Yononaka wa (Shin Chokusen Wakashu / Hyakunin Isshu No.93) Garu JP
The smell of fried eggs, slightly burnt
The weather forecast on TV
The door closing on an "I'm off!"
A morning just like always
This repetition — I wonder why
It feels so unbearably dear
O world, stay as you are forever
If I truly wish these days to last
Then every bit of this ordinary today
I'll live with tender care
These ordinary days are treasure
Carrying a grocery bag home
Down a road washed in sunset
A voice calls out "welcome home"
And that alone is enough
All the things I once called ordinary
Every one of them was a miracle
O world, stay as you are forever
The sunset, the "welcome home" — I'll keep them all
Within these unremarkable days
Happiness is hiding
I'll keep growing these ordinary days
The one who watched a small boat from the shore
Entrusted the same prayer to the waves
He was a man who never knew tomorrow
So today shone brightest of all
O world, stay unchanged forever — along the shore
A fisherman's small boat, drawn by rope — how dear it is
O world, stay as you are forever
But I know that everything must change
So every bit of this ordinary today
I'll hold it close and live on
Thank you, my ordinary days
Along the shore, the fisherman's small boat...
How dear it is
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