From: thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu (Miss Animerica)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: City Hunter 2: OP2 "Sara" translation/lyrics
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:44:40 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Anime

On the #anime! channel on irc, we were talking about good anime songs to
listen to on long drives.  Anything from City Hunter is an obvious choice
for urban drives.

Here are the lyrics in romaji and in Japanese Industrial Standard
codes.  The ESC characters in the JIS codes are replaced with "^[" for
posting.

These and many other anime song lyrics and translations are available
for anonymous ftp from romulus.rutgers.edu (128.6.13.2), in the
pub/anime/lyrix subdirectory.

SEIRA (Sara)
"City Hunter 2" opening theme (1988)

*  Oh  SEIRA  mayowanaide		Oh Sara, don't hesitate,
   motto kanjiru  mama ni		do as you feel.
   Oh  SEIRA  ima hajimaru		Oh Sara, now it begins,
   atarashii Story, Just for you	a new story, just for you.

mayonaka no Lady  hitogomi ni magire
utsurigi-na Steppin'  kurikaeshite-iru
tsuyogari no Face  TAFU-na furide odori akashite mo
sono hitomi wa  kodoku-na iro  kakushi-kirenai
	Midnight lady, indistinguishable in the crowd,
	repeating frivolous steppin'.
	Though your bluffing face pretends to be tough,
	even dancing the night away,
	your eyes can't disguise a lonely color

tsukanoma no Dreamin'  kaki-kesareteku
kake-nuketa Back Street  hibiku SAIREN
obieta me no shonen-tachi  terashi-dasu RAITO
hitonigiri no yuuki sae mo  nakushisou-na yoru
	Making momentary dreamin' disappear,
	a wailing siren driven through a back street.
	The light begins to illuminate boys with frightened eyes.
	Even a handful of courage might be lost in this night.

Oh  SEIRA  akiramenaide         Oh Sara, don't give up
kimi no shinjita yume           the dream you believed in
Oh  SEIRA  sono omoi wo         Oh Sara, please don't cast away
wasurezu-ni ite 		your wishes...
* Repeat

shibarareta Freedom  tsukamenai CHANSU
matenrou no kage  dareka no Sad Song
yume no you ni  nagasareteku  kono machi no naka de
kinou yori mo  tashika-na mono  te ni ireru kara
	Restricted freedom, an ungrasped chance,
	a skyscraper's shadow, someone's sad song.
	I was carried away like a dream in this town
	to obtain something more certain than yesterday.

** Oh  SEIRA  kazaranaide		Oh Sara, don't decorate yourself,
   itsumo sugao no mama de		be [without makeup] as you always are.
   Oh  SEIRA  sono hohoemi              Oh Sara,
   nakusazu-ni ite			never lose your smile.
   Oh  SEIRA  mayowanaide		Oh Sara, don't hesitate,
   motto kanjiru  mama ni		do as you feel.
   Oh  SEIRA  ima hajimaru		Oh Sara, now it begins,
owaranai Story, Just for you		an endless story, just for you.

** Repeat
owaranai Story                          An endless story
Oh  SEIRA                               Oh Sara
Oh  SEIRA                               Oh Sara


Singer/Lyricist/Arranger: FENCE OF DEFENSE
Composer: Nishimura Masato

Translation: Theresa Martin

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