Amaoto ga mado uchitsukeru asa wa
mezameru to hoho ni nokotta namida no
hitosuji no ato mune no dokoka de (1)
anata no kage hitori de sagashi motometa akashi (2)
On a morning when the rain strikes the window
As I awaken, on my cheeks is left a single
trace of a tear, proof that somewhere in my heart
I was searching alone for traces of you
Boukyaku no mizu'umi e to shizumeta hazu na no ni...
anata to sugoshita hibi ga
yomigaeru no wa wasureta furi o
kurikaeshi nagara
jibun o itsumo gomakashita kara?
Even though they were meant to sink into a lake of oblivion
Is the reason the days spent with you
are being resurrected because, while
repeating the facade that I had forgotten
I deceived myself?
Ano hi sayonara o
kawaseta nara... kitto
konna ni mo yari ba no nai
itami shirazu ni
If we had said
good-bye that day, surely
I would never have known this
pain with no outlet
Kono mune o utsu
tsuioku no ame wa
anata o aishiteiru
akashi da to ima, kizuita
Striking my heart, this
reminiscent rain is
the proof that I
loved you, I realize now
Ano hi kara kono kizu o iyasu tame
ikutsumo no koi o shitekita no darou
mune no itami o tsukurou you ni
kizukanu soburi de
jibun o itsumo gomakashiteita
From that day, to sooth this wound
I went through many loves
As if mending the pain in my heart
I never noticed my behaviour
I was deceiving myself
Ano hi sayonara o
saigo ni ienakatta
anata no mune no sakebi
kikoeteta no ni...
That day, we weren't able
to say good-bye in the end
even though I heard
you shouting it in your heart...
Omoidasu tabi
tsuioku no ame wa
imada ni furi yamanai
eien ni furi yamanai
Each time I remember
the reminiscent rain
even now won't stop falling
eternally won't stop falling
Kono hoshi ni nokosareta hitotachi wa
ima wa naki anata to tomo ni ikiyou
On this earth, the people left behind
even though you are gone, will live on with you (3)
Notes;
1) Where he sings 'ato' is the kanji for 'konseki' which both mean 'trace/evidence'
2) Where he sings 'kage' (shadow) is the kanji for 'zanzou' (afterimage)
3) By 'gone' he means that the 'you' in the song has died.