The Spiriting Away at Rainbow Apartments
One mid- summer afternoon, when even the cicadas were quiet, we talked in secret at our secret base.
Tonight was the fireworks display, so we chatted about where to watch them.
You told me about a scary rumor, about the...
Spiriting Away at Rainbow Remains...
Once you go in, you never come back. And it's the highest spot in town.
You won't try and spook me, will you?
Of course I wouldn't do that.
We pushed through the tall grass, and saw the haunted apartments...
The cicadas started wailing as we stepped toward the skyscraper.
Inside the quiet apartments, we headed for the door to the roof...
When suddenly - ah! - I was alone,
and though I called, you didn't reply
I'd been in a spiriting-away...
If this is a prank...
stop right now!
The broadcast towers roared in the dark hour,
the second, the third,
vanishing into the twilight
Wriggling darkness crept in,
bizarre and beckoning...
A pandemonium of spirits crawled out of the bushes,
this way and that way, specters everywhere...
Sweating and sobbing with fear,
I ran off in search of you...
Unable to see anything in the deep night, I traveled unending rooms and halls.
I found no trace of you, running in circles from the creeping darkness.
Monsters? I don't see how they could exist
Ghosts? I don't want to believe in them,
because if they're real, then... It's hopeless...
"Hopeless..." Huh? Why'd I say that, again?
You passed my tear-filled eyes,
running toward the other shore,
Though I'd finally found you, though I'd finally met you again...
Wait a sec! (I shout,)
but you don't hear my voice;
a desperate game of tag -
If this is a nightmare,
wake me up...
Ah, that's right... I remember now. The festival band, and the south breeze.
We did this same thing before, running around in the dark night.
There's no going back to that festival where you said goodbye.
The south breeze blew through the festival band.
When the launching fireworks glowed brightly -
I had wanted to forget about it...
But there was no way you could have...
Between this side and the other,
your spirit had been wandering...
Through the door, I arrived on the rooftop.
You waited for me there, against a perfect starry sky.
I'd remembered... everything. The tears came pouring out.
But you tenderly smiled. Just like you had then...
A rainbow of fireworks launched and glittered;
one, two, three, four, blooming one after another
As they sparkled and twinkled,
I held my palm with yours...
A brilliant light was left in my heart;
five, six, seven, dying us with radiance
In those tearful last moments,
I made a promise with you...
Don't disappear on me...
I'll always be by your side...
The pandemonium of spirits was sent back to my heart,
and I'll always hold them
tightly in my chest
As I shed a final tear,
I won't forget your smile...
The Spiriting Away at Rainbow Apartments