Hitoto Yo: Kagefumi

04.26.05
Artist: Hitoto Yo
Title: Kagefumi (Shadow Game)
Words: Hitoto Yo
Music: Takebe Satoshi

when I graduated,
I tidied up my zigzag bangs a bit
and brought myself to the edge of tears twice
with the letter from mama.
even if its a lie, once a year
I want to swear on the milky way.

the times when you weren't there
I managed to make it through,
now that becomes a source of confidence
when I took the time to notice,
I was surrounded by all these people.
you believed in me

you let slip that you wish you knew everything
like it was a diary
I took in the sweet honey of the azaelas
blooming along the path we strolled
all of a sudden I awoke from my dream,
I was sad, feeling like a lost child

even if one day suddenly, you're all grown up
I wish you greater happiness than myself
one day so strong, and yet so weak
even though you knew this,
you looked at the same sky as I did.

I say "welcome home"
to the back I found when I threw aside my jumprope.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: "Kagefumi" is a game played by children where they try to step on each other's shadows.

Romaji

sotsugyou shitara
jiguzagu no maegami
sukoshi soroe,
mama kara no tegami de
nikai nakisou ni natta.
uso demo ama no gawa de
ichinenichido no yakusoku shitai

inai toki mo ganbareta koto ga
ima ni natte jishin ni natte
kizuitemitara
takusan no hito ni kakomareteta
kimi ga boku wo shinjiteru

nikki, mitai ni
nanimokamo shiritai to
kimi ga kobosu
sanpomichi no tochuu
tsutsuji no amai mitsu wo sutta
totsuzen yume, ga samete
maigo no kimochi de kanashiku natta.

itsunomanika ookiku natte mo
boku yori unto shiawase ga ii
itsu kara zutto tsuyokute yowai no
kimi ha shittete
onaji sora mite kureteta no

nawatobi, horidashite
mitsuketa senaka ni okaeri nasai

Romaji By: Brian Stewart