昼下がりの時   Hirusagari no Toki | In the early afternoon
artist: KOKIA
discs: songbird (album), KOKIA complete collection 1998-1999 (compilation album)

lyrics, music: KOKIA
arrangement: 日向敏文　Hinata Toshifumi

translation by iconoclastiac @ gmail.com
http://melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net/lyrics/

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昼下がりの時　揺れるカーテン
縁側の先の　犬の鼻がうごめく
隣りの家から　もれるテレビの音
ぼんやり心地いい　そんな午後のひととき

気まぐれな風の中に　身をまかせてみる
どこか懐かしい時が　流れてく

昼下がりの時　揺れる靴下
ひらひら仲良く　風の中で踊ってる

ゆっくりと流れてゆく　雲はどこまで
遠い知らない町まで　行くのかな．．．

庭先に咲いた白い小さな花へと
どこから飛んできたのか　ちょうちょうさん

昼下がりの時　揺れるカーテン
ぼんやり心地いい　そんな午後のひととき

なんだかホッとするね
そんな午後のひととき

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hirusagari no toki    yureru KAATEN
engawa no saki no   inu no hana ga ugomeku
tonari no ie kara   moreru TEREBI no oto
bonyari gokochi ii   sonna gogo no hitotoki
	In the early afternoon   as the curtain flutters
	On the front of the porch   the dog's nose stirs
	From the neighbor's house   drift the sounds of a TV
	Absently I am tranquil   at that moment in the afternoon

kimagure na kaze no naka ni   mi wo makasete miru
dokoka natsukashii toki ga   nagareteku
	I let the fickle wind   take me along
	From somewhere a nostalgic time   washes over me

hirusagari no toki   yureru kutsushita
hira hira nakayoku   kaze no naka de odotteru
	In the early afternoon   my waving socks
	Fluttering together like good friends   dance in the wind

yukkuri to nagarete yuku   kumo wa doko made
tooi shiranai machi made   iku no kana . . .
	I wonder about the leisurely clouds drifting along
	To what distant unknown city will they go . . . ?

niwasaki ni saita shiroi chiisana hana e to
doko kara tonde kita no ka   chouchou-san
	Small white flowers bloomed in the garden [1]
	And butterflies from somewhere flutter to them

hirusagari no toki   yureru KAATEN
bonyari gokochi ii   sonna gogo no hitotoki
	In the early afternoon   as the curtain flutters
	Absently I am tranquil   at that moment in the afternoon

nandaka HOtto suru ne
sonna gogo no hito toki
	It's a relaxing feeling, isn't it
	At that moment in the afternoon

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[1] niwasaki: a small garden in the front of the house, often near a porch