About this work
Unspoken affection is traced on a car window and covered by the first snow in a quiet winter scene. This English version is an editorial translation for access; the Japanese text remains available alongside it for comparison.
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日本語原文 Japanese original
静かな冬の夜
街灯の下 チラリ チラチラ チラリと舞う
降り積もる雪は初雪
寒さも シン シン シンシンと底冷え
言葉にできなくて
車の窓ガラスに「すき」の文字を書いてみたけれど
誰に届くの この想い
誰も知らない奈緒の気持ち
切なくて 切ないのよ
会いたくて 会えないのよ
声が聞きたいけれど 聞こえないわ
叶わぬ恋路、心は臆病にも震えている
でもこのままでいい このままで
全てを失うのが怖いから
この純白な真珠のよう初雪みたいに
神聖にそっとそっと降り積もるから
「すき」の文字も、やがて初雪に
埋もれ消えたけれど
奈緒はいまでも、彼方を・・・
お慕い申し上げます。
English translation 英訳
AI-assisted English translation. The Japanese original remains authoritative.
First Snow
Nao Takatori
2023.11.15
Quiet winter night
Street lamps' light flickers—
chirari, chirachira, chirari—
flutters
The falling snow is First Snow
Coldness—
shin, shin, shinshin—
chills to the core
Unable to put it into words
I wrote the word "love" on the car window glass
but to whom does this feeling reach?
Nao's feelings, no one knows
It's painful, so painful
I miss you, yet I can't meet you
I want to hear your voice, yet I can't hear it
This unrequited love, my heart trembles with cowardice
But I'm fine like this
I'm fine like this
Because I'm afraid of losing everything
Like First Snow, this pure white pearl
it falls sacred, softly, softly
The word "love" too, eventually
is buried and fades into First Snow
Nao still looks to the distant place...
I humbly express my admiration.
Original wording, author credits, notes and source materials are preserved there.