川の流れのように
秋元康作詞・見岳章作曲

知らず知らず　歩いてきた
細く長い　この道
振り返れば　遥か遠く
故郷（ふるさと）が見える
でこぼこ道や　曲がりくねった道
地図さえない　それもまた人生
ああ　川の流れのように　ゆるやかに
いくつも　時代は過ぎて
ああ　川の流れのように　とめどなく
空が黄昏（たそがれ）に　染まるだけ

生きることは　旅すること
終わりのない　この道
愛する人　そばに連れて
夢　探しながら
雨に降られて　ぬかるんだ道でも
いつかは　また　晴れる日が来るから
ああ　川の流れのように　おだやかに
この身を　まかせていたい
ああ　川の流れのように　移り行く
季節　雪どけを待ちながら

ああ　川の流れのように　おだやかに
この身を　まかせていたい
ああ　川の流れのように　いつまでも
青いせせらぎを　聞きながら

Like　a　Flowing　River
(Translated by Sadao Mazuka)

I've been walking along unconsciously
On this long and narrow road
As I looking back, so far away,
I feel as if I'm leaving my home.
This bumpy and winding road of the wasteland
With no destination, such is my own life.
Ah, like a flowing river peacefully
So much time has passed all too soon.
Ah, like a flowing river everlasting.
Only the sky turn gray in the twilight.

Living is a long, long traveling,
It is an endless and unknown road.
With my lover by my side
Searching my dreams
Even on a muddy road after the rain shower,
Someday soon, I know a fine day will come
Ah, like a flowing river so calmly
Floating myself in the time being
Ah, like a flowing river changeable
Waiting the melting of the snow

Ah, like a flowing river peacefully
Leaving myself to the water being
Ah, like a flowing river so eternally
Listening to the murmuring of the brook.(2009.3.16) 写真

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