Kanji

貴方は　もう忘れたかしら
赤いてぬぐい マフラーにして
二人で行った 横丁の風呂屋
一緒に出ようねって 言ったのに

いつも私が待たされた
洗い髪が芯まで冷えて
小さな石鹸 カタカタ鳴った
貴方は私の　からだを抱いて
冷たいねって 言ったのよ

若かったあの頃　何も恐くなかった
ただ貴方のやさしさが 恐かった

貴方はもう捨てたのかしら
二十四色のクレパス買って
貴方が描いた 私の似顔絵
うまく描いてねって 言ったのに

いつもちっとも 似てないの
窓の下には神田川
三畳一間の小さな下宿
貴方は私の指先見つめ
悲しいかいって きいたのよ

若かったあの頃　何も恐くなかった
ただ貴方のやさしさが 恐かった

Romaji

Anata wa mou wasureta kashira
Akai tenugui mafuraa ni shite
Futari de itta yokochou no furoya
Issho ni deyou ne tte itta no ni

Itsumo watashi ga matasareta
Araigami ga shin made hiete
Chiisana sekken katakata natta
Anata wa watashi no karada wo daite
Tsumetai ne tte itta no yo

Wakakatta ano koro nanimo kowakunakatta
Tada anata no yasashisa ga kowakatta

Anata wa mou suteta no kashira
Nijuuyo iro no kurepasu katte
Anata ga kaita watashi no nigaoe
Umaku kaite nette itta no ni

Itsumo chittomo nitenai no
Mado no shita ni wa kandagawa
Sanjou hitoma no chiisana geshuku
Anata wa watashi no yubisaki mitsume
Kanashii kai tte kiita no yo

Wakakatta ano koro nanimo kowakunakatta
Tada anata no yasashisa ga kowakatta

Translation

Maybe you've already forgotten
How we went to the public bath down the lane
With our red hand towels as mufflers
You said, "Let's go together"

But you always made me wait
My damp hair was frozen down to the roots
I rattled the small soap
You held me
And said, "You're cold"

When we were young, I wasn't afraid of anything
Only your tenderness made me afraid

Maybe you've already thrown away
The drawing of me you made
With the twenty-four-color set of pastel crayons you bought
"Make it good," I said

But it didn't look like me at all
I can see the Kanda River from out the window
Of my three-tatami room at the boarding house
You looked at my fingertips
And asked, "Are you sad?"

When we were young, I wasn't afraid of anything
Only your tenderness made me afraid