Translation of the song 学生時代 artist Chieko Baishō

１．つたのからまるチャペルで　祈りを捧げた日

I remember those days full of dreams

　　夢多かりしあのころの　思い出をたどれば

When I prayed in a church entwined with ivy

　　なつかしい友の顔が　ひとりひとり浮かぶ

Faces of my old friends come back to my mind one after another

　　重いカバンを抱えて通ったあの道

And the road I used to walk with my heavy bag

　　秋の日の図書館の　ノートとインクのにおい

And the smell of notebooks and inks in the library in autumn days

　　枯葉の散る窓辺　学生時代

The dead leaves flitting outside the window, my student years

２．賛美歌をうたいながら　清い死を夢みた

I sang hymns, dreaming a pure unsoiled death

　　何のよそおいもせずに　口数も少なく

I didn't dress up, I didn't talk much

　　胸の中に秘めていた　恋へのあこがれは

The longing for love hidden in my heart

　　いつもはかなくやぶれて一人書いた日記

Always ended in sadness and I buried it in my diary

　　本棚に目をやれば　あのころ読んだ小説

On the bookshelf are the novels I read at that time

　　過ぎし日よわたしの　学生時代

Those old sweet days, my student years

３．ローソクの灯に輝く　十字架をみつめて

Gazing at a cross lit up by the flame of a candle

　　白い指をくみながら　うつむいていた友

My friend was sitting,

　　その美しい横顔　姉のように慕い

With her head down, her white fingers locked

　　いつまでも変らずにと　願った幸せ

I adored her beautiful face like my sister

　　テニスコート　キャンプファイヤー

And wished that the happy moment would last for ever.

　　なつかしい日々は帰らず

Tennis court and camp fire

　　すばらしいあのころ　学生時代

Those old days will never come back