Lyrics and translation 小椋佳 - モク拾いは海へ

モク拾いは海へ

少年よ 君達もいずれ 僕達が重ねたような
夢の世界を訪ねる旅に 出掛けることだろう
少年よ 君達もいずれ 僕達が気付いたように
夢の世界の旅の挫折を 味わうことだろう

歴史は確かに幸せを ばらまいてきたけれど
僕らの日々が 輝いている訳ではない
歴史が残した幾つかの 嘘という吸ガラを
僕らはつつき 捨ててきただけかも知れない

モク拾い達が 今海へ
モク拾い達が 今海へ

少年よ 僕達を卑怯者と呼べ
せめて醜さをさらけ出すまいと
逃げ去る者達を
少年よ 君達に期待させて欲しい
ここにとどまって新しい価値を
生み出す者達よ

燃え殻つぶしのモク拾い
年老いたというには早すぎるけど
僕達はつかれてしまった

モク拾い達が 今海へ
モク拾い達が 今海へ

いつの日にか 君達の創る
新しい国に 呼び戻されることを
祈りながら Ahaa... Ahaa...

Bound for the Sea, the Fag-enders

My boy, you too will, one day, like us,
Embark on a journey to a realm of dreams.
My boy, you too will, one day, like us,
Experience the disillusionment of this dreamlike journey.

History has, indeed, scattered happiness,
But our days do not shine.
We may have done nothing more than pick up
And discard, like fag-ends, the few lies history left behind.

The fag-enders are bound for the sea now,
The fag-enders are bound for the sea now.

My boy, call us cowards,
Those who run away, unwilling to expose their ugliness.
My boy, let me place my hopes in you,
In those who will stay and create new values.
You will create that new world someday,
And we shall be called back to it.

Fag-enders, treading on burning cigarette butts,
We may not be old yet, but we are tired.
We are tired.

The fag-enders are bound for the sea now,
The fag-enders are bound for the sea now.

We pray that,
Someday, you will call us back to the new nation you will build.
Ahaa... Ahaa...