(Ohhh!!! HANABI) – Ohhh!!! Fireworks

from RHINOCEROS album.

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As the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous

The sound of your geta light, the swaying hem of your moonflower
Patterned yukata coaxes the evening and night fair lights

As we pause at the goldfish vendor wondering “can they be scooped out?”
Our faces are drenched by a splash of water from a tail fin

Your expression is so different from daytime, I can’t help but fidget

Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, thousands of eyes will sparkle
Summer dream, fireworks, we become one of it too
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous

Amidst the boisterous crowd, your lips
Come close to my ear and spill the words “I love you”

I patted my straggling hair, gasped, froze and stopped breathing

I can hear the festival band from faraway, and a magical nostalgia wells up
Piihyalala, tenton, shanton, playing a tune of young days
I demanded a celluloid mask, lost my nerve as I dread going home
There, here? There, where? Knowing that summer was passing me by

Don’t hurry along the way home when the southern constellations are sparkling like this

Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, in the moment when it disappears
Summer dream, fireworks, I want to remember them forever
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous

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ROOMAJI

Dokan to hanabi ga saitara sora mi ageru kimi no hoho ga somaru
Aka ao kin gin natsu no koibito wa adeyaka da ne

Geta no ne ga karoyaka ni yurete suso no yuugao
Yukata ga sasou yoi yomise no akari

Kingyoya wo hiyakaseba sukuwarete naru mono ka to
Obire ga hane ageta mizu ni kao wo nurasu

Hiruma to wa marude chigau atarashii hyoujou ni sowasowa shippanashi

Hyururu dokan to hanabi ga saitara ikusen no hitomi ga kagayaku darou
Samaa doriimu faiyaawaaku bokura mo sono hitotsu ni naru
Hyururu dokan to hanabi ga saitara sora mi ageru kimi no hoho ga somaru
Aka ao kin gin natsu no koibito wa adeyaka da ne

Sanzameku hito no nami no sono naka de mimimoto he
Yoseta kuchibiru kara koboreta I love you

Okurege wo naosu shigusa hatto shite gutto kite kokyuu ga tomatta

Tooku matsuri bayashi ga kikoeteru fushigi na natsukashisa ga komi ageru
Piihyarara tenton shanton kanaderu no wa osanaki hibi
Seruroido no o-men wo nedatta mada kaeritaku wa nai to ijiketa
Acchi kocchi? Socchi docchi? Natsu wa sugiteku to shitteitanda

Ieji he to isoganaide konna ni mo minami no seiza ga kagayaku

Hyururu dokan to hanabi ga saitara kiete shimau made no isshun sae
Samaa doriimu faiyaawaaku zutto oboete okitai na
Hyururu dokan to hanabi ga saitara sora mi ageru kimi no hoho ga somaru
Aka ao kin gin natsu no koibito wa adeyaka da ne

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KANJI

ドカンと花火が咲いたら　空見上げる君のほほが染まる
赤　青　金　銀　夏の恋人は艶やかだね

下駄の音が軽やかに　揺れて裾の夕顔
浴衣が誘う宵　夜店の灯り

金魚やを冷やかせば　掬われてなるものかと
尾びれが撥ね上げた水に　顔を濡らす

昼間とはまるで違う　新しい表情に　そわそわしっぱなし

ヒュルル　ドカンと花火が咲いたら　幾千の瞳が輝くだろう
サマードリーム　ファイヤーワーク　僕らもその一つになる
ヒュルル　ドカンと花火が咲いたら　空見上げる君のほほが染まる
赤　青　金　銀　夏の恋人は艶やかだね

さんざめく人の波の　その中で耳元へ
寄せた唇から　こぼれた I love you

後れ毛を直す仕草　ハッとしてグッときて呼吸が止まった

遠く祭り囃子が聞こえてる　不思議な懐かしさがこみ上げる
ピーヒャララ　テントン　シャントン　奏でるのは幼き日々
セルロイドのお面をねだった　まだ帰りたくはないといじけた
あっち　こっち？　そっち　どっち？　夏は過ぎてくと知っていたんだ

家路へと　急がないで　こんなにも南の星座が輝く

ヒュルル　ドカンと花火が咲いたら　消えてしまうまでの一瞬さえ
サマードリーム　ファイヤーワーク　ずっと覚えておきたいな
ヒュルル　ドカンと花火が咲いたら　空見上げる君のほほが染まる
赤　青　金　銀　夏の恋人は艶やかだね