Chisato Moritaka - "Aki no sora"

"Aki no sora" is the 4th track of the album "TAIYO".

         Aki no sora.

Kono  sakamichi  nobot tara    natsukashii  koutei.
Ano  suberidai wa    mada  aru kashira?
Ironna  omoide ga    yomigaeru  kono  basho.
Ano  koro no  watashi ni    modot ta  mitai.

Hayaku  otona ni  nari tai.    Sou  itsumo  omot te  ta.
Kono  suberidai mo    ookiku  mie ta.
Kowaimono-shirazu de    mujakini  ason da
ano  koro no  watashi ni    modot te  mi tai.

Nishi no sora.    Yuuyake ga    kousha no mado-GARASU akaku some te  ku.
Miagere ba    UROKO-gumo.    Sawayakana  nichiyoubi  yukkurito kure te  ku.

Daisukidat ta  sensei    ima  nani  shi te  ru kana?
Yasashii  egao ga    wasure rare nai.
Ironna  omoide ga    yomigaeru  kono  basho.
Itsumademo  kono  mama    kawara nai de ne.

Tsukihi wa  hayaku  nagare te    hito wa  kawat te  iku.
Dare mo  ano  koro ni    mou  modore nai.
Ironna  hitotachi to    deat te wa  wakare ta.
Kanashimi ya  tsurasa mo    ima wa  tomodachi.

Shizukada na,    aki no sora.    Nagai  hikouki-gumo  yukkuri  nobiru.
GURANDO ni  utsuru  kage    nanigenaku  mitsumeru  natsukashii  kono  basho.

Nishi no sora.    Yuuyake ga    kousha no mado-GARASU akaku some te  ku.
Miagere ba    UROKO-gumo.    Sawayakana  nichiyoubi  yukkurito kure te  ku.




     Autumn sky.

At the top of this slope, I'll see the old school grounds.
I wonder if the chute still remains.
Here all sorts of things are fresh in my memory,
as if I returned to those days.

"I'd like to grow up as quickly as possible."  I always thought.
This tiny chute looked gigantic to me.
Just playing innocently, I didn't know what fear is.
I wish I could return to those days!

The sun is setting in the west. 
The evening glow is reflected on the windows of the schoolhouse.
The clouds look like flocks in the sky.  A pleasant day is drawing to a close.

I liked the teacher very much.  What has become of her?
I cannot forget her tender smile.
Here all sorts of things are fresh in my memory.
I wish nothing would change any more!

Man changes as time passes by.
Nobody can return to those days.
I have known many persons and then parted from them.
Now I am acquainted with sorrow and hardship.

What a peaceful autumn sky!  Vapor trails grow longer slowly.
My long shadow is cast on the old school grounds.

The sun is setting in the west. 
The evening glow is reflected on the windows of the schoolhouse.
The clouds look like flocks in the sky.  A pleasant day is drawing to a close.