Translation of the song 白い一日 artist Yōsui Inoue

まっ白な陶磁器を

A snow white porcelain ware

ながめては　飽きもせず

I keep watching it and never get bored

かといって　触れもせず

And yet I never touch it

そんなふうに　君のまわりで

That’s the way my day goes by

僕の一日が　過ぎてゆく

Around you

目の前の　紙くずは

I see a wrinkled paper before my eyes

古くさい手紙だし

It’s just an old letter

自分でも　おかしいし

Somehow it makes me laugh

破りすてて　寝ころがれば

I tear it up, lying on my back

僕の一日が　過ぎてゆく

And my day goes by

ある日　踏切りの向こうに　君がいて

One day, you stand on the other side of a crossing

通り過ぎる　汽車を待つ

Waiting for a train to pass through

遮断機が上り　ふり向いた君は

Crossing bar swings up, you turn around

もう大人の顔を　してるだろう

And you already have an adult face

この腕をさしのべて

Reaching out my hands

その肩を　抱きしめて

Holding tight your shoulders

ありふれた　幸せに

I wish I could bring us

もちこめれば　いいのだけれど

Into an ordinary happiness

今日も一日が　過ぎてゆく

But today again, my day goes by