よあけのうぶごえ || The First Cry of Dawn

歌詞

かどの　まるくなった　ダンボール
ほこりを　はらいのけて　あけてみる
かきなれてない　もじ　ふぞろいに
ぼくが　ぼくへあてた　といかけに　といかける

いれたてだった　コーヒーを　すする
あついふりをして　といき　はもんをかいた

しかくいまど　よるの　まぶたに　すけたのは
ぼくたちの　すがおと
ささやかなあかり

ららら　らららららら
ほしが　ながれてく
とおく　きこえた
おもいを　かなえに

くもりが　はれるように　ひがさして
かげに　かくれていた　とけいを
みぎまわり　すすませた

つぎの　きせつへ
むかう　そのまえに
すこしひえたてを　かさね
きょうを　しんじる

にぎわう　まち
きらびやかさの　まんなかは
たがいへと　たくした
ささやかなあかり

ららら　らららららら
かぜが　ながれてく
とおく　きこえた
おもいを　とどけに

あたりは　もうすぐ
しんしんと　ときを　とめる
それは　オレンジの　たび
かげを　のばしていった

いつのまにか　めのまえの　ことが
いまと　おきかわって
それに　きづかずに　ほんとの　すがたを
さがしつづけた
うやむやな　まま　かがやいた
かたちなき　いつかの　こえが
まだ　かすかに　きこえるだろう
ふりかえる
そらは　いろを　おとし
とめた　じかんを
ふたたび　うごかし　はじめた

つきが　みちてゆく
こきゅうに　とけてゆく
とうめいな　せいじゃくに
はしを　かける
いのちは　ねむる
めざめの　はねをまつ
ともしびを　そらへ
たかく　あずけて
ねむる

めを　とじれば
うかぶ　きおくたち
つなぎあわせて
ぼくを　よびかけた

ここに　いまを
つくりだすものは
あのひの　ぼくの
きょうへの　おもいだ

そしてまた　こんや
きぼうが　うまれる

らららららら
ひかりは　あふれた
とおく　きこえた
うぶごえの　もとへ

かける　ときに
ただ　ねがうことは
どうか　ゆくみちよ
わらって　わらって

うまれた　このひに

Romanisation

kado no maruku natta danbooru
hokori o harai nokete akete miru
kaki naretenai moji fuzoroi ni
boku ga boku e ateta toi kake ni toi kakeru

iretate datta koohii o susuru
atsui furi o shite toiki hamon o kaita

shikakui mado yoru no mabuta ni suketa no wa
boku-tachi no sugao to
sasayaka na akari

rarara rararararara
hoshi ga nagareteku
tooku kikoeta
omoi o kanae ni

kumori ga hareru you ni hi ga sashite
kage ni kakurete ita tokei o
migi mawari susumaseta

tsugi no kisetsu e
mukau sono mae ni
sukoshi hieta te o kasane
kyou o shinjiru

nigiwau machi
kirabiyakasa no mannaka wa
tagai e to takushita
sasayaka na akari

rarara rararararara
kaze ga nagareteku
tooku kikoeta
omoi o todoke ni

atari wa mou sugu
shin shin to toki o tomeru
sore wa orenji no tabi
kage o nobashite itta

itsu no ma ni ka me no mae no koto ga
ima to okikawatte
sore ni kidzukazu ni honto no sugata o
sagashi tsudzuketa
uyamuya na mama kagayaita
katachi naki itsuka no koe ga
mada kasuka ni kikoeru darou
furikaeru
sora wa iro o otoshi
tometa jikan o
futatabi ugokashi hajimeta

tsuki ga michite yuku
kokyuu ni tokete yuku
toumei na seijaku ni
hashi o kakeru
inochi wa nemuru
mezame no hane o matsu
tomoshibi o sora e
takaku azukete
nemuru

me o tojireba
ukabu kioku-tachi
tsunagi awasete
boku o yobi kaketa

koko ni ima o
tsukuridasu mono wa
ano hi no boku no
kyou e no omoi da

soshite mata kon’ya
kibou ga umareru

rararararara
hikari wa afureta
tooku kikoeta
ubugoe e no moto e

kakeru toki ni
tada negau koto wa
douka yuku michi yo
waratte waratte

umareta kono hi ni

Translation

The corners of the cardboard box had grown rounded.
I brushed off the dust and tried to open it.
Unskilled letters were written unevenly on the page.
I question the questions addressed to me.

I sipped at my freshly-made coffee.
Pretending it was hot, I breathed on it and made ripples.

The things showing through the night, which was like an eyelid over the square window,
Were our true faces
and a small amount of light.

La la la… la la la la la la…
The stars drift.
They’re going to grant the wishes
heard in the distance.

The sun’s rays shone through so the clouds would clear up.
They made the clock hidden in the shadows
advance clockwise.

Before heading
for the next season,
We’ll place our chilly hands on top of each other
and believe in today.

The streets are bustling.
At the centre of its brilliance
are the small amounts of light
we entrusted to each other.

La la la… la la la la la la…
The wind drifts through.
It’s going to deliver the wishes
heard in the distance.

Soon, time in the surrounding area
will silently come to a stop.
That was an orange journey.
The shadows grew long.

Before I knew it, everything in front of me
had been replaced.
Without realising it, I kept searching
for its true form.
That formless voice from the past
shone while remaining hazy.
Perhaps I can still hear it…
I look back.
The sky lost its colours
and time
began to move again.

The moon waxes,
Melting into my breaths.
In the transparent silence,
I build a bridge.
Life sleeps,
Awaiting the feathers of awakening.
I entrust the light
raising it high into the sky.
Then, I sleep.

When I close my eyes
memories float to the surface.
I connect them
and they call out to me.

The things that I create
here, right now,
Are memories
that tie my past self to today.

And tonight, once more,
Hope will be born.

La la la la la la la…
Light flowed forth,
Heading towards the first cry
heard in the distance.

When I race forward
I have a single wish:
Oh, path that I travel down!
Smile, smile…

On this, the day I was born.