ゆう闇さがし || Searching at Twilight

日本語

ふつか目のほうか後に
となりのあのこはつれてかれた
カラスはくるまに轢かれ
黑い　黑い　なみだをおよいでいる

みっか目はやすみだった
や百やのむすこもつれてかれた
「次に消えるのは誰ぢゃ」
みんな　みんな　なにかをしっている

かえるがなくからかえろう
かげがふりかえりぼくたちを嗤う
そっとのぞいて視てごらん
そらからゆう闇は消えていた

ゆう闇がおちてくるよ
ぼくの躰は焼けおちる

ゆう闇はおちてゆくよ
そしてぼくは消えた

足取りは重く、
まるで泥沼の中を進んでいるようだった。
赤黒いソレはぼくの足元に
水溜まりとなり広がっていく。
見知らぬ路地裏が目の前にはあった。
ただそれだけだった。
黒猫が横たわっている。
彼女も夕闇に焼かれたのだろうか？
酷く濁った眼をしていた。
僕はたまらず目を逸らした。
さぁ、さぁ、さぁ、さぁ……
皆どこに消えた？
ここには誰にもいない。そして、寒い

かえるが溶けたらかえろう
かげはふりかえりぼくたちとうたう
そっと除いてみてごらん
そらにはゆう闇がみえていた

ゆう闇はおちてくるよ
ぼくの躰も焼けおちる

ゆう闇がおちてゆくよ
そしてぼくも消えた

Romanisation

futsuka me no houkago ni
tonari no ano ko wa tsuretekareta
karasu wa kuruma ni hikare
kuroi kuroi namida o oyoideiru

mikkame wa yasumidatta
yaoya no musuko mo tsuretekareta
“tsugi ni kieru no wa dare ja”
minna minna nanika o shitte iru

kaeru ga naku kara kaerou
kage ga furikaeri bokutachi o warau
sotto nozoite mite goran
sora kara yuuyami wa kiete ita

yuuyami ga ochite kuru yo
boku no karada wa yakeochiru

yuuyami wa ochite yuku yo
soshite boku wa kieta

ashidori wa omoku,
marude doronuma no naka o susunde iru you datta.
akaguroi sore wa boku no ashimoto ni
mizutamari to nari hirogatte iku.
mishiranu rojiura ga me no mae ni wa atta.
tada sore dake datta.
kuroneko ga yokotawatte iru.
kanojo mo yuuyami ni yakareta no darou ka?
hidoku nigotta me o shite ita.
boku wa tamarazu me o sorashita.
saa, saa, saa, saa……
minna doko ni kieta?
koko ni wa dare ni mo inai. soshite, samui

kaeru ga toketara kaerou
kage wa furikaeri bokutachi to utau
sotto nozoite mite goran
sora ni wa yuuyami ga miete ita

yuuyami wa ochite kuru yo
boku no karada mo yakeochiru

yuuyami ga ochite yuku yo
soshite boku mo kieta

Translation

After school on the second day,
the girl next to me was taken away.
A raven was run over by a car
and was swimming in black, black tears.

The third day was a day off.
The greengrocer’s son was taken away, too.
“Who’s gonna disappear next?”
Everyone, everyone knows something.

The frogs are calling, so it’s time for us to head home.
The shadows turn their heads and sneer at us.
Quietly, quietly, take a look—
twilight has vanished from the sky.

Now, twilight is falling.
I’m burning and falling.

Now, twilight is falling.
And so, I vanished.

With a heavy gait,
I seemed to continue as if in a swamp.
Something dark red was at my feet.
It became a puddle and spread.
An unfamiliar back alley was before my eyes.
That’s all it was.
A black cat crossed my path.
Was she burned by the dusk as well?
Her eyes were awfully cloudy.
I looked away without delay.
Now, now, now, now…
Where did everyone disappear to?
Nobody’s here. And it’s cold.

Once the frogs melt, let’s go home.
The shadows turn their heads and sing with us.
Quietly, quietly, get rid of them and look—
twilight could be seen in the sky.

Now, twilight is falling.
I am burning and falling, too.

Now, twilight is falling.
And so, I vanished too.