Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe
アクアマリンのままでいて lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1988
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 4:30
夕映え映(うつ)すビルの上空(そら)に
In the evening glow reflecting off the buildings above
消え残るPacific Blue
The fading Pacific Blue
君も都会(まち)も同じ色だね
You and the city both share the same hue
溜息(ためいき)で揺れる
Swaying with a sigh
Ah! 二人違う道を歩きはじめたね
Ah! We began to walk different paths, didn't we?
あの時から
Since that time
思い出すとつらいねって
It hurts when I remember, doesn't it?
夏の陽射しよりも熱い眼(め)をした
Your eyes burned hotter than the summer sun
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With every kiss that gets better
君は君を傷つけてる
You keep hurting yourself
通り過ぎる男たちで
The men passing by,
きらめいてゆく女(ひと)
The woman shines brighter,
せめて僕を殺す時だけ
At least only when you kill me,
アクアマリンのままでいい
It's fine just as aquamarine,
Sad... 愛だけを信じて生きていた頃に
Sad... back when I lived believing only in love,
帰れないと
I can't go back,
銀のピアスを隠したね
You hid the silver earrings,
夢がひきかえに残した傷さ
The scars left behind by dreams,
甘い蜜を吸うたびに
Every time I sip the sweet nectar,
君が君を裏切ってく
You betray yourself.
もしも聖母(マドンナ)の微笑み
If the Virgin Mary's smile
男から憶えても
I remember from a man
愛は君の生きる答えさ
Love is the answer for you to live
アクアマリンのままでいて
Stay like an aquamarine
love is you inochi to
Love is you, to life
ai mede moyashita
Love that burns bright
kageri dasu natsuni good-bye
In the summer's shadow, goodbye
what should I do for you
than lovin' you so much
Key vocabulary
- あの
- thatN5
- うつ
- strike
- そら
- sky
- てるてる
- to shine; (also) short form of ている
- なるなる
- to become; to happenN4
- ひと
- person
- ビル
- buildingN5
- まち
- town
- ゆく
- go
- よりより
- than; from; to the degree ofN5
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About this song
Carlos Toshiki & Omega Tribe were a Japanese pop band from Tokyo, fronted by Brazilian-Japanese vocalist Carlos Toshiki. They began in 1986 as 1986 Omega Tribe before taking the new name in 1988.