From: thmartin@romulus.rutgers.edu (Miss Animerica)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: KOR: OP3 "Kagami no naka no Actress" translation/lyrics
Date: 13 Dec 92 23:56:22 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Anime

Bobby Richardson requested the lyrics to the KOR themes.  For you,
Bobby, here are the lyrics in romaji with an English translation,
followed by the lyrics 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.

I'm translating these songs to learn Japanese, so if you notice any
mistakes, please correct me.

Kagami no naka no AKUTORESU (Actress in the mirror) - Nakahara Meiko
"Kimagure Orange Road" opening theme (1987)

itsumo nara ANATA no SAIDOSHIITO de     Usually, I'd be in your side seat as
kuruma o suberasu Precious Night        the car slips into a precious night.
KYANSELU no denwa ni uso no nioi        When you phoned to cancel,
                                        I smelled a lie.
kizukame-furi de kitta wa               Pretending I didn't notice, I hung up.

kawaita ato no MANIKYUA no iro          The color of the manicure after drying
munashiku yoru o kazuru dake            only ornaments the night in vain.

*  A-HA-HA                              A-HA-HA
   kagami no naka no AKUTORESU          Actress in the mirror.
   HAKKIRI ieba ii no ni                Although I should speak plainly,
   tamerai ga mimimoto de sasayaku      hesistation whispers close to my ear
   'Cause I love you                    'Cause I love you.
   kagami no naka no AKUTORESU          Actress in the mirror.
   enjiru tabi ni sugao ga              Every time I act, my unmade-up face
   hanarete-iku                         separates from me.
   You've broken my heart               You've broken my heart.

RAMPU dake toushita Bed Room de         Only the lamp is on in my bedroom.
atashi wa dare o miteru no              Who am I looking at?
narete-yuku futari ga nakushita no wa   As we got used to us, we lost
otagai e no IMAJINEESHON                imagination for one another.

anata wa tabun DORAI-na mama no         You probably just prefer me
atashi o nozonde-iru dake               as unsentimental as that.

** A-HA-HA                              A-HA-HA
   kagami no naka no AKUTORESU          Actress in the mirror.
   isso naketara ii no ni               Although I'd rather cry,
   tsuyogari ga SERIFU wo kaete-iku     my bravado is changing my words
   'Cause I love you                    'Cause I love you.
   kagami no naka no AKUTORESU          Actress in the mirror.
   tsumi no fukasa ni kizuite           I realized the depth of my blame.
   modorenai wa                         I can't come back.
   You've broken my heart               You've broken my heart.

* ** Repeat


Lyricist/Composer: Nakahara Meiko
Arranger: Nishihira Akira

Translation: Theresa Martin

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