異邦人 -foreigner-

OLYMPUS E-410 "Catch the Clouds"

子供たちが空に向かい　両手をひろげ
鳥や雲や夢までも　つかもうとしている
その姿は　昨日までの何も知らない私
あなたに　この指が届くと　信じてた
空と大地が　触れ合う彼方
過去からの旅人を　呼んでいる道
あなたにとって私　ただの通りすがり
ちょっと振り向いてみただけの異邦人


I was like a child until yesterday.

Because I hadn't known anything --- I'd believed that I could catch birds, clouds, my dream, and you.

The sky and the earth are holding each other on the horizen.

I could reach there by way of this road -- this journey.

Nobody knows me here.

I'm just a foreigner here.


Oh my goodness...it's really difficult to translate Japanese lyrics into English.
(It's not a complete translation. I gave up some expressions 'cause I couldn't describe the feeling of those words.)

異邦人(ihoujin) is a very famous folk song in Japan.
It's an old song played by Saki Kubota in 1979.

One of my favorite folk songs.