Yumi Arai 荒井由実
COBALT HOUR lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1975
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 4:12
夜の都会を さあ飛び越えて
Let's leap over the city at night,
1960年へ
to the year 1960.
バックミラーに吸い込まれてく
Being pulled into the rearview mirror,
ちりばめられた 光の中へ
into a sparkle of light.
港へ続く高速道路
The highway that leads to the harbor,
空を流れるミルキーウェイさ
is like the Milky Way flowing in the sky.
海の匂いの冷い風が
The cold wind carries the scent of the sea,
白いベレG 包みはじめる
as the white beret begins to wrap around.
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The dawn's Venus,
消えゆく空はコバルト
the vanishing sky is cobalt.
真夏の桟橋
Summer's pier
彼方に浮かぶ朝焼け
The dawn glow floating in the distance
あなたは昔 shonan-boy
You were once a shonan-boy
わたしは昔 yokosuka-girl
I was once a yokosuka-girl
なつかしすぎる海が見えたら
If I could see the nostalgic sea
二人の胸によみがえる恋
Love comes alive again in our hearts
夜明けの金星
The morning star at dawn
消えゆく空はコバルト
The fading sky is cobalt blue
真夏の桟橋
Summer's pier
彼方に浮かぶ朝焼け
The dawn glow floating in the distance
彼方に浮かぶ朝焼け
The dawn rising in the distance
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Key vocabulary
- ウェイ
- way
- 真夏まなつ
- mid-summerN3
- 空そら
- skyN5
- コバルト
- cobalt
- バックミラー
- rearview mirror
- 光ひかり
- lightN4
- 冷ひや
- cold
- 夜明けよあけ
- dawnN3
- 桟橋さんばし
- pierN1
- 流れるながれる
- flowN4
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About this song
Yumi Arai is a Japanese pop and rock songwriter and vocalist who later used the surname Matsutoya. Active since 1972, she is known for chart-topping releases and composing songs that became hits for other Japanese artists, with her music also used in Studio Ghibli films.