あの廃墟のような建物と
朗らかだった少女の思い出は
彷徨に満ちた青春の記憶として
今も鮮明に残っている

Ano haikyo no yōna Tatemono to
Hogaraka datta shōjyo no omoide wa
Hōkō ni michita sēshun no kioku toshite
Ima mo senmei ni nokotte iru

福岡空港の脇道を走り続け
市街地を通り抜けて
坂道を下り始めると
廃墟のような建物が見えてくる

Fukuokakukou no wakimichi o hashiri tsuzuke
Shigaichi o tōri nukete
Sakamichi o kudari hajimeruto
Haikyo no youna Tatemono ga miete kuru

それはひと月かふた月の
短い倉庫作業の仕事だった
若いバイト仲間に囲まれながら
倉庫で働いていた真夏の日々

Sorewa hito tsuki ka futa tsuki no
Mijikai sōkosagyō no shigoto datta
Wakai baito nakama ni kako marenagara
Sōko de hataraite ita manatsu no hibi

東京を捨てて僕は旅立った
何もかもが下らない欺瞞だった
心残りは自分を心配する
両親の失望と哀しみだけだった

Tōkyō o sutete boku wa tabi datta
Nanimo kamo ga kudaranai giman datta
Kokoronokori wa jibun o shinpai suru
Ryōshin no shitsubou to kanashimi dakedatta

バイト先で出逢ったひとりの少女
冷房もない扇風機しかないような
暗く殺風景な倉庫の中で
明るく働いていた

Baito sakide deatta hitori no shōjo
Reibō monai senpūki shikanai youna
Kuraku sappūkei na sōko no naka de
Akaruku hataraite ita

なぜだろう
彼女は僕を気にしていた
僕が東京から来たと話したからだろうか
訳ありと感じていたからだろうか

Naze darou
Kanojyo wa boku o kinishite ita
Bokuga Tōkyō kara kita to hanashita kara darōka
Wake arito kanjite itakara darouka

あれから40年近くも経つが
あの時　東京へ行きたいと
願っていた君は
この都会に出で行ったのだろうか

Arekara yonjyūnen chikakumo tatsu ga
Ano toki Tokyo e ikitai to
Nega tteita kimi wa
Kono tokai ni deteittano darouka

もう20年近くも経つだろうか
メールサイトで知り合った女性
名前も聞くことはなく
いつのまにか離れていった

Mou nijyū nen chikakumo tatsu darouka
Mērusaito de shiriatta jyosei
Namae o kikukoto wa naku
Itsunomanika hanarete itta

以前、福岡に住んでいたこと
バイト先への通勤の途中で見た
奇妙な建物の話しをすると
自分はその近所に住んでいて
「あれは炭鉱の跡地」って教えてくれた

Izen,Fukuoka ni sundeita koto
Baito saki eno tsukin no tochū de mita
Kimyō na Tatemono no hanashi o suruto
Jibun wa sono kinjyo ni sundeite
「Arewa tankō no atochi」tte oshiete kureta

あの頃
福岡で暮らしていると言っていた君は
今もまだあの辺りに
住んでいるのだろうか

Ano koro
Fukuoka de kurashiteiru to itteita kimi wa
Imamo mada ano atarini
Sunde iru noda rouka



それから5年後
僕は再びあの跡地を訪れた
周囲にはなにもない広い敷地の中に
ポツンとあの廃墟だけが毅然として立っていた

Sorekara go nengo
Boku wa futatabi ano atochi o otozureta
Shūiniwa nanimonai hiroi shikichi no nakani
Potsun to ano haikyo dakega kizen toshite tatteita

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あの夏の陽射しの中に
僕は何を残してきたのだろう
あの夏の思い出の日々に
僕は何をすればよかったのだろう

Ano natsu no hiza shino naka ni
Boku wa nani o nokoshite kitano darou
Ano natsu no omoide no hibi ni
Boku wa nani o sureba yokattano darou
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あの廃墟のような建物と
朗らかだった少女の思い出は
彷徨に満ちた青春の記憶として
今も鮮明に残っている

Ano haikyo no yōna Tatemono to
Hogaraka datta shōjyo no omoide wa
Hōkō ni michita sēshun no kioku toshite
Ima mo senmei ni nokotte iru

[Waka]
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目の奥に　失くした時の　跡がある　遠くの夏の　青空の下
Meno oku ni nakushita toki no ato ga aru tōku no natsu no aozora no shita
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ENG:
The memories of that ruined building
and the cheerful girl
are still vivid as memories
of my wandering youth.

As I continued driving down the side streets
of Fukuoka Airportpassing through the city
and started to go down the slope
the ruined building came into view.

It was a short warehouse job lasting a month or two.
I spent those midsummer days working
in the warehouse surrounded
by young part-time coworkers.

I left Tokyo and set off on my journey.
Everything was a pointless deception.
All I felt was the disappointment and sadness
of my parents who were worried about me.

A girl I met at my part-time job.
She was working cheerfully
in a dark and bleak warehouse
with no air conditioning and only a fan.

I wonder why
She cared about me.
Was it because I told her I was from Tokyo？
Was it because she thought I had some kind of problem？

Nearly 40 years have passed since then.
I wonder if you
who wished to go to Tokyo at that time
have left for this city.

It's been almost 20 years
since I met a woman on an email site.
I never even asked her name and before I knew it
she had drifted away.

I used to live in Fukuoka and
I told her about a strange building.
I saw on my way to work
and she told me that she lived in the neighborhood,
and that it was the remains of a coal mine.

You said you lived in Fukuoka back then
but I wonder if you still live in that area.


Five years later,
I visited the ruins again.
In the middle of a vast area with nothing around
the ruins stood alone and resolute.

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What did I leave behind in the sunlight of that summer?
What should I have done during those memorable days of summer?
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The memories of that ruined building
and the cheerful girl
remain vivid as memories
of a youth full of wanderings.

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Deep in my eyes,
there is a trace of a time my lost it.
So like just me,
beneath the blue sky
of a distant summer...
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