Hikouki Gumo Poetic Translation

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Contrail

The white hill road stretches on to the sky
The shimmering summer heat surrounding a child
No one paying attention, they are all alone
That child climbs up
Afraid of nothing, soaring upwards

Longing for the sky Running towards the sky
That child's life is a contrail

At that high window, before that child died
I don't know if they were able to see the sky
No one else knows
They just think, “They died far too young”
But that child was fully happy

Longing for the sky Running towards the sky
That child's life is a contrail

Longing for the sky Running towards the sky
That child's life is a contrail