Текст и перевод песни Hanako Oku - 友達のままで

友達のままで

陽の当たる石段を
あといくつ上ったら
僕たちが泳いでいた

あの海が見えるのだろう?
過ぎ去った青春は
いつだってほろ苦く
この胸に寄せて返す
さざ波のようだね
君のいない今年の夏
蝉の声がどこか寂しく
緑の木々が風に揺れるその度
振り向く
友達のままで
僕たちは大人になって
大事なもの 守ったね
お互いの夢を
語り合い答えを出した
君と僕の
若さはリグレット
今ならば丘の上
見下ろせる海岸線
近すぎて見えなかった
かけがえのないもの
君はどこの空の下で
夏の風に吹かれているの?
長い髪を指でかきあげる横顔が
懐かしい
友達のままで
恋人にならなかったこと
正しかったのだろうか?
僕たちの夢は
恋したらだめだったのかな
女々しい奴と
笑っておくれ
空と海
交わる線
想いは
ひとつだったのに...
友達のままで
僕たちは大人になって
大事なもの 守ったね
お互いの夢を
語り合い答えを出した
君と僕の
若さはリグレット

Staying friends

As I climb these sunny steps,
How many more until
We can swim in the sea we used to play in?

The youth I've left behind,
Always bittersweet,
Surges in my chest
Like rolling waves.
This summer without you,
The sound of cicadas is somehow lonely.
Every time the wind rustles the leaves of the trees
I turn around,
Hoping to see you.
We stayed friends;
We grew up,
And protected what was important to us:
Each other's dreams.
We talked and figured it out.
Your youth and mine
A bittersweet regret.
Now, at the top of the hill,
I can look down at the coastline.
It was too close for me to see,
What was truly precious.
Darling, under what sky,
Are you dancing in the summer breeze?
Your long hair tossed back as you run your fingers through it,
So familiar.
We stayed friends;
I wonder if it was the right choice,
To never have been lovers.
Our dreams,
Were they forbidden, if we fell in love?
Call me a coward,
And laugh at me.
The sky and the sea,
They meet at the horizon.
Our thoughts,
Were they once, as one?...
We stayed friends,
We grew up,
And protected what was important to us:
Each other's dreams.
We talked and figured it out.
Your youth and mine
A bittersweet regret.