Rain at Three in the Afternoon (Gogo Sanji no Ame)

Lyrics: ISSAY

Music: Mari Fukuhara

Japanese

 

やさしい雨の午後三時
濡れる鋪道をたたく音
子守唄のリズム
傘をさした人影
まるでサイレントフィルム達
モノクロのノイズ

こんな日には誰もかすんで見える
雨がどんな罪も洗い流すさ

赤いレンガ    雨粒
遠く聞こえた冬の日々
さよならのコトバ
にじむ街のざわめき
ゆれる心はメトロノーム
唄うガードレール

こんな日には誰もゆっくり歩く
雨がどんな歌も聴いてくれるさ

…雨が君の涙を隠してくれるといいね…

Romaji

By: Yoshiyuki

Yasashii ame no gogo sanji
Nureru hodou wo tataku oto
komori uta no rizumu
Kasa wo sashita hitokage
Marude sairento firumu tachi
Monokuro no noizu

Konna hi ni wa dare mo kasunde mieru
Ame ga donna tsumi mo arai nagasu sa

Akai renga    Amatsubu
Tooku kikoeta fuyu no hibi
Sayonara no kotoba
Nijimu machi no zawameki
Yureru kokoro wa metoronoomu
Utau gaado reeru

Konna hi ni wa dare mo yukkuri aruku
Ame ga donna uta mo kiite kureru sa

… Ame ga kimi no namida wo kakushite kureru to ii ne…

English

By: Yoshiyuki

A gentle rain falls at three in the afternoon
Hitting the drenched pavement with the rhythm of a lullaby
A silhouette under an umbrella
Like the character of a silent film amidst black and white noise

Everyone looks like a blur on such days
Because the rain washes away all sins

Red bricks and raindrops
Heard from afar,
bidding farewell to winter days
The buzz of the blotted city
The wavering heart a metronome, a singing guard rail

Everyone strolls slow on such days
Because the rain listens to all their songs

… Wouldn’t it be nice if the rain would hide your tears…