Kandagawa
(The Kanda River)
Kaguya Hime
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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
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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
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