Ima wa Mukashi

**Ima wa Mukashi** (いまはむかし, Once Upon a Time) is a song released by Wasuta on the IDOL Street label on May 4th, 2016. The song appears as track #11 on their debut album The World Standard.

## Lyrics

**Hazuki Nanase Miri Ririka Ruka**

* Rōmaji
* Kanji
* English

Ojiichan wa monoshizuka

Ichiban hashikko no ISU ni koshi kakete

Totemo ureshisou shiwakucha na me de

Asonderu boku wo itsumo nagametemashita

Ichiban daikoubutsu mainichi no you ni

Zarusoba bakka tabeteta

Sukoshi fushigi deshita boku wa kiite mimashita

"Sonna ni tabetete akinai no?"

Ojiichan wa iimashita

"Kokoro kara suki na mono nara

Mainichi tabetemo akinai yo"

Ojiichan wa goji oki de

Rokuji no RAJIOtaisou de karada atatamete

Himago no kao ga mitai kara to

Mainichi harikitte undou shitemashita

Ichiban daikoubutsu oishisou ni shite

Zarusoba kyou mo tabeteta

Tomodachi to KENKA shite

Sono hi yatsuatari shita

Soshitara yasashiku hohoenda

Ojiichan wa iimashita

Itsumodoori no hyoujou de,

"Omoi wa iwanakya tsutawaranai"

Ojiichan wa aru hi kara

Takusan okusuri wo nomu you ni natte

Osanai boku wa sono riyuu ga nan nanoka

Anmari wakarimasen deshita

Ichiban daikoubutsu oishisou ni shite

Zarusoba kyou mo tabeteta

Ojiichan wa iimashita

Mata shiwakucha na me de

Boku ni hohoemi oshieta

Ikiru koto no utsukushisa wo jinsei no hakanasa wo, tada

Boku ni hohoemi oshieta

Sore kara sukoshi tatta koro

Mirumiru to ojiichan no nakagatta ashi wa

Juuyonsai ni naru boku yori hosoku natte

Hitori ja arukenaku narimashita

Ichiban daikoubutsu itsumo tabeteta

Zarusoba kyou wa tabezu ni

Zutto iyagatte ita byouin ni nyuuin shite

Ojiichan wa sotto tsubuyaita

"Hontou ni shiawasemono"

"Arigatou, arigatou" tte

Boku ni yasashiku hohoenda

Yoku hareta hirusagari

Ojiichan ni shiroi hane ga haete

Osora ni habataite ikimashita

Ojiichan wa damatta mama de

Dakedo yasashiku hohoende

Boku no tomaranai namida wo yasashiku nuitoru you ni

Mado kara kaze ga fukikonda

Mou ichido aeru no nara, gomen ne wo itte

Zarusoba issho ni tabeyou

Tsutaerarenakatta

"Arigatou, arigatou"

Boku wa osora wo miageta

Ikiru koto no utsukushisa ni, jinsei no hakanasa ni, tada

Boku wa sono toki kidzuita

Ima wa mukashi toki wa tachi

Dandan shiwakucha na me ni natte kita yo

Sonna boku wa aisuru hito ni

"Arigatou, arigatou"

Sou tsutaete imasu

おじいちゃんは物静か

いちばん端っこのイスに腰掛けて

とても嬉しそう　しわくちゃな目で

遊んでる僕を　いつも眺めてました

一番大好物　毎日のように

ざる蕎麦ばっか食べてた

少し不思議でした　ぼくは聞いてみました

「そんなに食べてて　飽きないの？」

おじいちゃんは言いました

「心から好きなものなら

毎日食べても　飽きないよ」

おじいちゃんは　5時起きで

6時のラジオ体操で体暖めて

曾孫の顔が見たいからと

毎日張り切って運動してました

一番大好物　美味しそうにして

ざる蕎麦今日も食べてた

ともだちとケンカして

その日八つ当たりした

そしたら優しく微笑んだ

おじいちゃんは言いました

いつも通りの表情で、

「想いは言わなきゃ伝わらない」

おじいちゃんは　ある日から

たくさんお薬を飲むようになって

幼い僕はその理由が何なのか

あんまりわかりませんでした

一番大好物　美味しそうにして

ざる蕎麦今日も食べてた

おじいちゃんは言いました

またしわくちゃな目で

ぼくに微笑み　教えた

生きる事の美しさを　人生の儚さを、ただ

ぼくに微笑み　教えた

それから少したった頃

みるみると　おじいちゃんの長かった足は

14才になる僕より　細くなって

一人じゃ歩けなくなりました

一番大好物　いつも食べてた

ざる蕎麦今日は食べずに

ずっと嫌がっていた病院に入院して

おじいちゃんはそっとつぶやいた

「本当に幸せ者だ」

「ありがとう、ありがとう」って

僕に優しく微笑んだ

よく晴れた昼下がり

おじいちゃんに　白い羽が生えて

お空にはばたいて行きました

おじいちゃんは黙ったままで

だけど優しく微笑んで

ぼくの止まらない泪を優しく拭いとるように

窓から　風が吹き込んだ

もう一度会えるのなら、ごめんねを言って

ざる蕎麦一緒に食べよう

伝えられなかった

「ありがとう、ありがとう」

ぼくは　お空を見上げた

生きる事の美しさに　人生の儚さに、ただ

ぼくは　その時気付いた

いまはむかし　時は経ち

だんだんしわくちゃな目になってきたよ

そんなぼくは　愛する人に

「ありがとう、ありがとう」

そう伝えています

Grandpa was quiet

sitting down at the very edge of a chair

with really happy and wrinkled eyes

he always gazed at me as I played

His favorite food, almost every day

He ate nothing but zaru soba

It was kinda mysterious, so I asked him:

"Won't you get tired of it if you eat it that much?"

And Grandpa said this:

"If it's something you like from the bottom of your heart

you won't get tired of it even if you eat it every day"

Grandpa would wake at 5 o'clock

warm his body with radio calisthenics at 6

saying because he wants to see his great-grandchildren's face

he exercised enthusiastically every day

His favorite food, making it so deliciously

today too he ate zaru soba

That day I fought with my friend

I burst out in anger

And then, he smiled gently

And Grandpa said this

with his usual countenance:

"If you don't say your feelings, you won't get through to them"

Since one day, Grandpa

he started taking lots of medicine

Young me didn't really understand

why that was

His favorite food, making it so deliciously

today too he ate zaru soba

Grandpa said this

with wrinkled eyes again

Smiling at me, he taught me

the beauty of living, the fleetingness of life, just

smiling at me, he taught me

And then after a little while

in a twinkle, Grandpa's long legs

become more slender than 14-year-old mine

and he couldn't walk anymore alone

Hi favorite food, he always ate it

But today he didn't eat zaru soba

and though he'd always hated hospitals, was hospitalized

And Grandpa softly muttered this:

"I'm a really lucky guy"

"Thank you, thank you"

He smiled gently at me

On a quite sunny early afternoon

white wings grew on my Grandpa

and he took off into the sky

Grandpa was silent

but he smiled gently

and as if gently wiping away my ceaseless tears

wind blew in from the window

If I can meet you once again, I'll say sorry

and eat zaru soba together

I couldn't tell you

"Thank you, thank you"

I looked up at the sky

and at that moment I realized

the beauty of living, the fleetingness of life

Once upon a time, time's passed

and my eyes have gradually gotten wrinkled

That me tells

the ones I love

"Thank you, thank you"

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