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もう9月も終わってしまう。まだまだ暑いな~なんてぼやいてると、気温も湿度もグングン下がり、日も短くなって外気に哀愁が漂ってくる。毎年そんなタイミングでようやく夏の終わりを察知して焦りはじめる気がします。そしてこの時期にはR.E.MのNightswimmingが聞きたくなる、今日も通勤電車の中で聞きました。学生の時、歌詞の意味を知りたくて和訳してくれてる個人のサイトを見つけたんだけど、訳文に添えられたテキストを読んで、曲と同じくらいグッときたのを覚えている。このブログは10年前から更新されてないけど、思い出した時に読み返したくなるのでブックマークに保存しています。今日久しぶりに見返したけどサイトがまだあってホッとした。ずっとなくならないでほしい。

今年の夏はいつもと違って海にも川にもプールにも、たくさん行って泳いだね。来年も沢山泳げますように。

October is coming soon. As I talk to friends about how hot it is still, the temperature and humidity are dropping, the days are getting shorter, and I begin to feel a sense of melancholy in the air outside. And then I finally realize that summer is coming to an end, and I feel sad.

Every year around this time, I feel like listening to R.E.M.'s "Nightswimming". When I was a student, I wanted to know what the lyrics meant, and I came across a personal website that translated the lyrics into Japanese, and the text he/she wrote along with the introduction to "Nightswimming" was emotional, and I fell in love with it as much as the song.

This blog hasn't been updated in 10 years, but I've bookmarked it because I want to read it again when I think of it. I looked back a long time today. I was relieved to see that the site is still around. I wish it's not gone forever.

This summer, unlike usual, I went to the beach, river and pool and swam. I hope I can swim a lot next year.