MOTHER
SEAMO Lyrics

Hi Mother,
Greeting to the mother.

拝啓、元気にしてますか?
How are you doing?

最近連絡しなくてごめん
Sorry for not keeping in touch recently.

僕はなんとかやってます...
I'm managing to get by somehow.

小さな体に小さな手
Small body with small hands.

白髪も混じり 丸くなって
Mixed with white hair and becoming round.

しかし僕には 何よりも大きくて
But to me, it's bigger than anything.

誰よりも強くて
Stronger than anyone else.

支えてくれたこの愛
This love that has supported me.

だから子供にも伝えたい
So I want to pass it on to my children.

近くにいると苛立つくせに
Even though I get annoyed when you're close by.

遠くにいると寂しく感じ
I feel lonely when you're far away.

あなたはそんな存在
You are such a presence.

どんな問題も 身を削って解決する
You solve any problem at the cost of your own well-being.

そして僕の知ってる誰よりも
And more than anyone I know,

1番我慢強くタフです
You are the most patient and tough.

いつも真っ先に気にする
You always care about it first and foremost.

自分じゃなく僕の体で
Not for yourself but for my body.

炊事洗濯 掃除に育児
Cooking, laundry, cleaning, and child-rearing.

余った時間さらに仕事し
You work even more with your spare time.

1番低い場所にあるものしか
You only desire what's at the lowest place.

求めなかったの あなたよ
You didn't want anything more.

当たり前すぎわからなかった
I didn't know it was too obvious.

1人で暮らし初めてわかった
I understood it when I started living alone.

あなたの凄さ 大変さ
Your greatness and hardships.

それを思えば 今日も僕 頑張れるさ
If I think about it, I can do my best today too.

「明日 朝7時に起こして」と言って
I asked you to wake me up at 7am tomorrow.

あなた時間通りに起こしてくれて
You woke me up on time.

しかし 理不尽な僕は
But I, who am unreasonable,

寝ぼけながらに言う言葉は
The words I say while half asleep are

「うるせぇ!」
"Shut up!"

こんな繰り返しのルーティーン
This repetitive routine.

いやな顔ひとつせずに あなた 毎日
You face it every day without making a fuss.

起こしてくれた
Waking me up.

どんな目覚ましより温かく
Warmer than any alarm clock.

正確だった
You were accurate.

それでもある日 学校をズル休み
But one day I played truant from school.

「行きたくない」と言い
I said, "I don't want to go."

布団から一度も出ぬ僕前に
In front of me who never got out of bed.

顔を両手で覆い隠し
You covered your face with both hands.

大声あげて泣いた
You cried out loud.

僕も悲しくて泣いた
I cried too because I was sad.

その時僕は
At that time, I

「なんて馬鹿な事をしたんだ」と
Thought "What a stupid thing I did."

自分責めた
Self-blamed.

感謝してます My Mother
Thank you, my mother.

子供に先立たれる程 辛い事なんて
There is nothing harder than losing a child.

この世にないのだから
Because it doesn't exist in this world.

たった1秒でも
Even just for a second.

あなたより長く生きること
Living longer than you.

これだけは守る これだけは...
This is the only thing I want to protect.

あなたの子供でよかった
I'm glad I'm your child.

あなたが僕の母でよかった
I'm glad you're my mother.

いつまでも変わらない
I will never change.

ずっとずっと変わらない
I will never change forever and ever.

僕はあなたの生き写しだから...
Because I'm just like you in every way.

ずっと僕の母でいて
Please be my mother forever.

ずっと元気でいて
Please be healthy forever.

あなたにはまだ仕事があるから
Because you still have work to do.

僕の親孝行受け取る仕事が...
So that I can show my filial piety by receiving your work.