Jinbocho elegy

ano hi anata to itta hon'ya
itsushika konbini ni natte ita
machibōke kuratta karē-ya
imademo jagaimo tsuite ita
anata wa hon no mushi de watashi wa anata no himo
yojōhan no futari no heya wa hon de ume tsukusa rete ite
anata wa shiawase-sōdattakedo watashi wa yuka ga nukeru shinpai bakari
ā, jinbōchō, futari ga ita seishun
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no aoi hibi

kita o mui teru hon'ya-san
futari no heya no mado hibiware
yappari kita-muki de fubuki ni
ōwa re shiroku kōritsuite ita
sutōbu, akaku tomori apāto, oto ga kiete
yojōhan no kamakura no naka kitamakura o kinishinaide
nemuru anata o asamade mitsume
shiawasena yume, omoiegaki tsudzuketa
ā, jinbōchō, futarinoharu wa tōku
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no shiroi mado

anata musunde kureta kami
neru toki hodo kitakunakatta
no nagai kami natsu wa atsukute
unaji ni ase ga tama to hikaru
mijikaku sureba ī yo anata wa sōitta wa ne
yojōhan wa saunadattakedo oto dake no uchiagehanabi
yasashiku watashi no kami o nazeta
anata no te de yubi de musunde hoshikute
ā, jinbōchō, watashi, kiranakatta no
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no ai no kaze

shigoto shitaku wa nakattakedo
takusan hoshikatta no okane ga
soshitara anata to i rareta?
zuttozutto yorisotte i rareta no?
sōzō shite inakatta yumenimo omottenakatta yojōhan no igokochi no yo-sa
itsumo kuttsuite i rareru tte
anata no jikan o okane de katte
kono heya de anata to itakatta
ā, jinbōchō, yuri saki kaoru eden
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no hananosono

totemo anata ga nikurashī
watashinojinsei o nusunda
totemo nikurashī anata to
deai ga nakereba yokatta no
wakare ga kuru hazu naku
namida mo kare tari sezu
yojōhan wa sarachi ni kaeri
totemo nikurashī yo anata
moshimo anata mata deaerunara
watashi, akuma ni datte tamashī uru wa
ā, jinbōchō, toki ga futari o wakatsu
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no kareha mau

noboru kono saka kudanshita
akaifusen kuchi ni shite
futari no omoide fukikomi
tobasu wa, -ippai ni fukuramase
kagayake haruka kanata mishiranu tōi sora e
ano hon no machi no yojōhan
shiawase mebukimasu yō ni
mabuta ni ukabu anata no senaka
watashi, namida o korae sotto ketta
ā, jinbōchō, ai ka wa ai no koto ne
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no ai no uta

ano hi anata to itta hon'ya
itsushika konbini ni natte ita
machibōke kuratta karē-ya
imademo jagaimo tsuite ita
ā, jinbōchō, futari ga ita seishun
ā, jinbōchō, sepia-iro no aoi hibi