Days of Drifting ★

　 "Days of Drifting" Looking up at the sky tonight, A sky full of stars stretches out before you. Everyone continues to walk in search of their own star. We've endured many difficult nights. We've lived for weeks on end aboard tankers and oil tankers. Sometimes we're rocked on small tugboats. To the next port, the next job site. Some people just fell apart. Some people continued to shine. On a rig where we were blessed with great colleagues, On a job site where we were full of unpleasant people. Long-term jobs, Short-term jobs. Long-distance buses with uncomfortable seats, And wondering if we'd really fly. I'd be in a dilapidated Cessna If they'd let me dive, I'd go anywhere for diving work To the place that chose me, To the site that called me Those days of drifting In the end, I couldn't reach a place I could call home But even so, tonight I'm living quite happily in this favorite place Perhaps it's my way of thinking and my attitude I'm the culprit of an optimist Gazing at Vespers, shining brightly in the starry sky “ 漂い続けた日々 ” 今夜空を見上げれば 満天の星空が拡がって 誰もが自分の星を 探し歩き続けている 辛い夜を幾つも 夜を幾つも越えてきた タンカーや送油船の中で 何週間も生活をした 時には小さな タグボートに揺られ 次の港、次の現場へと 落ちていく奴もいた 煌めき続ける者もいた 仲間に恵まれたリグに 嫌な奴ばかりだった現場 長期の現場 短期の現場 座席の悪い長距離バスや ほんとうに飛ぶのかと 思えるくらい ボロボロのセスナ機に乗り 潜らせてくれるなら 潜水作業ならどこへでも 俺を選んでくれた場所へ 俺を求めてくれた現場へ 漂い続けたそんな日々 結局ホームなんて 呼ばれる場所には たどり着くことは できなかったけれど それでも今夜 このお気に入りの場所で わりと楽しく生きている 考え方と気の持ちようか 楽観主義者の成れの果て 星空でひときわ輝く ヴェスパーを眺めながら