Kaguya Hime/Kandagawa

Kandagawa
(The Kanda River)

Kaguya Hime

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English

Anata wa mou wasureta kashira Akai tenugui mafuraa ni shite Futari de itta yokochou no furoya Issho ni deyou ne tte itta no ni Itsumo watashi ga matasareta Araigami ga shin made hiete Chiisana sekken katakata natta Anata wa watashi no karada wo daite Tsumetai ne tte itta no yo Wakakatta ano koro nanimo kowakunakatta Tada anata no yasashisa ga kowakatta Anata wa mou suteta no kashira Nijuuyo iro no kurepasu katte Anata ga kaita watashi no nigaoe Umaku kaite nette itta no ni Itsumo chittomo nitenai no Mado no shita ni wa kandagawa Sanjou hitoma no chiisana geshuku Anata wa watashi no yubisaki mitsume Kanashii kai tte kiita no yo Wakakatta ano koro nanimo kowakunakatta Tada anata no yasashisa ga kowakatta

Maybe you've already forgotten How we went to the public bath down the lane With our red hand towels as mufflers You said, "Let's go together" But you always made me wait My damp hair was frozen down to the roots I rattled the small soap You held me And said, "You're cold" When we were young, I wasn't afraid of anything Only your tenderness made me afraid Maybe you've already thrown away The drawing of me you made With the twenty-four-color set of pastel crayons you bought "Make it good," I said But it didn't look like me at all I can see the Kanda River from out the window Of my three-tatami room at the boarding house You looked at my fingertips And asked, "Are you sad?" When we were young, I wasn't afraid of anything Only your tenderness made me afraid