六月は雨上がりの街を書く [Rokugatsu wa Ameagari no Machi wo Kaku] [English translation]

The town reflected in the window is ultramarine

The early-summer rain flows down the storm drain

I stared at it in a daze

The raindrops fall one by one, fall

The shape of my heart is a rectangle

On the surface of these lyrics

Which live solely on this piece of paper —

Upon that sediment, you’re there

It’s worthless

It’s absurd

I want to see something completely reasonless

The smell of the dense rain

Is surely a loss that I’ll only forget

Move your lips

Scrape your fingers

Sew it up with your words

Please, wait for me in that town

Streetlights that dance to the sound of the rain

The street corner before the sunset

A parade comprised of a sole person’s footsteps

The hazy blue of a cloud that beholds summer

My life right now is i^2

Subtract you and it’s less than zero

Can’t see you outside of my memories

After the rain in June

Dashing off your smiling face

I gorged out my heart

Didn’t I understand the incomprehensible?

The smell of the dense rain is a loss that I’ll only forget

Reading the letters that only I wrote

I want to see that face of yours

I’m writing about that summer

My life is full of inconsequential things

Dealing with them all is too troublesome

Putting them to words is just a bother too

Ultimately, were you all I had?

It’s worthless

It’s absurd

I know it was illogical

The smell of the dense rain

I’m writing about a town where it always rains

Move my heart

Burn my chest

Sew it up as it is

Please, wait for me in that town