Makoto Maruyama

Great Journey

Remember

The day we stood up on our two feet at first

Lying in that meadow

Had watched the clouds and the sun

Had looked at the stars

No change

 

Remember

The day we got up on our two feet

Our eyes are our sun

Heavenly sun have shone the world from origin

Our sun

Shone for the first time

As the way heavenly didn’t sun shine

 

We built great pole

As our memory of the first time we stood up

 

Our sun no longer shines

Heavenly sun

Clouds in the sky

Stars in the night

 

Remember

The day we stood up on our two feet at first

The day we took our first step

Next second step

Third step

Our sun

Illuminated one new world after another

Heavenly sun remains the same

And continues to shine on our steps

 

Ωκεανός (Ōkeanos) has passed

California is forgotten

 

Heavenly sun and our sun are sleeping

At that time

Arrive to us

Countless gifts

Shone tens of thousands of years ago

From the senders who may no longer be

 

Remember

The day we stood up on our two feet at first

The day we took our first step

The journey we\'ve been on

We may have stopped many times

But we kept on going

Our wonderful journey is not yet over

 

The pole of our memory still stand

 

When the first one drops out

And those in the back row will soon follow

Will take a new step forward

Where do we come from?

Where are we going?

Our Great Journey is still going on

 

Remember

The day we stood up on our two feet at first

Pole as our memory of that day still stands

I don’t say; “Forever”