| Kieru hikoukigumo
| We watched the fading vapor trails
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| Bokutachi wa miokutta
| They were so dazzling
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| Mabushikute nigeta
| I ran away
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| Itsudatte yowakute
| I was always weak
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| Ano hi kara kawarazu
| I let go, frustrated by the fact
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| Itsumademo kawarazu ni
| That I couldn't stay
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| Irarenakatta koto
| Unchanged since that day
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| Kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu
| Couldn't stay unchanged forever
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| Ano tori wa mada umaku tobenai kedo
| That bird still can't fly well
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| Itsuka wa kaze wo kitte shiru
| But someday she will know the feeling of cutting through the wind
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| Todokanai basho ga mada tooku ni aru
| The place she can't reach is still there in the distance
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| Negai dake himete mitsumeteru
| She gazes at it, keeping her wish to herself
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| Kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku
| Children walk along the summer railway tracks
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| Fuku kaze ni suashi wo sarashite
| Exposing their bare feet to the blowing wind
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| Tooku ni wa osanakatta hibi wo
| We place in the distance the days of our childhood
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| Ryoute ni wa tobidatsu kibou wo
| We place in our hands hope that springs forth
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| Kieru hikoukigumo
| Chasing, chasing
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| Oikakete oikakete
| The fading vapor trails
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| Kono oka wo koeta
| It hasn't changed since the day
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| Ano hi kara kawarazu
| We crossed that hill
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| Itsumademo massugu ni
| And never will
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| Bokutachi wa aru youni
| So that we will always have it
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| Watatsumi no youna
| We'll guard the strength
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| Tsuyosa wo mamoreru yo kitto
| Of a sea god, surely
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| Ano sora wo mawaru fuusha no hanetachi wa
| The blades of the windmill that turn in the sky
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| Itsumademo onaji yume miru
| Always have the same dream
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| Todokanai basho wo zutto mitsumeteru
| The dream of a bird, her wish kept to herself
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| Negai wo himeta tori no yume wo
| Gazing at the place she can't reach
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| Furikaeru yaketa senro oou
| I look back, the sun-baked railway tracks are hidden
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| Nyuudougumo katachi wo kaetemo
| By stormclouds, even if they change their shape
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| Bokura wa oboete ite douka
| May we always remember
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| Kisetsu ga nokoshita kinou wo
| The yesterdays left behind by the seasons
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| Kieru hikoukigumo
| Chasing, chasing
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| Oikakete oikakete
| The fading vapor trails
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| Hayasugiru aizu
| The signal is given too early
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| Futari waraidashiteru
| We start laughing
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| Itsumademo massugu ni
| So that we can always
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| Manazashi wa aru youni
| Look straight ahead
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| Ase ga nijindemo
| Even if it's slippery with sweat
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| Te wo hanasanai yo zutto
| I won't let go of your hand, ever
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| Kieru hikoukigumo
| We watched the fading vapor trails
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| Bokutachi wa miokutta
| They were so dazzling
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| Mabushikute nigeta
| I ran away
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| Itsudatte yowakute
| I was always weak
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| Ano hi kara kawarazu
| I let go, frustrated by the fact
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| Itsumademo kawarazu ni
| That I couldn't stay
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| Irarenakatta koto
| Unchanged since that day
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| Kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu
| Couldn't stay unchanged forever
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