Konishi Yasuharu

(Ryuu Matsumoto/Eiichi Ohtaki)
Translators: Jun Yamashiro and David Kamil


kimi wa totemo surudoi tsume de
mikan no kawa o muite iru kedo
hanashi wa
itsumo shiri
kire tonbo

doudai boku to
yubikiri shinaika
yakusoku nante
nanimonai kedo

kimi wa totemo
tsumaranasouni
hanabira o
chigitte iru kedo
hanashi wa itsumo fuyugareta
ma ma

doudai boku to
yubikiri shinaika
yakusoku nante
nanimonai kedo

doudai boku to
yubikiri shinaika
yakusoku nante
nanimonai kedo

kimi no kami wa mijikasugirushi
boku no uso wa shirosugiru
sore ni bokura wa chotto
shaberi tsukareta dake sa


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with very sharp nails you
are peeling off the skin of a
tangerine
but the conversation is always
cut off

how about making
a promise with me
even though we have nothing
to promise each other

you seem like
you are totally bored
while pulling the petals
off a flower
the conversation is always
winter withered

how about making
a promise with me
even though we have nothing
to promise each other

how about making
a promise with me
even though we have nothing
to promise each other

your hair is too short
my lies are too white
and we are just a bit
tired of the conversation

(Konishi/Takanami)
Translators: Andrei Cunha


kanashii noni kanashimi wo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
kanashisugite naku koto mo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
sekai-ju no kanashimi wo
shiranu koibito ni

hora
mimi wo fusaide mite
warui shirase
nanimo kamo kikoenu yo ni
hora
toki ga tomaru sekai
chizu no ue no doko
ka no machi de
deatta bokura
sekai chizu no ue ni akaku
kakareta shirushi

kanashii noni naku koto mo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
sekai-ju no kanashimi wo
shiranu koibito ni

kimi no te de
sotto boku wo
mekakushi shite
nanimo kamo mienai yo ni
sobietatsu kabe no sekai
chizu no aoi umi ni
dakiatte shizumu bokura
sekai chizu no yuganda tairiku

kimi ni nara
kokoro hirakeru
kuchizuke shite
nanimo kamo wasureru yo na
soba ni ite okure sekai
chizu no ue no dokoka no
machi de surechigau bokura
sekai chizu no ue no
shiroku kesareta nani ka

kanashii noni...


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here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget sadness
here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget to cry
here's to lovers from all over the world
here's to lovers who don't know what sadness is

hey look
close your ears
bad news
close your ears don't listen
hey look
time has stopped
for the two of us
we met somewhere
a town on the world map
a red mark
on the world map


here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget to cry
here's to lovers from all over the world
here's to lovers who don't know what sadness is

i want you to
blindfold me
silently with your hands
so that i can't see a thing
the rising wall
on the world map -- the blue sea
we hug and sink in the blue sea
a deformed continent on the world map

i can open my
heart to you
kiss me
a kiss that will let me forget
stay by my side
we passed each other in a town somewhere
somewhere on the world map
on the world map
a mark was erased

and though we are sad...

(Konishi/Takanami)
Translators: Andrei Cunha


kanashii noni kanashimi wo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
kanashisugite naku koto mo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
sekai-ju no kanashimi wo
shiranu koibito ni

hora
mimi wo fusaide mite
warui shirase
nanimo kamo kikoenu yo ni
hora
toki ga tomaru sekai
chizu no ue no doko
ka no machi de
deatta bokura
sekai chizu no ue ni akaku
kakareta shirushi

kanashii noni naku koto mo
wasurete iru hito-bito ni
sekai-ju no kanashimi wo
shiranu koibito ni

kimi no te de
sotto boku wo
mekakushi shite
nanimo kamo mienai yo ni
sobietatsu kabe no sekai
chizu no aoi umi ni
dakiatte shizumu bokura
sekai chizu no yuganda tairiku

kimi ni nara
kokoro hirakeru
kuchizuke shite
nanimo kamo wasureru yo na
soba ni ite okure sekai
chizu no ue no dokoka no
machi de surechigau bokura
sekai chizu no ue no
shiroku kesareta nani ka

kanashii noni...


