iMA wa mADA(h)  himo TOkeNA(-h)i  mune NO Oku nO  garaSU zaIku
shiNJIterU  anaTA daKE wO  kaNJIteru RIfureIn
(RIfuRE-e-e-ein  Ow-wOw-wO RIfuRE(-e-e-e-)in)

[very short interlude]
[ *(*) = chu chU ru (chU)]
aRUkinAretA  * ekI made no MIchinOri mO **
Ame no hi nI  * mochIdasu kaSA no hAnA mO|**
ATSUmattA  * oKImarI no TOmoDAchi mO **
KAerezuni KAerezuni  * moTAreta haNbAIkI MO

DOko ni mO mitsuKAranaI(-h)  KOkoro wA  suNAo ni nAREnaI--
sekaiJUU  dOKO ni aNAta wa iRU no  kuRIkAEshI  saGAshitsUzUKEtEru--

*iMA wa mADA  himo TOkeNAI(-h)  mune NO Oku NO  garaSU zaIku
HONtO nO  wataSHI no KOto  mada DAre mo SHIRAnaI
uSOtsuITE  tsukuRIwaraI  itsuMO doKO KA(-h)  samiSHIkATTA
shiNJIteRU  anaTA daKE WO  kaNJIteru RIfureIn
(RIfuRE-e-e-ein  O-O-wO  RIfuRE(-e-e-e-)in)

AKOgarEtetA  * toOi hi no OmokAge mO **
KAnashImi wO  * nugUtte kUREta HItO mO|**
Itsu no hi kA  * haNAretEku TOmodAchi mO **
AItakute AItakute  * kogaretEta Ano hItO mO

ima wa mO kokoRO no okU  daIji na omoIde muNE ni hime--
sekaiJUU  dare yOri aNAta no koTO wo  kuRIkaEshI  saGAshitsUZUKEtEru--

iMA wa mADA  himo TOkeNAi  mune NO Oku NO  garaSU zaiKU
hoNtO NO  wataSHI zeNbU  anaTA ni wa mISEtaI
kiKOetERU kikoEteNAi  wataSHI no koe  todoKU yO NI
SHINJIteru  anaTA daKE WO  kaNJItai RIfureIn
(Anata ni wa  Oshikotoru  Ame ni wa  OshieTAi)

*repeat--
(rIfurEin  O-O-wO rIfuRE(-e-e-)in)