ひらがなけやき (Hiragana keyaki) – Hiragana zelkova

from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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Surely nobody yet knows
The me who walks within the wind…

A new uniform on the road to school
I’ve transferred from another place
As autumn begins…

Just like how colors change
From one zelkova tree
I’d like to grow familiar
Slowly with this city
The wilted leaves flutter down
Changing the season’s look
A blue sky with a different expression
From yesterday is born

Slightly apart from everyone else
I walk on hesitantly…

Classmates called out to me
Walk next to me
Just like old friends

The zelkova tree by the street corner
Is always so kind
That path I used to walk
Always has the same scenery…
The new leaves of next year
What are they thinking?
Overlapping numerous memories
Sunlight between the leaves is born

Pleased to make your acquaintance
Just like hiragana
With my honest self
I’ll remain…

Just like how colors change
From one zelkova tree
I’d like to grow familiar
Slowly with this city
The wilted leaves flutter down
Changing the season’s look
A blue sky with a different expression
From yesterday is born

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ボブディランは返さない (Bobu diran wa kaesanai) – I won’t return Bob Dylan

from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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Cooled tea
The color of sunset
I love it, yet
I can’t reach out for it

You stare at me
Don’t apologize
My romance
Will become pitiful

You taught me that
I need to return Bob Dylan…

Never able to
Organize my memories
I borrowed something from you that day…
Surely still, somewhere in your heart
Love is lost within sorrow

At the bottom of the cup
The color of sunset
It remains undissolved
The sugar cube of love

If you gaze at me
With such kindness
I won’t be able
To give you up

Until this morning, I’ve listened to it countless times
I won’t return Bob Dylan

I’ve neatly prepared
My goodbyes, but
It’s scattered by loneliness and can’t be found
Hey, please make me hate you more
Say mean words to hurt me

That shop in the students’ street
That we used to frequent
Will I someday be able to
Push open that door alone?

Never able to
Organize my memories
I borrowed something from you that day…
Surely still, somewhere in your heart
Love is lost within sorrow

Cooled tea
The color of sunset
If I drink it up
It’ll be easier, but…

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青空が違う (Aozora ga chigau) – The blue sky is different

from Sekai ni wa ai shika nai single.

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In the first city I’ve been to, people
Mix and swirl around like in a washing machine
The brilliance I used to see on TV
Looks just like irregular ego now

Until I reach your address, led by Siri
I went through several transfers of trains
Inside the carriage, I hear only formal language
So much that I’m afraid I’ll get off at the wrong stop

I prolonged it as I pleased
This long-distance relationship
I just want to see you…

I mean, in our infrequent phone calls
You were always coughing
And I suddenly grew concerned
To have to live in such a faraway place
Is your dream really that important?
The blue sky is somehow different

The door to the apartment I’ve seen in photos open
And I see you, suffering from a cold
Unable to say anything, I embrace you
My tears overflow, can’t stop them

Here and there in the disorderly room
Are your hard work
And days of battle

‘If I’d known you were coming
I would have
Gone to pick you up anytime’
You scolded in a nasally voice
To have to put up with loneliness
Is your dream still far in the future?
Can’t see the blue sky from the window

I’ve brought some sunflower seeds
Let’s plant them in some soil in pots
Someday, the flowers will bloom
Show me a spot where the sun shines
Don’t forget
The blue sky…

In our infrequent phone calls
You were always coughing
And I suddenly grew concerned
To have to live in such a faraway place
Is your dream really that important?
But unable to ask this

In order not to transmit your cold
You don’t kiss me
I reached up towards you
And pulled you into a kiss
I really want you to come home with me
But I definitely want your dream to come true
I caught a glimpse of the blue sky

The blue sky is somehow different

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