Translation: Quiet Here, Isn't It? (Hiro Yanagida)

Quiet Here, Isn't It? (Yanagida/Matsumoto), my favorite song on the album, opens Side B. I looked it up early into my Takashi obsession because I figured a 1972 song with that title had to be awesome. It took a few listens to hear the soul in Hiro's untrained voice, but the melodies and the arrangement won me over at once (those backing vocals, ahhh!).

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How quietly the meltwater reverberates.

It just waits there, motionless,

and doesn't seem to have much to say.

Quiet here, isn't it?

When I strain my ears,

I think I can hear

the murmur of your heart.

Quiet here, isn't it?

Take a look out the window

and see how slowly the time goes by.

There is nothing missing now, nothing lost,

and you're getting sleepy.

Quiet here, isn't it?

When I strain my ears,

I think I can hear

the murmur of your heart.

Quiet here, isn't it?

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