[LAW Document 72 Hours] If I Were a Book
"If I Were a Book" by José Jorge Letria, illustrated by André Letria, translated by Kazumi Uno
Every word begins with, "If I were a book."
It depicts various ways of interacting with books, regardless of whether they are old or new.
"If I were a book,
I would want to be read until late at night
by someone who calls me a 'friend'."
"If I were a book,
I would hope not to be used
as a mere decoration on a bookshelf."
"If I were a book,
I would never want the word 'the end'
to be read in a hurry."
"If I were a book,
I would not want to be read
out of trend or obligation."
"If I were a book
I would like to hear someone say,
'This book changed my life.'"
If I were a book, rather than thinking about how I should be based on ideals, if I think about what I honestly want to do...
If there are neither good points nor bad points, then it wouldn't be like a book (myself), would it? ^^;
In that case, couldn't we consider it a good thing to dare to do things that are unlike a book (myself), or unexpected things?
By doing so, couldn't we think that the possibilities of breaking through the feeling of stagnation in daily life, leading to new ideas, and later changing the way a book (myself) lives (life) might expand?
For myself,
a ban on 'what ifs'
let's lift it for a moment.
"If I were a book,
I'm by your side,
so there is something I can do for you."
"If I were a book,
I would connect hearts
I will carry you to tomorrow."
"If I were a book
I would want to remain a place to return to
in order to move forward."
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"If I were a book,
hey,
let's meet once in a while."
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"If I were a book,
I would want to exist in your timeline
even for a millimeter or a second."
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"If War Were a Book" by José Jorge Letria, illustrated by André Letria, translated by Maho Kinoshita
"What ifs"
are things that everyone who is alive thinks about in their heart, and I believe there were many
"what ifs"
that existed.
If they were forgiven, I think everyone would have their own thoughts,
"I want to live selfishly"
or
"I want to be useful to others"
and so on.
amazarashi "Resolution of the World"
"I'll cling to this broken world and sing even if I've lost my mind
The overtones of contemplation and the resolution of the world resonating together
I came to say I wanted to see you, this is a comma, not a period
If you connect that pain and remorse, it's the resolution of the world
What do you see, what do you see, what do you see"
However, even if there is a
"what if"
that you've fulfilled, it doesn't necessarily mean it will come true.
You fail.
You regret.
You should be who you are now, but...
Don't you ever realize that you are no longer the same person you were before?
Things you failed at.
Things you regretted.
There must have been many such moments in your life so far.
If I could live my life over again, I could live it better, right (maybe)?
amazarashi 'Once More'
'Once more, once more, I mutter every time I'm crushed
I don't need righteousness in this place I've finally reached
Once more, once more, to the hope that left me that day
I'll stand up again and again just to say, 'In your face,' once more
Once more'
It's not just positive emotions.
Negative emotions, too...
They are also materials that form the person you are.
The many things that couldn't be fulfilled.
The things that caused frustration.
The things that caused sadness.
Life is a series of regrets after all ^^;
Everyone must have thought about 'what if' at some point.
There is no end to wanting what you don't have.
It might just be nonsense, though.
But it is precisely because those things existed,
that I am who I am today.
Even if there is only one thing I can feel good about,
in the single point of accepting who I am now,
I feel that I can surely think that my current self isn't so bad after all.
When I feel like running away into the past, this song is surely a song of hope that will gently push someone's back (^^)
amazarashi "Tarareba" (What Ifs)
"If I could be reborn, I would try being me just one more time.
So that I wouldn't fail or have regrets, but would that really be me?"
"Failures, setbacks, shame, and ridicule,
all these regrets, assuming that we will eventually give up,
underestimating us.
If that's the case, to give these regrets a taste of their own medicine,
the only means of resistance is not to give up.
We are made of two things.
One is,
what we have accomplished.
The other one is
"What if it had been like that" or "If only I had done that back then"
those are the wishes that failed to come true"
Permanent Fish "If I were..."
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