Family Song – Gen Hoshino with FULL lyric and english translation

Original lyric (Japanese lyric)

English translation

目めが覚さめて涎よだれを拭ふいたら
Megasamete yodare o fuitara

窓辺まどべに光ひかりが微微ほんでた
Madobe ni hikari ga hohoen deta

空そらの青あお　踊おどる緑みどりの葉は
Sora no ao odoru midori no ha

畳畳ただタオルの痕あと
Tatanda taoru no ato

救急きゅうきゅう車しゃのサイレンが
Kyūkyūsha no sairen ga

胸むねの糸いとを締しめるから
Mune no ito o shimerukara

夕方ゆうがたのメロディに
Yūgata no merodi ni

想おもい乗のせて届とどけてくれないか
Omoi nosete todokete kurenai ka

ただ　幸しあわせが
Tada shiawase ga

一いち日にちでも多多お
Tsuitachi demo ōku

側がわにありますように
Soba ni arimasu yō ni

悲かなしみは
Kanashimi wa

次つぎのあなたへの
Tsugi no anata e no

橋はしになりますように
Hashi ni narimasu yō ni

遠とおい場所ばしょも繋つながっているよ
Tōi basho mo tsunagatte iru yo

出で会あいに意味いみなどないけれど
Deai ni imi nado naikeredo

血ちの色いろ　形かたちも違ちがうけれど
Chi no iro katachi mo chigaukeredo

いつまでも側がわにいることが
Itsu made mo soba ni iru koto ga

できたらいいだろうな
Dekitara īdarou na

遠とおきビルに日ひが跳はねて
Tōki biru ni Ni~Tsu ga hanete

帰かえりを照てらすように
Kaerimichi o terasu yō ni

街頭がいとうのメロディに
Gaitō no merodi ni

祈いのり乗のせて届とどけてくれないか
Inori nosete todokete kurenai ka

ただ　幸しあわせが
Tada shiawase ga

一いち日にちでも多多お
Tsuitachi demo ōku

側がわにありますように
Soba ni arimasu yō ni

悲かなしみは
Kanashimi wa

次つぎのあなたへの
Tsugi no anata e no

架かけになるように
Kakehashi ni naru yō ni

あなたは　何処どこでも行いける
Anata wa doko demo ikeru

あなたは　何なににでもなれる
Anata wa nani ni demo nareru

ただ　幸しあわせが
Tada shiawase ga

一いち日にちでも多多お
Tsuitachi demo ōku

側がわにありますように
Soba ni arimasu yō ni

悲かなしみは
Kanashimi wa

次つぎのあなたへの
Tsugi no anata e no

橋はしになりますように
Hashi ni narimasu yō ni

微微ほみが
Hohoemi ga

一いち日にちでも多多お
Tsuitachi demo ōku

側がわにありますように
Soba ni arimasu yō ni

涙なみだの味あじは
Namida no aji wa

次つぎのあなたへの
Tsugi no anata e no

橋はしになりますように
Hashi ni narimasu yō ni

遠とおい場所ばしょも繋つながっているよ
Tōi basho mo tsunagatte iru yo

As I wake from my slumber and wipe off the drool

The light was smiling by the window side

The verdant leaves that danced in the clear blue sky

Just like signs of folded towels

I feel my chest constricting

On hearing the siren of a (passing) ambulance

Would that these wishes be carried (to the one I pray for)

As on tunes at eventide:

(My prayer) that just for yet another day

May happiness be

Abundantly surrounding you

And that any sadness and grief

Turn out to just be bridges

To the next and better you

May this prayer reach you no matter how far you are

Some encounters may not particularly mean anything

And while we may not be actually be related (by blood)

But I still pray and wish that we would always be

By each other’s side

May there be illumination to light your path home

Even if only by the sunlight’s glimmer reflecting from a distant building

Would that this prayer be transported

On the tunes humming from street lamps

(My prayer) that just for yet another day

May happiness be

Abundantly surrounding you

And that any sadness and grief

Turn out to be suspension bridges

To the next and better you

You can go wherever you want to go

You can become whatever you wish to be

(My prayer) that for even one more day

May happiness be

Abundantly surrounding you

And that any sadness and grief

Turn out to just be bridges

To the next and better you

May this prayer reach you no matter how far you are

For even one more day

May broad smiles

Accompany you always

And may any taste of bitter tears

Turn out to just be bridges

To the next and better you

May this prayer reach you no matter how far you are