駅 Eki (Station) – (Polskie Tlumaczenie) Lyrics – 竹内まりや (Mariya Takeuchi)

Meaning of ‘駅 Eki (Station) – (Polskie Tlumaczenie)’ Lyrics Explained

In *Eki (Station)*, Mariya Takeuchi’s singer has a moving encounter at a train station as dusk falls. Spotting a familiar raincoat, she immediately knows it’s someone she once loved deeply. Her heart races, filled with a mix of excitement and sorrow, as she watches him move through the station. She longs to call out, but finds herself overwhelmed by a flood of bittersweet memories, and no words seem right. Despite their years apart, she’s doing well on her own and has found peace, something she wants to convey to him but struggles to say.

She reflects on how they’ve both changed over the past two years—she has a new hairstyle, and he seems different too. But the biggest change is how they’ve moved on to separate lives, with new people waiting for them, even as this brief encounter stirs up emotions she thought she’d buried. As their trains travel side by side, she catches his profile for a moment, and a wave of nostalgia brings tears to her eyes.

In this fleeting moment, she realizes for the first time how deeply he had loved her, and a sense of longing and understanding fills her. When he finally disappears into the crowd, she’s left with a quiet, lingering sadness. The memory of his silhouette and the feelings she hadn’t let herself acknowledge stay with her, even as the evening gives way to the regular rhythm of life in the city. The rain begins to lift, but the emotions linger in her heart, and she’s left with a sense of closure that is both beautiful and achingly sad.