Lyrics (romanji/english)
Ii Hi Tabidachi Nishi e / Departure On A Fine Day, For the Westharuka na shimanami
sabiiro no nagi no umi
sepia no kumo wa nagarete doko e yuku
kagee no kitsune o oikaketa ano koro no
yume o ima mo futo koro ni nishi e yuku
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi futatabi no kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
hotaru no hikari wa tooi hi no okuribi ka
chiisaku mieru keshiki wa kagerou ka
deai mo wakare mo yuugure ni azuketara
jibun no kage o sagashi ni nishi e yuku
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi asayake no kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi
akogare wa kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
sabiiro no nagi no umi
sepia no kumo wa nagarete doko e yuku
kagee no kitsune o oikaketa ano koro no
yume o ima mo futo koro ni nishi e yuku
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi futatabi no kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
hotaru no hikari wa tooi hi no okuribi ka
chiisaku mieru keshiki wa kagerou ka
deai mo wakare mo yuugure ni azuketara
jibun no kage o sagashi ni nishi e yuku
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi asayake no kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
aa nihon no dokoka ni
watashi o matteru hito ga iru
ii hi tabidachi
akogare wa kaze no naka
ima mo kikoeru ano hi no uta o michidzure ni
Faraway island waves
Rust-colored ocean calm
Sepia clouds flow past – where could they be going?
I chased after a shadow-picture fox; my dreams from those days
inside my breast even now – going to the west
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day, inside the wind once more
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me
Is the fireflies’ light the bonfire from those faraway days?
And the scenery faintly seen a heat haze shimmering?
When I give up both meetings and partings to the twilight
I’ll go search for my own shadow – going to the west
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day, inside the wind’s morning colors
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day
My yearning is inside the wind
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me
Rust-colored ocean calm
Sepia clouds flow past – where could they be going?
I chased after a shadow-picture fox; my dreams from those days
inside my breast even now – going to the west
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day, inside the wind once more
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me
Is the fireflies’ light the bonfire from those faraway days?
And the scenery faintly seen a heat haze shimmering?
When I give up both meetings and partings to the twilight
I’ll go search for my own shadow – going to the west
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day, inside the wind’s morning colors
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me
Oh, where in Japan
is the person waiting for me?
Departure on a fine day
My yearning is inside the wind
I can hear them even now, the songs of those days traveling beside me