Arai Yumi – Umi-wo Miteita Gogo (vo. Yamamoto Jyunko)
2018年8月31日 Leave a comment
youtube: 海を見ていた午後
4’17″
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some afternoon i saw the ocean – Arai Yumi
[Umi wo Miteita Gogo : 海を見ていた午後 ]
rylics and musical composition : Arai Yumi (荒井由実)
singer :Yamamoto Jyunko (vo. 山本潤子)
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each time i come this restaurant
i call memories about you and i
in my younger days
i finished to go up the steep hill right now
maybe i should not have done it
though i am standing at the entrance again alone
the name of the restaurant is “Dolphin”
the name of the restaurant is “Dolphin”
at Yamate Hill, Yokohama Bay-side
it has the silent presence
all staffs are very considerate
and perform formal waitering
and guests are engaging with seatmate
in soft whispers
during clear afternoon
we could view Miura Peninsula from distance
a glass of club soda comes i have ordered
now the frighter left the port
moves past the sea of soda in the glass
the tiny bubbles are also diminishing fast
popping and rippling like my lovely sweet memories
i bit the inside of my cheeks then …
though if i could have a good cry
in front of on your eyes,
now, we, two of us, have watched the sea
from here together
i can still see that you are watching
the flying sea gull across the table clearly
flatten your cheek against the window glass
but it’s spaced out, i know
eventually
i drop him a line with my fountain pen
on the paper napkin, “please forget-me-not”
but i am hard pushed to write again and again
because the ink runs with tears
and finally i do
—
now i remember the memory of that day
that was long long ago
sitting in my usual seat
at a clear afternoon
looking at the sea
and ordered my usual menu
at this restaurant even now
today again
[translating by takashi ikenouchi]
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海を見ていた午後
作詞/作曲・荒井由実
歌：山本潤子
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あなたを思い出す この店に来るたび
坂を上って きょうもひとり来てしまった
山手のドルフィンは 静かなレストラン
晴れた午後には 遠く三浦岬も見える
ソーダ水の中を 貨物船がとおる
小さなアワも恋のように消えていった
あのとき目の前で 思い切り泣けたら
今頃二人 ここで海を見ていたはず
窓にほほをよせて カモメを追いかける
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(August 31, 2018)
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