I was surprised that there wasn't already a translation on the site for this song. Then I tried to translate it and realized it was a lot more difficult than I'd expected (not so much to understand it, but to render it in English in a way that doesn't sound stupid). That could just be me though.
Anyway, on to the translation! It is not a very good translation, and I'd like some help.
遠くで遠くで揺れてる稲穂の海
穂をあげ穂をあげ目指した思い出へと
僕らは今日までの悲しいこと全部覚えてるか 忘れたか
tooku de tooku de yurete'ru inaho no umi
ho o age ho o age mezashita omoide e to
bokura wa kyou made no kanashii koto zenbu oboete'ru ka wasureta ka
Far away, far away, the sea of rice plants wavers
Gathering the rice, gathering the rice, we aimed for the memory
Do we remember the sad things that have happened before today, or have we forgotten them?
小さな手にも いつからか 僕ら追い越してく強さ
熟れたブドウの下泣いてた日から歩いた
小さな手でも離れても 僕らはこの道行くんだ
いつか来る日は一番の思い出をしまって
chiisa na te ni mo itsu kara ka bokura oikoshite'ku tsuyosa
ureta BUDOU no shita naite'ta hi kara aruita
chiisa na te de mo hanarete mo bokura wa kono michi yuku n'da
itsuka kuru hi wa ichiban no omoide o shimatte
Even in this tiny hand, there could someday be strength surpassing our own
From the day I cried beneath the ripe grapes, I've walked
Even if my hand is small, even if we're separated, we'll walk this road
And on the day that will someday come, we will store away our best memories
季節は移り もう冷たい風が
包まれて眠れ あの春の歌の中で
kisetsu wa meguri mou tsumetai kaze ga
tsutsuarete nemure ano haru no uta no naka de
The seasons change; already the cold wind
Wraps around us and sleeps inside the song of that spring
小さな手にもいつからか 僕ら追い越してく強さ
濡れた頬にはどれだけの笑顔が映った
小さな手でも離れても僕らはこの道行くんだ
そして来る日は僕らも思い出をしまった
chiisa na te ni mo itsu kara ka bokura oikoshite'ku tsuyosa
nureta hoho ni wa dore dake no egao ga utsutta
chiisa na te de mo hanarete mo bokura wa kono michi yuku n'da
soshite kuru hi wa bokura mo omoide o shimatta
Even in this tiny hand, there could someday be strength surpassing our own
Those wet cheeks reflected a number of smiles
Even if my hand is small, even if we're separated, we'll walk this road
And on the new day we too stored away our memories
小さな手でもいつの日か僕ら追い越して行くんだ
やがて来る日は新しい季節を開いた
chiisa na te de mo itsu no hi ka bokura oikoshite yuku n'da
yagate kuru hi wa atarashii kisetsu o hiraita
Even this tiny hand will one day pass by us
And on the new day, a new season began
I'm kind of thrown by the past tense in the last lines of the last two stanzas -- you can't just stick "来る日" in the present tense and then put everything else in the past in English, but it's hard to put it in the past tense without sounding weird.
"小さな手でも離れても..." confuses me. Maybe I'm an idiot, maybe it's just late, but I'm not quite getting the syntax in that line. Same for "そして来る日は僕らも思い出をしまった" -- I just can't quite grasp how the sentence fits together.
Thanks in advance!
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