[D=OUT ダウト] 中距離恋愛

ガタンゴトン小田急電車(おだきゅうでんしゃ)　窓辺(まどべ)は箱根岬(はこねみさき)
しばしお待(ま)ちを愛(いと)しき人(ひと)

カランコロン待(ま)ち合(あ)わせは華(はな)やぐハチ(はち)公前(こうまえ)
あなたと出(で)かけませう

飛(と)んで行(い)こう東京(とうきょう)タワ(たわ)ー
わたし始(はじ)めてみました「中距離恋愛(ちゅうきょりれんあい)」

うれしたのし東京小町(とうきょうこまち)
全(すべ)て輝(かがや)いて見(み)えた
惚(ほ)れて腫(は)れて恋(こい)に溺(おぼ)れて
踊(おど)る心(こころ)　浮(う)かれ足(あし)

優(やさ)しさ上手(じょうず)と騙(だま)され上手(じょうず)

バタンゴロン()眠(ねむ)る前(まえ)にこれだけ決(き)めませんか
明日(あした)は何(なに)をしませう

そうだインドア(いんどあ)でいよう
なにかと都合(つごう)いいのね「中距離恋愛(ちゅうきょりれんあい)」

うれしたのし東京小町(とうきょうこまち)
全(すべ)て輝(かがや)いて見(み)えた
惚(ほ)れて腫(は)れて恋(こい)に溺(おぼ)れて
踊(おど)る心(こころ)　浮(う)かれ足(あし)

優(やさ)しさ上手(じょうず)と騙(だま)され上手(じょうず)

絶(た)えず渋滞(じゅうたい)のやさぐれ明治通(めいじどお)りは
わたしを引(ひ)き止(と)めてくれる

どうか…どうか…聞(き)いて下(くだ)さい
あなたの傍(そば)にいたいの
都会暮(とかいぐ)らしは不安(ふあん)ですが
故郷(ふるさと)捨(す)てていいですか

なれずじまい東京小町(とうきょうこまち)
冬(ふゆ)と春(はる)の境目(さかいめ)ね
何度(なんど)あなたに会(あ)いに来(く)れば…
こぼす涙(なみだ)　みだれ髪(がみ)

近(ちか)そうで…遠(とお)すぎた…東京(とうきょう)

English Translation

Click-clacking Odayaku train window overlooks Hakone

Wait a while for me, my beloved

Karakoron our rendezvous point in front of the faithful Hachiko

I’m going out with you

Let’s fly to Tokyo Tower

The first time I’ve tried a “mid-distance romance”

Happy and fun little Tokyo town

Everything looks like its shining

Charmed, swelled and drowned in love

My heart is dancing and my legs can’t keep still

Good at being kind and good at being cheated

Won’t you decide this before you collapse into sleep?

What are we going to do tomorrow?

Ah that’s right, we decided to stay indoors, right?

It seems like a good “mid-distance romance”

Happy and fun little Tokyo town

Everything looks like its shining

Charmed, swelled and drowned in love

My heart is dancing and my legs can’t keep still

Good at being kind and good at being cheated

The constantly congested Meiji Street

 Holds me back

Please…please…hear me out

I want to be by your side

Urban life is full of anxiety but

Is it okay to abandon my home?

Little Tokyo Town that I can’t get used to

Bordering on winter and spring

No matter how many times if I can come and see you again…

I spill tears and have dishevelled hair

Seemingly close…but yet so far…Tokyo

 [Notes]

•        Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (小田急電鉄株式会社) is a major railway company based in Tokyo

•        Hakone (箱根) is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, less than 100 kilometers from Tokyo. Famous for hot springs, natural beauty and the view of nearby Mt. Fuji

•        Karakoron, the sound of a bustling city moving over cobblestone paved roads

•        Hachiko gate at Shibuya Station, named after the famous story of the dog named Hachiko