1.Holding a single navel orange in my hand
2.I boarded the train to your town
3.Spring has a way of bringing back memories
4.Its bittersweet scent pulling me along5.
6.Outside the window, not a cloud in the sky
7.And my feelings fast-forward in time8.
9.If I see you again, what could I possibly say?
10.That season, lined up in the supermarket…11.
12.Cradling the navel orange in both hands
13.I finally realize the sweetness of love
14.You once said it was your favorite—
15.But where did our citrus-colored youth disappear to?16.
17.Bringing the navel orange close to my cheek
18.I feel an urge to kiss its freshness19.
20.Tossing it up like a ball
21.I take hold of my present reality22.
23.And as I step out of the ticket gate at a station I’ve never been to
24.What kind of story will it show me?25.
26.Why am I gripping this navel orange so tightly?
27.Why did I come to a town I don’t even know?
28.Drawn in by its fragrance
29.If somewhere, somehow, you noticed too, let’s talk about those days once more30.
31.Inside this slightly thick peel
32.The you I once treasured still lingers, ah…33.
34.Cradling the navel orange in both hands
35.I finally realize the sweetness of love
36.You once said it was your favorite—
37.But where did our citrus-colored youth disappear to?38.
39.Such a sentimental memory…
40.Of course, I know we won’t meet
41.Ah, but still, that’s okay42.
43.I only wanted to catch a glimpse
44.Of the town I heard you lived in
45.Unrequited love—navel orange
Translated by:
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