Chikoku no Uta (ちこくのうた)

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English translation:

 

I’m always trying to be careful, but

I oversleep, I screw up, and make mistakes I wanna forget

It’s not like it happens all the time, but

I’m sure humans grow from reflecting on failures

 

I try to be careful, but

I accidentally stay up late, sleep past noon, and regret it

I even do something clumsy at my part-time job

I can’t break free of this spiral: my song of being late

 

The morning dawn shines brighter than it did yesterday

Dyeing the curtains of my closed eyelids

I coincidentally check the morning fortunes out of the corner of my eye

Fix my bedhead, and I head out

 

There’s an arcade on the hill road near the river bank

See, I’ll take a bit of a detour

When I’m humming rather uncharacteristically,

I turn around to see – you!?

 

Spinning round and round in circles, making cheap excuses

I make a sigh, take a deep breath, and begin to run

 

I’m always trying to be careful, but

I oversleep, I screw up, and make mistakes I wanna forget

I’m sure just about everyone

Sympathizes deeply with the feeling of being useless

 

I try to be careful, but

I accidentally stay up late, sleep past noon, and regret it

I collapse, fall flat atop my desk,

It’s a bottomless spiral: my song of being late

 

Waking up early in a hurry, rushing to brush my teeth,

For the most part, this is pretty much how it goes

Do I have my wallet? Haven’t forgotten anything?

I don’t need my umbrella with today’s weather, right?

Just to be safe, I’ll bring my portable battery charger

I absolutely can’t afford to drop anything

Everything should’ve been perfect at the station platform –

But why is it that I don’t have my phone?

 

Moment by moment, the time ticks past, and the timetable’s abandoned me

“Please stand inside the white line,

The doors will be closing.”

 

“Ahh! No, wait!”

 

No matter how little it is,

I’ll get my efforts acknowledged

As I dozed off, I had a feeling that I heard people whispering...

 

I’m always trying to be careful, but

I oversleep, I screw up, and make mistakes I wanna forget

It’s not like it happens all the time, but

I’m sure humans grow from reflecting on failures

 

I try to be careful, but

I accidentally stay up late, sleep past noon, and regret it

I even do something clumsy at my part-time job

I can’t break free of this spiral: my song of being late

 

Romaji:

 

itsumo ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

nesugoshi yarakashi wasuretai misuteiku

metta na koto janai kedo

ningen wa kitto hansei de sodatsu

ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

tsuitsui yofukashi hirusuginya koukai

 

baitosaki demo dojitte

nukedasenai supairaru

chikoku no uta

 

kinou yori akarui asayake ga

mabuta wo tojita kaaten someru

asa no uranai yokome de futo chekku

neguse naoshite dekakeyou

 

kasenjiki sakamichi aakeedo

sukoshi dake hora toomawari shite

kyara ni mo naku kuchibue fuitetara

ushiro ni kimiga iru nante

 

guruguru to mawaru chiipu na iiwake ni

tameiki wo tsuite shinkokyuu wo shite

hashiridasou

 

itsumo ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

nesugoshi yarakashi wasuretai misuteiku

zettai dare mo ga minna

mi ni tsumasereru dame na shinpashii

ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

tsuitsui yofukashi hiru suginya koukai

 

tsukue no ue de tsuppushite

sokonashi no supairaru

chikoku no uta

 

sekaseka hayaoki shakashaka hamigaki

daitai itsumo to onnaji kanji

 

osaifu motta? wasuremono wa nai?

kyou no tenki kasa iranakunai?

moshimo no tame ni mobairu chuudenki

zettai otoshimono wa genkin

kanpeki no hazu ga purattohoome de

keitai denwa ga naze ni nai?

 

kokkoku to mawaru daiya ni mihanasare

 

“hakusen no naka ni osagarikudasai

doa ga shimarimasu”

“aa, matte!”

 

donna ni chiisai koto datte

doryoku wa mitsukete moraeru yo

utouto dareka no sasayaki ga

kikoeta ki ga shita

 

itsumo ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

nesugoshi yarakashi wasuretai misuteiku

metta na koto janai kedo

ningen wa kitto hansei de sodatsu

ki wo tsukete wa iru kedo

tsuitsui yofukashi hirusuginya koukai

 

baitosaki demo dojitte

nukedasenai supairaru

chikoku no uta

 

Kanji:

 

いつも　気をつけてはいるけど

寝過ごし　やらかし　忘れたいミステイク

滅多な　事じゃないけど

人間はきっと　反省で育つ

気をつけてはいるけど

ついつい　夜更かし昼過ぎにゃ後悔

 

バイト先でもドジって

抜け出せないスパイラル

ちこくのうた

 

昨日より明るい朝焼けが

まぶたを閉じたカーテン染る

朝の占い　横目でふとチェック

寝癖直して　出かけよう

 

河川敷　坂道　アーケード

少しだけ　ほら　遠回りして

キャラにもなく口笛吹いてたら

後ろに君が 居るなんて

 

ぐるぐると回る　チープな言い訳に

ため息をついて　深呼吸をして　走り出そう

 

いつも　気をつけてはいるけど

寝過ごし　やらかし　忘れたいミステイク

絶対　誰もがみんな

身につまされる　ダメなシンパシー

気をつけてはいるけど

ついつい　夜更かし　昼過ぎにゃ後悔

 

机の上で突っ伏して

底なしのスパイラル

ちこくのうた

 

せかせか早起き　シャカシャカ歯磨き

大体いつもと　おんなじ感じ

 

お財布持った？忘れ物はない？

今日の天気　傘要らなくない？

もしもの為に　モバイル充電器

絶対落し物は厳禁

完璧のはずが　プラットホームで

携帯電話が何故に無い？

 

刻々と回る　ダイヤに見放され

 

｢白線の中にお下がりください

ドアが閉まります｣

 

｢あー､待まってー！｣

 

どんなに小さい事だって

努力は見つけてもらえるよ

うとうと　誰かの囁きが

聞こえた気がした

 

いつも　気をつけてはいるけど

寝過ごし　やらかし　忘れたいミステイク

滅多な　事じゃないけど

人間はきっと　反省で育つ

気をつけてはいるけど

ついつい　夜更かし昼過ぎにゃ後悔

 

バイト先でもドジって

抜け出せないスパイラル

ちこくのうた