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Omoeba Tookue Kitamonda

踏切りの側に咲く
コスモスの花ゆらして
貨物列車が走り過ぎる

そして夕陽に消えてゆく
十四の頃の僕はいつも
冷たいレールに耳をあて
レールの響き聞きながら
遥かな旅路を夢見てた
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
故郷離れて六年目
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
この先どこまでゆくのやら

筑後の流れに
小魚釣りする人の影
川面にひとつ浮かんでた
風が吹くたび揺れていた
20歳になったばかりの僕は
別れた女を責めながら
いっそ 死のうと泣いていた
恋は一度と信じてた
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
今では女房 子供持ち
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
あの頃 恋しく思い出す

眠れぬ夜に酒を飲み
夜汽車の汽笛 聞くたびに
僕の耳に遠く近く
レールの響きが過ぎてゆく
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
振り向くたびに故郷は
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
遠くなる様な気がします
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
ここまで一人で来たけれど
思えば遠くへ来たもんだ
この先どこまでゆくのやら

Omoeba Tookue Kitamonda

The cosmos flowers bloom beside the railroad crossing
Swaying in the breeze
As the freight train roars past

And disappears into the sunset
As a fourteen-year-old boy, I used to always
Press my ear to the cold rails
And listen to the sound of the train
Dreaming of faraway journeys
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
Six years since I left home
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
I wonder how much farther I'll go

In the Chikugo River
I see the shadows of people fishing for small fish
Floating alone on the surface of the water
Bobbing with the wind
When I was just twenty years old
I blamed the woman I had broken up with
And wept, thinking that I might as well die
Believing that love only happened once
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
Now I have a wife and children
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
Sometimes I reminisce about those days

On sleepless nights, I drink sake
And whenever I hear the whistle of a night train
The sound of the rails echoes in my ears
Fading away into the distance
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
Every time I look back, my hometown
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
Seems to grow more distant
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
I've come this far on my own
Thinking back, I've come a long way, my dear
I wonder how much farther I'll go