Matsuura Aya: The Last Night

03.10.13
Artist: Matsuura Aya
Title: The Last Night
Words: Tsunku
Music: Tsunku

I intentionally avoided saying anything in return,
my eyes still cast downward.
I'm sure if I had tried to say anything,
I would have burst into tears.

An hour, in the passenger seat of your car
my eyes still cast downard
The sound of the engine echoes out
because it's a public parking lot. *1

Just Last Night
It was my very first ring
I was so happy to receive it
I'd kinda got my hopes up for this birthday.
The size was a little too big,
the panicky look on your face
all of it, remains dear to me.

Winter is coming.

I opened the car door
my eyes still cast downward
I see it, I see it all
so don't worry about it, I'm going.
I won't say anything in return.
I want to see you suffer a little...
so I'll act the cruel woman,
because this is it, the end.

Just Last Night
When you told me you liked the fall,
I grew to like it too. *2
The Christmas we spent together,
arm in arm
I couldn't see you much in the Spring,
in summer we had some good times
why does it have to end? why...
Winter is coming.

I love you but... 'goodbye'.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: The story here is that the girl got dumped. And she's wondering where it all went wrong. On to the *'s!

*1 - Don't ask us what Tsunku is getting at here. The dakara throws us off. Why would it matter if it was a public parking lot, or should we not even translate the "public" part? Maybe that part is just there for the sound of it. And what Tsunku is really trying to get across is the mood of the breakup scene.

*2 - The shi at the end of the statement suki ni nareta shi is used because Ayaya is trying to make sense of why the relationship had to end and she is sort of listing off things she thought she did right, or that went right.

Romaji

utsumuita mama de
waza to henji wo sezu ni ita
kitto nanika kotoba ni sureba
namida nagaretarou na

utsumuita mama de
kuruma jyoshuseki 1(ichi)jikan
koudan no chuushajyo dakara
enjinon ga hibiku

Just! The Last Night
yubiwa hajimete datta
ureshikatta na
sukoshi kitai no Birthday
saizu chotto ookikute
awateta sugata zenbu itoshii mama...

fuyu ga hajimaru

utsumuita mama de
kuruma tobira hiraita wa
wakatteru zenbu wakatteru
dakara ii yo iku wa

henji nante shinai
chotto kurai ha kurushinde...
ijiwaru na onna enjiteru
kore ga saigo da mon

Just! The Last Night
aki ga suki da to ieba
suki ni nareta shi
ude kunde sugoshita Christmas
haru ha chotto aenakute
natsu ha hashaida
naze owari na no? naze...

fuyu ga hajimaru

aishiteiru kedo ... 'sayonara'.

Romaji By: Brian Stewart