Taeko Onuki 大貫妙子
4:00A.M. lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1978
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 5:37
目覚めると 夜明け前の闇は息をひそめて
When I awaken, the darkness before dawn holds its breath,
静けさが追いつめる言葉が見つからない
Words escape me as silence closes in.
(Lord, give me one more chance)
これが最後かしら
Is this the last time, I wonder?
(Lord, give me one more chance)
どうにかしたいの
I want to do something,
今を
About now,
今を
About now,
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If I let it slip away, we will miss each other (ooh!)
このままで (ooh!)
Just like this (ooh!)
もう出逢えない
We'll never meet again
(Lord, give me one more chance)
これが最後かしら
Is this the end, I wonder?
(Lord, give me one more chance)
どうにかしたいの
I want to change things somehow
今を
This moment
今を
This moment
逃がしたならすれちがう (ooh!)
If I let it slip away, we'll pass each other by (ooh!)
このままで (ooh!)
Just like this (ooh!)
もう出逢えない
We'll never meet again
これ以上 お互いにごまかしあうのはいや
I can't stand misleading each other anymore
ふりかえり思うたび 答えが見つからない
Every time I look back, I can't find the answer
(Lord, give me one more chance)
これが最後かしら
Is this going to be the last time?
(Lord, give me one more chance)
どうにかしたいの
I want to do something about it
(Lord, give me one more chance)
これが最後かしら
Is this going to be the last time?
(Lord, give me one more chance)
どうにかしたいの
I want to do something about it
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Key vocabulary
- あう
- to meet
- いや
- no
- かしら
- head
- これこれ
- this; this oneN5
- すれちがう
- pass
- たびたび
- trip; journey; travel
- 今いま
- nowN5
- 前まえ
- beforeN3
- 息いき
- breath; respirationN3
- 静けさしずけさ
- silence
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About this song
Taeko Ōnuki is a Japanese singer-songwriter who rose to popularity in the city pop scene of the 1970s and '80s.