Watarasebashi

Watarase-bashi de miru yuuhi oanata wa totemo sukidat ta wa
Kireina toko de sodat ta ne.Koko ni sumi tai to it ta
Densha ni yura re kono machi madeanata wa ai ni ki te kure ta wa
Watashi wa ima mo ano koro owasure rare zu iki te masu.

Ima demoYakumo Jinja e omairi-suru toanata no koto inoru wa
Nagaigoto hitotsu kanau naraano koro ni kaeri tai.

Tokoya no kado ni POTSUNto arukoushuu-denwa oboe te masu ka?
Kinou omowa zu kake taku tenando mo juwaki tot ta wa.

KonaidaWatarase-gawa no kawara ni ori tezutto nagare mi te ta wa
Kitakaze ga totemo tsumetaku tekaze o hii chai mashi ta.

Dare no sei demo nai
Anata ga kono machi de
kurase nai koto wakat te ta no
Nandomo nayan da wa
Dakedo watashi koko o
hanare te kurasu koto deki nai.

Anata ga sukida to it ta kono machinami ga
kyou mo kure te yuki masu
Hiroi sora to tooku no yama-yama
Futari de arui ta machi
Yuuhi ga kireina machi.

Translation

You loved to watch the setting sun from Watarase Bridge.
You said, "You've grown up in a beautiful town. I want to live here."

You would come to this town aboard a train to see me.
I live with the memories of those days in my heart.

Whenever I go to the Yakumo shrine, I still pray for you.
If one of my dreams came true, I should go back to those days.

Do you remember the public telephone standing at the corner of the barber's?
Yesterday I came to feel like calling you up and picked up the receiver many
times.

The other day I went down to the shore of the Watarase River and watched the
water running down for a long time.
The north wind was so sharp that I caught cold.

Neither of us is responsible for our parting.
I knew that you could not live in such a rural town.
Many times I thought over whether I should accompany you or not.
But I cannot live in a big city, leaving here.

You said you loved this town. Night has been coming.
The sky is getting dark, and I can only see the form of mountains over there.
Night is falling in this town where I walked with you.
Night is falling in this town where the setting sun is beautiful.