Mariya Takeuchi 竹内まりや
象牙海岸 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 4:08
海岸線沿いに夏雲が雪崩れると
As summer clouds tumble along the coastline,
砂の蜃気楼に立ちすくむ影ひとつ
A solitary shadow freezes before a sand mirage.
人影もない入江
An inlet where no one else is around,
そこが二人の秘密の場所で
That was our secret place, just the two of us.
象牙海岸と名前までつけた
We even named it the Ivory Coast;
遠い夏
A distant summer.
あれから私時の波間を
Since then, I've been swept away by the waves of time,
ただ流れ木のように
Living alone like a driftwood,
ひとりで生きて来たの
Trying to survive all on my own.
もう一度訪ねても
Though I wish to visit once more.
道順さえも記憶の彼方
Even the path is lost in the depths of memory
夢の中で見た風景のように
Like a landscape I saw within a dream
遠い海
The distant sea
あなたのあとに愛を知って
I learned about love after you
ただ流れ木のように
Just drifting like a piece of wood
岸辺で踊っただけ
Only danced on the shore
三年をへだててあなたから来た電話
Three years passed, and a call from you came
懐かしい名前に忘れているふりをした
I pretended to forget your familiar name
冷たいと言われたけど
They said I was cold, but
本当の気持ちもし話しても
If only I could share my true feelings
過ぎ去った時を埋めるものはない
Nothing can fill the time that has passed.
遠い夏... 遠い夏... 遠い夏...
Distant summer... Distant summer... Distant summer...
Key vocabulary
- けど
- but
- さえ
- even
- した
- did
- そこ
- thereN5
- よう
- like
- れる
- be able
- われ
- self
- 三年さんねん
- three years
- 中なか
- insideN3
- 人影ひとかげ
- shadowN1
About this song
Japanese singer-songwriter whose 1984 song 'Plastic Love' became a global city pop hit decades later.