CHINESE RESTAURANT (チャイニーズ・レストラン)

時は過ぎてゆくものね
まるで知らんふりして…

夏の午後のキャフェテラス
冷たいミルクを飲んでた
何げなく向こう側
視線を移したら

丸いテーブル囲んで
可愛いい二人の子供
あの人と笑っては
楽しそうな時間

そうなの…
チャイニーズ・レストラン
はじめて出逢った
ところよ　あの人覚えているかしら
チャイニーズ・レストラン
はじめての恋
あたしが二十才のバースディ迎えて
もう…昔の　遠い… wow…

花柄　シフォンのドレス
まとった女の人が
さりげなくあの人の
隣に腰かけた

どうして…
チャイニーズ・レストラン
忘れてないのか
思い出ばかりが美しすぎるのよ
チャイニーズ・レストラン
帰り道で
あの人あたしにプロポーズしたのよ
もう…昔の　遠い… wow

このシガレット火を点けて
いる間の　蜃気楼　蜃気楼

Translation

Wow, time surely flies, eh?
Just as if it pretends not to know anything

Sitting at a café terrace in a summer afternoon
I was drinking a cup of cold milk
If only there were a way for that man to exchange
A casual glance with me from the other side

Sitting at a round table
The child of that cute couple
Was laughing with him
Seemingly having a good time

But did it really?
In that chinese restaurant
I met that man for the first time
Oh, yes, I did, but I wonder if he remembers me at all?
In that chinese restaurant
I fell in love for the first time
I was celebrating my twentieth birthday
Oh, how long ago was that

A woman wearing a chiffon dress
With flower pattern
Nonchalantly sat down
Next to him

But why I can't seem to forget
About that chinese restaurant?
I have such beautiful memories
From that chinese restaurant
And while I was on my way home
That man proposed to me
Oh, how long ago was that

Now I just light another cigarette
That place is just a mirage, just a mirage