ポストシェルター (Post Shelter)


Song title
"ポストシェルター" Romaji: Posuto Sherutaa Official English: Post Shelter
Original Upload Date
January 29, 2022
Singer
Tsurumaki Maki
Producer(s)
inabakumori (music, lyrics) Nukunuku Nigirimeshi (illustration)
Views
300,000+ (NN), 1,770,000+ (YT), 330,000+ (BB)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast / bilibili Broadcast
Description Composer’s 18th work.

Lyrics

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The following translation was made by Tackmyn Y., and may only be used in accordance with the restrictions stated on his blog.

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Japanese	Romaji	English
春が終わる頃に	haru ga owaru koro ni	At the end of spring,
迷い込んだ森の中で	mayoikonda mori no naka de	In the forest where I’ve gone astray,
赤いポストを目印にして	akai posuto o mejirushi ni shite	I use a red postbox there as a landmark.

夏が終わる頃に	natsu ga owaru koro ni	At the end of summer,
余白、隙間だらけの	yohaku, sukima darake no	The one who picks up my moist self
湿ったあたしを拾うのはあなた	shimetta atashi o hirou no wa anata	Who’s full of blanks and gaps is you.

なかなか読めない漢字は飛ばして	nakanaka yomenai kanji wa tobashite	I’d like you to skip over the words you’re unfamiliar with^[1]
雰囲気だけ読み取って欲しい	fun'iki dake yomitotte hoshii	And just vaguely read between the lines.
余分に切手を貼って	yobun ni kitte o hatte	I put more stamps than necessary
溢れちゃいそうな言葉を書き足せるように	afurechaisou na kotoba o kakitaseru you ni	So I’ll be able to add my words on the verge of overflowing—

にわか雨で濡れていた	niwakaame de nurete ita	A rain shower has wet the words,
読めないくらい滲んだ言葉	yomenai kurai nijinda kotoba	Rendering them blur to the point they’re all illegible.
ポストの中で雨宿りさせて欲しいの	posuto no naka de amayadori sasete hoshii no	Will you kindly let them in the postbox so they can take shelter from the rain?

にわか雨で濡れていた	niwakaame de nurete ita	I didn’t touch the address
宛先はそのまんまにして	atesaki wa sono manma ni shite	That was so wet due to the rain shower,
明日、明後日、	ashita, asatte,	And I wished what I had felt
声になっていますようにと願ったよ	koe ni natte imasu you ni to negatta yo	Would be spoken aloud tomorrow or the day after.

未体験、経験不足でも	mitaiken, keikenbusoku demo	Even though I’m unpracticed or inexperienced,
字を書いて渡さなきゃいけないね	ji o kaite watasanakya ikenai ne	I have to write a lot of letters and deliver them to you.
使いこなせてない言葉	tsukaikonasetenai kotoba	While some words aren’t used so effectively,
震える手を操ってくれと	furueru te o ayatsutte kure to	I wish someone to manipulate my trembling hand—

秋が終わる頃に	aki ga owaru koro ni	At the end of autumn,
迷い込んだ森の中の	mayoikonda mori no naka no	The old postbox in the forest
古いポストは満杯になって	furui posuto wa manpai ni natte	Where I went astray got filled up.

冬が終わる頃に	fuyu ga owaru koro ni	At the end of winter,
誰かに貰ったペンで	dareka ni moratta pen de	The one who caresses my moist self
湿ったあたしを撫でるのもあなた	shimetta atashi o naderu no mo anata	With that pen given by someone is you as well.

なかなか書けない漢字は諦めて	nakanaka kakenai kanji wa akiramete	I’d like you to give up trying to spell the words you can’t remember^[2]
誰かの字で乗り越えて欲しい	dareka no ji de norikoete hoshii	And just get it over with by using someone else’s letters.
余分に切手を貼って	yobun ni kitte o hatte	Please put more stamps than necessary
涸れちゃいそうな心でも読み返せるように	karechaisou na kokoro demo yomikaeseru you ni	So I’ll be able to reread what you wrote even with a heart on the verge of drying up—

にわか雨で濡れていた	niwakaame de nurete ita	A rain shower has wet the words,
読めないくらい滲んだ言葉	yomenai kurai nijinda kotoba	Rendering them blur to the point they’re all illegible.
ポストの中で雨宿りさせて欲しいの	posuto no naka de amayadori sasete hoshii no	Will you kindly let them in the postbox so they can take shelter from the rain?

にわか雨で濡れていた	niwakaame de nurete ita	I didn’t touch the address
宛先はそのまんまにして	atesaki wa sono manma ni shite	That was so wet due to the rain shower,
明日、明後日のための	ashita, asatte no tame no	And I will take your words with me
あなたの言葉を連れていく	anata no kotoba o tsurete iku	For the sake of tomorrow and the day after.

明日、明後日、	ashita, asatte,	I wished what I had felt
声になっていますようにと願ったよ	koe ni natte imasu you ni to negatta yo	Would be spoken aloud tomorrow or the day after.

English translation by Tackmyn Y.

Translation Notes

↑ Literal translation would be “(I’d like you to) skip over the kanji you can’t read.”
↑ Literal translation would be “(I’d like you to) give up trying to write the kanji you can’t write/remember.”

Discography

This song was featured on the following album:

ウェザーステーション (WEATHER STATION) (album)

External Links

Google Drive - Instrumental

Unofficial

[1] Literal translation would be “(I’d like you to) skip over the kanji you can’t read.”

[2] Literal translation would be “(I’d like you to) give up trying to write the kanji you can’t write/remember.”

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