街灯

Kanji:

街灯

ピンクのビニール傘で顔を隠しながら二人で歩いた街

ただ君の肩が濡れない様に…

ソコの椅子にはまだ少し暖かい君がいる

触れてはみたいが泣いてもみたい

飲みかけの牛乳がやけに寂しいテーブルの上

ふかした煙草の吸い殻の数だけ愛しています

電信柱の街灯の下

置き去りにした  ずぶ濡れの傘を拾いにいこう

さえない日々の
さえない空に
さえない男の独り言

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English: Note: Again, I rewrote most of the lines from the book’s original English translation, just to make it sound more elegant to native English speakers. I left the last three lines’ adjective translated as “depressed,” even though the meaning is closer to “dull” or “dim,” because I did not want to give the impression that the speaker is mentally deficient. He isn’t, he’s just, well, depressed.
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Street lamp

We walked together, hiding our faces behind the pink plastic umbrella,

Just to keep your shoulders from getting wet…

You are sitting in that chair, still slightly warm,

I want to touch you, but I also want to cry.

A partially-consumed milk is on top of the lonely table.

I love you only as much as the number of cigarette butts I’ve smoked.

Under a street lamp’s light,

Abandoned. Let’s go pick up the dripping wet umbrella.

The depressed days spoken of
Under the depressed sky
as the depressed man talks to himself.