"Hikoukigumo" was the title track of Yumi Arai-Matsutoya's debut album in 1973

Momoka sang it in the first "Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura"
episode in 2014

Mus/Lyr: Yumi Arai (荒井由実)

TV version:

Kanji

白い坂道が 空まで続いていた
ゆらゆらかげろうが あの子を包む
誰も気づかず ただひとり
あの子は 昇っていく
何もおそれない そして舞い上がる

空に 憧れて 空を かけてゆく
あの子の命は ひこうき雲

空に 憧れて 空を かけてゆく
あの子の命は ひこうき雲

高いあの窓で あの子は死ぬ前も
空を見ていたの 今はわからない
ほかの人には わからない
あまりにも 若すぎたと
ただ思うだけ けれどしあわせ

空に 憧れて 空を かけてゆく
あの子の命は ひこうき雲

空に 憧れて 空を かけてゆく
あの子の命は ひこうき雲

Romaji

shiroi sakamichi ga sora made tsudzuiteita
yurayura kagerou ga ano ko wo tsutsumu
daremo kidzukazu tada hitori
ano ko wa nobotteiku
nanimo osorenai soshite maiagaru

sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete yuku
ano ko no inochi wa hikoukigumo

sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete yuku
ano ko no inochi wa hikoukigumo

takai ano mado de ano ko wa shinu mae mo
sora wo miteita no ima wa wakaranai
hoka no hito ni wa wakaranai
amari ni mo wakasugita to
tada omou dake keredo shiawase

sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete yuku
ano ko no inochi wa hikoukigumo

sora ni akogarete sora wo kakete yuku
ano ko no inochi wa hikoukigumo

Translation

The white sloping road was reaching for the sky
The flickering heat haze enfolds the child
Without anyone noticing, all alone
the child keeps ascending
It fears nothing, then soars

Yearning for the sky, winging through the sky
The child's life is like a vapor trail

Yearning for the sky, winging through the sky
The child's life is like a vapor trail

Now no one knows that from that high window,
Even before it died, the child was watching the sky
No one else will ever know
Merely that it was far too young
is all they think..But it is happy

Yearning for the sky, winging through the sky
The child's life is like a vapor trail

Yearning for the sky, winging through the sky
The child's life is like a vapor trail