Translation of the song 9月の蝉しぐれ artist Yumi Matsutōya

Japanese

9月の蝉しぐれ

English translation

The cicada chorus of September

ありがとうと云える日

The day I could say thank you

来ることなんてないと思っていた

I though it would never come

どうして　どこから

Why? From where

この電話をくれたの

You called me?

ゆずれなかった恋に

For a love that I couldn't give up

卑怯に見えたあなたの沈黙が

Your silence was seen cowardly

どうして　今では優しさに思える

Why now I can think of tenderness?

おしえて　大人になるっていうのは

Tell me what is to grow

もう　平気になる心

My heart is calm now

死にたい程傷ついても

Even if I'm hurting so much that I want to die

なつかしいこと

You're a nostalgic someone

学校の坂道の下のバス停

At the bus stop under the hill road of the school

まだ夏服着てた

I was still wearing summer clothes

いっしょに帰った9月の蝉しぐれ

I returned with the cicada chorus of September

哀しい　なきやんでしまわないで

Without stop crying sadly

ああ　一途な面影よ

Ah, I put a serious face

深みどりがまたひと刷毛

Though it's dark green, my brush

薄れるみたい

Seems to fade its color