愛しいアナタへ
Itoshii anata e
To my beloved,
もしこの手紙を見つけたトキ
Moshi kono tegami wo mitsuketa toki
If when you come across this letter,
傍に誰かが不安げな顔して見つめているなら…
Soba ni dareka ga fuange na kao shite
mitsumeteiru nara…
there is someone next to you looking on with an uneasy face…
読むのはやめてくれますか？
Yomu no wa yamete kuremasu ka?
won’t you stop reading for me?
明日を迎えるアナタへ
Asu wo mukaeru anata e
To my beloved who welcomes tomorrow,
今もまだ私が苦しめてませんか？
Ima mo mada watashi ga kurushimetemasen
ka?
Am I still even now tormenting you?
立ち止まってませんか？
Tachitomattemasen ka?
Won’t you please stop?
優しいアナタの不器用な嘘が
Yasashii anata no bukiyou na uso ga
Gentle beloved, your awkward [white lies]
ずっと心の支えでした
Zutto kokoro no sasae deshita
were always support for my heart.
もっとアナタと一緒にいたかった
Motto anata to issho ni itakatta
I wanted to be with you even more.
悲しくて今が見えなくても
Kanashikute ima ga mienakute mo
アナタはもう振り向かないで
Even if it’s painful and you can’t see the present,
Anata wa mou furimukanai de
don’t turn around again.
大好きなアナタだけはどうか
Daisuki na anata dake wa dou ka
My [only] love, won’t you somehow
笑ってくれますか？
Warattekuremasu ka?
smile for me?
この愛はFOREVER LOVE
Kono ai wa FOREVER LOVE
This [affection] is FOREVER LOVE
今を生きるアナタへ
Ima wo ikiru anata e
To my beloved who lives in the moment,
アナタとの出逢いは私のすべて
Anata to no deai wa watashi no subete
The chance meeting with you was everything to me.
ただ幸せすぎて…
Tada shiawase sugite…
I was simply too happy…
でも私はアナタの刻んでゆく人生の
Demo watashi wa anata no kizande yuku
jinsei no
But I was nothing but broken pieces in your
欠片でしかないのです
Kakera de shika nai no desu
chiseled out life.
だから、
Dakara,
Therefore,
悲しくて今が見えなくても
Kanashikute ima ga mienakute mo
even if it’s painful and you can’t see the present,
アナタはもう振り向かないで
Anata wa mou furimukanai de
don’t turn around again.
大好きなアナタだけはどうか
Daisuki na anata dake wa dou ka
My [only] love, won’t you somehow
恋することに怯えないで
Koi suru koto ni obienai de
not fear loving [again]?
この愛はFOREVER LOVE
Kono ai wa FOREVER LOVE
This [affection] is FOREVER LOVE
たとえ塵になって
Tatoe chiri (to) natte
Even if I become dust
木枯らしに抱かれて空に消えても
Kogarashi ni dakarete sora ni kiete mo
embraced by a cold wind that vanishes into the sky…
アナタの笑顔も
Anata no egao mo
Your smile
絶え間ない優しさも
Taemanai yasashisa mo
and your constant affection
けっして忘れないから
Kesshite wasurenai kara
are [things] I will never forget.
もう一度また生まれ変わって
Mou ichido mata umarekawatte
When I am once again reborn
アナタのこと見かけたトキは
Anata no koto mikaketa toki wa
and happen to see you about,
大切なアナタの傍で笑う素敵な人
Taisetsu na anata no soba de warau
suteki na hito
I pray there will be a wonderful person
いますように
Imasu you ni
smiling next to you, my dearest.
素敵な人いますように
Suteki na hito imasu you ni
I pray there will be a wonderful person [smiling next to you].
さよなら
Sayonara
Farewell
P.S. I LOVE U
[ ]= added for clarity
Italics= Romanized Japanese
Italics= Romanized Japanese
BOLD= original English
(italics)= what is sung rather than
written
