Camouflage

迷彩

Meisai

        ねえ一層遠く知らない街に
        隠居して沈黙しませぬ(ん)こと？
        Nee issō tōku shiranai machi ni
        Inkyo shite chinmoku shimasen koto?
        Hey, shall we retire in silence
        To some distant, unknown town?
      こんな日々には厭(あ)きたのさ
 Konna hibi ni wa akita no sa
      I’m tired of this life
      ねえだうぞ(どうぞ)攫(さら)って行つて(いって)
 Nee dōzo saratte itte
      Here, please just take me away

      逃げ延びて水蜜桃(すいみつとう)に未練
 Nigenobite suimitsutō ni miren
      After my escape, I still long for the white peach
      砂みたいな意識と云ふ(ゆう)次元で
 Suna mitai na ishiki to yuu jigen de
      In this dimension of consciousness like sand
      逃げ延びた暑さよ何邊(いずこ)へ
 Nigenobita atsusa yo izuko e
      Where will the escaped heat
      揺れが生じ
 Yure ga shōji
      Give rise to tremors?

      其の儘(そのまま)
 Sono mama
      Just like that
      怠惰(たいだ)に委(ゆだ)ねた最後の青さ
 Taida ni yudaneta saigo no aosa
      The last shade of blue is left to idleness
      まう(もう)還らないと知つた(しった)温度も
 Mō kaeranai to shitta ondo mo
      Even the temperature that we know will never return
      超えられぬ夜(よ)の恐怖色
 Koerarenu yo no kyōfu iro
      Has the color of fear on an impassable night
        境界に澱(よど)む(ん)でゐ(い)た決心の甘さ
        たう(とう)に喪つた(うしなった)岸壁打つは
        Kyōkai ni yodondeita kesshin no amasa
        Tō ni ushinatta ganpeki utsu wa
        That which strikes the quay, having long left
        The indulgence of determination to become silt on the boundary
      引いてくれぬ後悔と濤(なみ)の色
 Hiite kurenu gokai to nami no iro
      Has the color of relentless regret and waves on the sea

      待ち侘びて凍る馨(か)は混凝土(コンクリイト)
 Machiwabite kōru ka wa konkurīto
      The smell of concrete eagerly awaits us
      砂みたいな意識と云ふ(ゆう)器官で
 Suna mitai na ishiki to yuu kikan de
      In this organ of consciousness like sand
      待ち侘びた寒さよ何邊(いずこ)へ
 Machiwabita samusa yo izuko e
      Where will the waiting chill
      揺れに動じ
 Yure ni dōji
      Be upset by tremors?

      此の儘(このまま)
 Kono mama
      Just like this
      愛情に模(も)した修正ペンの白さ
 Aijō ni moshita shūsei pen no shirosa
      The white of the corrective pen imitates affection
      現状を必死で繕つて(つくろって)は
 Genjō o hisshi de tsukurotte wa
      That which desperately preserves the status quo
      剥(は)いだ素肌に恐怖色
 Haida suhada ni kyōfu iro
      Has the color of fear on skin stripped bare
        傍観に徹してゐ(い)た感慨(かんがい)の淡(あわ)さ
        たう(とう)に喪つた(うしなった)雷雨仰(あお)ぐは
        Bōkan ni tesshiteita kangai no awasa
        Tō ni ushinatta raiu aogu wa
        That which looks up towards the thunderstorm, having long lost
        The faintness of deep emotion to a devotion to mere observation
      泣いてくれぬ殘忍の雲の色
 Naite kurenu zannin no kumo no iro
      Has the color of cold-hearted clouds that refuse to cry

      最後の青さ
 Saigo no aosa
      The last shade of blue
      まう(もう)還らないと知つた(しった)温度も
 Mō kaeranai to shitta ondo mo
      Even the temperature that we know will never return
      超えられぬ夜(よ)の恐怖色
 Koerarenu yo no kyōfu iro
      Has the color of fear on an impassable night
        境界に澱(よど)む(ん)でゐ(い)た決心の甘さ
        たう(とう)に喪つた(うしなった)岸壁打つは
        Kyōkai ni yodondeita kesshin no amasa
        Tō ni ushinatta ganpeki utsu wa
        That which strikes the quay, having long left
        The indulgence of determination to become silt on the boundary
      引いてくれぬ後悔と濤(なみ)の色
 Hiite kurenu gokai to nami no iro
      Has the color of relentless regret and waves on the sea