Glay: Kimi ga Mitsumeta Umi

04.04.06
Artist: Glay
Title: Kimi ga Mitsumeta Umi (The Sea You Looked Upon)
Words: Takuro
Music: Takuro

So long if you were here now
wow I bet you'd be pleased.

that summer day I walked with you,
your dreaming eyes were beautiful,
bolder than war, still pure. *1

the sea you gazed upon, is a midafternoon of days we can't go back to
time will make her life blindingly bright
what you left behind was a cloudy endless summer
time! don't take her life, give her just a little longer.

So long, if only you had wings,
wow you could take me anywhere.

the singing voice is eternally strong,
we walk together with the people but
I was the only one to outrun the summer,
you were the only one always smiling.

you flopped down with a tired look on your face, the spring storm
forcing out an "I'm fine", your trembling shoulders saddened me
the place you loved is a distant paradise
the place you once brought me to,
the watch fire we saw from over the hill.

because I treasured you, as if you were the air I breathed.
I look to the vacant spot to my right with a strange feeling
even if you're not with me, even if you are

the sea you gazed upon. is a midafternoon of days we can't go back to
time! Make her life blindingly bright.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Lots of loss dealt with on the record One Love.

* 1 - The dictionary definition of isagiyoku is manly, sportsman-like, and other words that don't really describe the person in this song. I think when Takuro says "more 'manly' than war, he's talking about having a strong conviction equivalent to the will to give one's life for one's country. The title of this song sounds very "political leader"esque to me. Like "the vision you had for this land."

Romaji

So long ima kimi ga koko ni itara
wow kitto yorokonde kureta darou

yumemigachi na me ha utsukushiku tatakau koto yori isagiyoku
kiyorakasa sae sono mama ni kimi to aruiteita natsu no hi

kimi ga mitsumeta umi ha kaeranai hibi no mahiru
toki ha kanojyo no inochi mabushii hodo ni kagayakasete
kimi ga nokoshita mono ha owaranai natsu no kageri
toki yo kanojyo no inochi ubawanai de ato sukoshi dake

So long kimi ni moshi hane ga areba
wow doko he demo tsureteyukeru no ni

utagoe ha towa ni yuruganaku hitobito to tomo ni ayumu kedo
boku dake ga natsu wo oikoshite kimi dake ga itsumo hohoendeta

kyuu ni tsukareta kao de sawarikomu haru no arashi
muri ni daijyoubu da yo tte furueru kata ga kanashikatta
kimi ga aishita basho ha haruka naru ano mahoroba
itsuka tsuretette kureta oka wo koe miteta kagarihi wo

iki wo suikomu you ni kimi no koto daiji ni shiteta kara
kimi no inai migidonari wo fushigi na kankaku de mitsumeteru
tatoe kimi ga soba ni inakute mo tatoe kimi ga soba ni ite mo

kimi ga mitsumeta umi ha kaeranai hibi no mahiru
toki ha kanojyo no inochi mabushii hodo ni kagayakasete
kimi ga nokoshita mono ha owaranai natsu no kageri
toki yo kanojyo no inochi ubawanai de ato sukoshi dake
kimi ga aishita basho ha haruka naru ano mahoroba
itsuka tsuretette kureta oka wo koe miteta kagarihi wo

Romaji By: Brian Stewart