Tori no Uta:

kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta

mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute

ano hi kara kawarazu

itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto

kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu

    We watched the plane depart, its vapor trial fading behind.

    I ran away because it was dazzling. I was always weak

    and the fact that I was forever changing ever since that day

    left me frustrated and I removed my finger.

ano tori wa mada umaku tobenai kedo

itsuka wa kaze wo kitte shiru

todokanai basho ga mada tooku ni aru

negai dake himete mitsumeteru

    That bird can't fly well yet,

    but it will know some day when it feels the wind,

    that there is a place it can't reach off in the distance.

    It is just looking at it having a wish inside now.

kodomotachi wa natsu no senro aruku

fuku kaze ni suashi wo sarashite

tooku ni wa osanakatta hibi wo

ryoute ni wa tobidatsu kibou wo

    The children walk on the railway in summer,

    exposing their bare feet to the blowing wind,

    So far away are my childhood days,

    In my hands are wishes about to fly.

kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete

kono oka wo koeta ano hi kara kawarazu itsumademo

massugu ni bokutachi wa aru youni

watatsumi no youna tsuyosa wo mamoreru yo kitto    

    We watched the plane depart, 

    we kept chasing and chasing after it.

    Since that day when we crossed over this hill, 

    in order to make us straight, we will have always kept

    the strength like the god of the sea, certainly.

ano sora wo mawaru fuusha no hanetachi wa

itsumademo onaji yume miru

todokanai basho wo zutto mitsumeteru

negai wo himeta tori no yume wo

    The blades of the wind mill going round in the sky,

    have the same dream forever.

    A dream of a bird looking at the place 

    it can't reach and having a wish inside.

furikaeru yaketa senro oou

nyuudougumo katachi wo kaetemo

bokura wa oboete ite douka

kisetsu ga nokoshita kinou wo 

    Looking back, it is the thunder cloud 

    covering the burned railway.

    Even if it change shape, 

    may we always remember them- 

    the yesterdays left behind from that season

kieru hikoukigumo oikakete oikakete

hayasugiru aizu futari waraidashiteru itsumademo

massugu ni manazashi wa aru youni

ase ga nijindemo te wo hanasanai yo zutto

    We watched the plane depart, 

    we kept chasing and chasing after it.

    It was an early sign. We two began to smile. 

    In order to look at you straight, 

    I won't release your hand even if I sweat, forever.

kieru hikoukigumo bokutachi wa miokutta

mabushikute nigeta itsudatte yowakute

ano hi kara kawarazu

itsumademo kawarazu ni irarenakatta koto

kuyashikute yubi wo hanasu 

 Egy kis érdekesség, a dalszöveg japán írásjelekkel:

消える飛行機雲　僕たちは見送った

眩しくて逃げた　いつだって弱くて

あの日から変わらず

いつまでも変わらずにいられなかったこと

悔しくて指を離す

あの鳥はまだうまく飛べないけど

いつかは風を切って知る

届かない場所がまだ遠くにある

願いだけ秘めて見つめてる

子供たちは夏の線路　歩く

吹く風に素足をさらして

遠くには幼かった日々を

両手には飛び立つ希望を

消える飛行機雲　追いかけて追いかけて

この丘を越えたあの日から変わらずいつまでも

真っ直ぐに僕たちはあるように

海神のような強さを守れるよ　きっと

あの空を回る風車の羽根たちは

いつまでも同じ夢見る

届かない場所をずっと見つめてる

願いを秘めた鳥の夢を

振り返る灼けた線路　覆う

入道雲　形を変えても

僕らは覚えていて　どうか

季節が残した昨日を

消える飛行機雲　追いかけて追いかけて

早すぎる合図　ふたり笑い出してるいつまでも

真っ直ぐに眼差しはあるように

汗が滲んでも手を離さないよ　ずっと

消える飛行機雲　僕たちは見送った

眩しくて逃げた　いつだって弱くて

あの日から変わらず

いつまでも変わらずにいられなかったこと

悔しくて指を離す