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here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget sadness
here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget to cry
here's to lovers from all over the world
here's to lovers who don't know what sadness is

hey look
close your ears
bad news
close your ears don't listen
hey look
time has stopped
for the two of us
we met somewhere
a town on the world map
a red mark
on the world map


here's to people who are sad
but managed to forget to cry
here's to lovers from all over the world
here's to lovers who don't know what sadness is

i want you to
blindfold me
silently with your hands
so that i can't see a thing
the rising wall
on the world map -- the blue sea
we hug and sink in the blue sea
a deformed continent on the world map

i can open my
heart to you
kiss me
a kiss that will let me forget
stay by my side
we passed each other in a town somewhere
somewhere on the world map
on the world map
a mark was erased

and though we are sad...

(Konishi)
Translators: Andrei Cunha


tsumuji-kaze ga
fui ni okoru
kimi to boku wa
aru hi deau

awai ao no
aki no hikari
kimi to boku wa
koi ni ochiru

aishiau
futari wa
utsukushii
hibi wo ikiru
aishiau
futari no
mijikai shumatsu

ame-agari ni
niji ga kakaru
kimi to boku wa
koi ni yureru

aishiau
futari wa
shiawase ni
mada tomadou
aishiau
futari no
mijikai shumatsu

kodomotachi wa
kaze ni asobu
kimi to boku mo
mori no naka e

kiri no naka ni
asahi ga sasu
kimi to boku wa
ai ni ikiru

hito wa dare mo
ai ni ikiru
kimi to boku mo
ai wo chikau


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a whirlwind
breaks ou
one day
you and i meet

the pale blue light
of autumn
you and i
fall in love

the two of us
love each other
and live
beautiful days
our
short
week-end

after the rain
there's a rainbow
you and i
tremble with love

we still
feel lost
with so much
happiness
our
short
week-end

children
play with the wind
and you and i
go into the forest too

the morning sun
sifted through the mist
you and i
live in love

everybody
lives in love
you and i
swear to love too

sanjikan mo matte ita no yo
watashi neko to issho ni

sono toki denwa no beru ga
watashi neko mitai ni shabetta
terebi no volume sagete
watashi uso mitai na koe de

twiggy no mini skirt de
twiggy mitai na pose de
twiggy no mini skirt de
twiggy mitai ni yassepochi no watashi

sanjikan mo matte ita no yo
watashi neko to issho ni

sono toki denwa no beru ga
watashi neko mitai ni shabetta
terebi no volume sagete
watashi uso mitai na koe de

twiggy no mini skirt de
twiggy mitai na pose de
twiggy no mini skirt de
twiggy mitai ni yassepochi no watashi

(Konishi)
Translators: Jose C. Cabesas, Andrei Cunha, Ted Mills


Totemo kanashii uta ga dekita
kesa me wo samashita toki ni
anmari kanashii uta dakara
kimi ni kikasetakunai kedo

Totemo kanashii hanashi ga aru
kimi mo tabun ki ga tsuiteru
honto ni kanashii koto dakedo
futari no ai wa owatta

Ko shite
futari dakiatte
onaji asa wo mukaeta

Totemo kanashii yume o mita
kesa me o samasu mae ni ne
kanashii uta o utau boku ni
kimi ga tada 'kiss' shite kureta yume

Gomen ne
boku ha kimi no koto
annani aishiteta noni

Gomen ne
boku dake wo kimi wa
konna ni shinjiteta noni

Gomen ne
boku ha kimi no koto
annani aishiteta noni

Gomen ne
dakedo itsu no hi ka
minna wasureru hazu


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I wrote a very sad song
when I woke up this morning
but I won't let you listen to it
because it's too sad a song

It's a very sad story
maybe you noticed it too
it's really very sad
but our love is over

like this
we held each other
we saw the same sunrise

I had a very sad dream
this morning before I woke up
I dreamt that I was singing a sad song
and you just kissed me

I'm really sorry
I've loved you so
but...

I'm really sorry
you've believed only me
but...

I'm really sorry
I've loved you so
but...

I'm really sorry
but in the end
we can forget everything