あの頃の五百円玉 (Ano koro no gohyakuen dama) – The 500yen coin back then
from Negaigoto no mochigusare single.
——
A 500yen coin
With just a single coin
I thought that I could buy anything
Back then, I was still a child
In the back of that drawer
I found it by chance
I’d received it from grandma a long time ago
Probably as a reward
It was a waste to break it into smaller coins
So I hid in at the bottom of the pencil case with the broken lid
Until the time someday when I had something I really wanted
Then I would use it
The 500yen coin
Was my treasure
I didn’t tell family nor friends of its location
It was a secret that only I knew
On the palm of my hand
A silver coin, ah
Gripping it tightly, if I could be strong
I believed any dream would come true
On sorrowful nights, without a sound
I checked on it at the back of the drawer by moonlight
If things get worse, I’d take that coin out
And escape to an unknown city
The 500yen coin
Was my ally
I continued to treasure it into adulthood
No matter when, it gave my anxious self some courage
‘It’s just a small sum’
Someone said to me, ah
Even now, it is a priceless cost to me
A saving of memory I’ll never spend
The 500yen coin
Was my treasure
I didn’t tell family nor friends of its location
It was a secret that only I knew
On the palm of my hand
A silver coin, ah
Gripping it tightly, if I could be strong
I believed any dream would come true
——
ROOMAJI
Gohyakuen dama ga
Ichimai aru dake de
Donna mono datte kaeru to omoi kondeta
Ano koro boku wa mada kodomo datta
Hikidashi no sono oku ni
Guuzen ni mitsuketa
Tooi mukashi ni baa-chan ni moratta
Nanika no o-dachin darou
Kuzushichau no ga mottai nakute
Futa ga kowareta enpitsubako no shita ni kakushiteta
Hontou ni hoshii mono ga itsu no hi ka dekita toki ni
Kore wo tsukaou tte omottetanda
Gohyakuen dama wa
Takaramono datta
Kazoku ni mo tomodachi ni mo arika wo ittenai
Sore wa yononaka de boku dake ga shitteiru himitsu no hanashi
Tenohira ni noseta
Gin’iro no kouka aa
Gyutto nigiri shime nagara tsuyoi jibun de iraretara
Donna yume mo kanau tte shinjiteta
Kanashii yoru wa oto wo tatezu ni
Tsuki no akari de hikidashi no sono oku wo tashikameta
Kore ijou tsuraku nattara kono ichimai mochi dashite
Shiranai machi he nigete shimaou
Gohyakuen dama wa
Mikata dattanda
Otona ni nattemo daiji ni shite kita yo
Donna toki datte fuange na kono boku ni yuuki wo kureta
Takaga kozeni da to
Dareka wa iu kedo aa
Boku ni totte wa ima datte naniyori kachi aru taikin da
Zettai tsukai kirenai omoide chokin
Gohyakuen dama wa
Takaramono datta
Kazoku ni mo tomodachi ni mo arika wo ittenai
Sore wa yononaka de boku dake ga shitteiru himitsu no hanashi
Tenohira ni noseta
Gin’iro no kouka aa
Gyutto nigiri shime nagara tsuyoi jibun de iraretara
Donna yume mo kanau tte shinjiteta
——
KANJI
五百円玉が
一枚あるだけで
どんなものだって買えると思い込んでた
あの頃 僕はまだ子どもだった
引き出しのその奥に
偶然に見つけた
遠い昔に婆ちゃんにもらった
何かのお駄賃だろう
崩しちゃうのがもったいなくて
蓋(ふた)が壊れたえんぴつ箱の下に隠してた
本当に欲しいものがいつの日かできた時に
これを使おうって思ってたんだ
五百円玉は
宝物だった
家族にも友達にも在(あ)りかを言ってない
それは世の中で僕だけが知っている秘密の話
掌(てのひら)に乗せた
銀色の硬貨 ああ
ぎゅっと握り締めながら 強い自分でいられたら
どんな夢も叶うって信じてた
悲しい夜は音を立てずに
月の灯りで引き出しのその奥を確かめた
これ以上辛くなったら この一枚持ち出して
知らない街へ逃げてしまおう
五百円玉は
味方だったんだ
大人になっても大事にして来たよ
どんな時だって不安げなこの僕に勇気をくれた
たかが小銭だと
誰かは言うけど ああ
僕にとっては今だって 何より価値ある大金だ
絶対 遣い切れない思い出貯金
五百円玉は
宝物だった
家族にも友達にも在(あ)りかを言ってない
それは世の中で僕だけが知っている秘密の話
掌(てのひら)に乗せた
銀色の硬貨 ああ
ぎゅっと握り締めながら 強い自分でいられたら
どんな夢も叶うって信じてた
