少しsukoshi香るkaoru　胸muneがga詰まりそうになるtsumari sou ni naru

A faint scent, my chest about to burst

君kimiがga見ていたmiteita

You were watching

笑うwarau顔kaoもmo一つもhitotsu mo褪せないasenaiままmamaでde

Your laughing face, not faded in the slightest

夏natsuがga来ていたkiteita

Summer had arrived

褪せたaseta本honをwo片手katateにni持ってmotte

Holding a faded book in one hand

川沿いkawazoiのno歩道hodouをwo行くiku

Walking along the riverside path

読み終わりyomiowariはwaあとato1ページichi peeji

One page until the end

最後saigoのno紙kamiをwo捲るmekuru

I turn the final page

さよならSayonara、、モルテンMoruten

Goodbye, Morten