Present

“Shiranai” to iu kotoba no imi
Machigaete itanda
Shiranai hito no koto itsu no ma ni ka “kirai” to itteita yo.

Nanimo shirazu ni
Shirou tomo shinakatta hito no koto
Doushite “kirai” nante itta no darou
Nagasarete itanda.

“Shiranai” koto wa kowai kara
Minikui kotoba bakari haki dashite gomakashite
Jibun no koto made kirawanaide.

Hitori bocchi ni naritakunai
Koko ni ite yo
Sono kotoba ienakutte
Kokoro tozasanaide.

Hitori bocchi ni sasenai kara
Daijoubu da yo
Sono kotoba kaeseru you ni
Tsuyoku naritai.

“Jinsei” no koto
Amari ni mo mondai bakari okiru kara
Nanmon kaiketsu puroguramu na no ka to omotteita keredo.

Kizuitanda
“Purezento” mitai na mono nanda tte
Nanjuunenka suki ni ikite ii tokubetsu na purezento.

Dakara tanoshimi ni shi nagara
Yukkuri aketara iin da
Jibun jishin ni sono kotoba wo okuru yo
Itsumo wasurechau kara.

Hitori bocchi ni naritakunai
Koko ni ite yo
Sono kotoba ienakutte
Kokoro tozasanaide.

Hitori bocchi ni sasenai kara
Daijoubu da yo
Sono kotoba kaeseru you ni
Tsuyoku naritai.

Ima kimi no iru sekai ga
Tsurakute nakisou demo
Sore sae mo “purezento”
Datta to waraeru hi ga kanarazu kuru.

Hitori bocchi ni natte
Kizuita
Hontou wa taisetsu na hito ga takusan
Irunda tte koto ga.

Hitori bocchi ni sasenai kara
Daijoubu da yo
Sono kotoba kaeseru you ni
Tsuyoku naritai.

[Translation]

The meaning of the word “unknown”
Has been mistaken all this while
People who don't know it have started to overlap it with “hate”.

Those people who know nothing
And have no wish to try to know
Why do they talk about “hate”?
Circulating it all around.

Because the “unknown” is frightening
We spit out ugly words, trying to deceive
So that we won't be disliked.

“I don't want to be left alone
Stay here with me”
Unable to speak these words
Please don't close off your heart.

“I won't leave you alone
Everything's alright”
So that I can say those words back to you
I want to become strong.

“Life” is
Full of problems that arise
So I used to think that we're just problem solving programmes, but.

I've realized
Something like the “present”
Is a special present that allows us to live as we like for decades.

So I'll look forward to
Slowly opening it up
I'll gift those words to myself
Because I always forget them.

“I don't want to be left alone
Stay here with me”
Unable to speak these words
Please don't close off your heart.

“I won't leave you alone
Everything's alright”
So that I can say those words back to you
I want to become strong.

Even if the world with you now
Is so painful it makes me want to cry
Even that is a “present”
And days of smiles will surely come.

Having been left alone
I realized
That there are so many people
Whom I really treasure.

“I won't leave you alone
Everything's alright”
So that I can say those words back to you
I want to become strong.