Cynosure : Dazai Osamu

15

Eien Misui ni Good Bye / Good Bye to an Attempt on Eternity

Romaji

Ukiyo wo arukeba machi wa nugi suteta

Kinou to chigau kao shiteru

Sore nara doushite konna mono dake ga

Kawaranu mama iki wo suru na darou?

Kurikaeshi te o nobasedo mata

Suri nukeru negai oi kakete 

Hateshinai kyou no naka samayou kono mi wa

Dokoka ni aru yoake wo machi wabiteru

Ikite ku imi sae tsukame yashinai nara

Kono kudaranai yoru ni goodbye

Sou omou no ni

Ima da koko ni iru

Karei ni akarui maku hiki nozomedo

Donchou mada ori nakute

Soro soro ii darou nounai ripiito no

Melancholy aki aki na no sa

Owarasete shimaitai to nozonde

Shimau no wa hitsuzen

Yogoreta kako mo saa

Mu ni nare

Shikkaku da to tsugetai sore wa jibun jishin

Dare ka issho ni te wo tori kowarenai ka?

Misui ja mitasenai kimochi wo kakaete

Shayou ni kageru hibi wo endless

Sonna sekai de

Kimi wo misuketa

Yuki isogu kokoro no se deguchi wo fui ni

Hiki todometa sono te wo hodoke nakute

Mou sukoshi kono mama ikite mite mo ii

Gara ni mo naku omou!

Hateshinai kyou no naka samayou kono mi wa

Dokoka ni aru yoake wo machi wabiteta

Ikite ku imi mada tsukame yashinai kedo

Eien ni shibaraku goodbye

Kono ukiyo wo

Tanoshimou ka

English

As I walk in this fleeting world, the town that has thrown away yesterday changes its face.

If that is so, then why do I keep breathing in this unchanging feeling?

I reach out repeatedly.

Once again, I chase my "wish" that slips through.

As I roam this never-ending today,

I wait impatiently for the dawn that exists somewhere.

If I can't even grasp the meaning of life,

then I'll say to this worthless night, good bye.

But even though I think so... I'm still here.

I wish for a magnificent and bright end, but the curtain hasn't dropped yet.

Honestly, it's alright, isn't it?

I'm sick of this repeating melancholy inside my head.

It's just inevitable that I wish for the end.

The tainted past, too, begone!

I want to tell everyone it is I, I that have failed.

Isn't there anyone to take my hand and cease existing together?

I hold the feeling that an attempt isn't enough.

Days darkening in the setting sun are endless.

In a world like that, I found you.

Suddenly, that hand pulls and stops the cuff of my reckless heart.

I want to try living like this a little bit more.

It's not like me to think so.

As I roam this never-ending today,

I wait impatiently for the dawn that exists somewhere.

Even though I still haven't grasped the meaning of life,

For now I say to eternity, good bye.

Maybe, I can enjoy this fleeting world.