From: thmartin@remus.rutgers.edu (Theresa A Martin)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: VGAi: IS "Message" translation/lyrics
Date: 12 Dec 92 06:46:42 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Anime
Supersedes: <Dec.12.01.46.42.1992.4655@remus.rutgers.edu>

I've gotten several requests for a translation of this song.  It's a
fast favorite of mine already.  This is the lovely song that plays
during the touching scene when Youta and Ai are lying back to back in
bed while Youta thinks about Moemi, in the first episode.  Nav Katze's
voice really is as expressive as Wada Kadako's...

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.

MESSEEJI (Message)
"Denei shoujo Video Girl Ai" insert song (1992)

konna ni chikai basho ni  anata wa iru noni
konna ni samui basho wa  hoka ni sagasenai
	Even though you were in a place so near,
	I cannot find a place this cold anywhere else.

namae o yobu tabi ni  anata wa toozakaru
dare mo soba ni inai  yamiyo ni tesaguride
anata o sagashiteru
	Every time I call your name, you recede further away.
	Groping in the dark night when no one is beside me,
	I'm searching for you.

futari no jikan wo  kono mama tometai
anata no kokoro o  tsunaide o-kitai
	I want to stop our time together as it is.
	I want to keep [lit. tie] your heart.

kagami ni utsuranai  futari no sugata wo
furueru yubisaki de  tashikamete-miru kedo
anata ni todokanai
	Our appearance, which the mirror doesn't reflect,
	my trembling fingertips try to confirm [if it's real],
	but they don't reach you.

nanni mo shiranai  kodomo no mama nara
nanni mo ushinawazu-ni  sudoori mo dekiru
	If I were a kid who didn't know anything,
	I could get through it without losing anything.

sure-chigau tabi ni  me o fusete-shimau
okubyou wa yamete  ryoute o sashi-nobete
anata o tsutsumi-komu
	When we pass each other, I lower my eyes.
	I stop being a coward, stretch out my hands, and
	wrap them around you.


Singer: Nav Katze
Lyricist/Composer: Iimura Naoko, Yamaguchi Miwako
Arranger: Okada Tooru, Sugiyama Yuuji, Nav Katze

Translation: Theresa Martin

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^[$@!VEE1F>/=w^[(J VIDEO GIRL AI^[$@!WA^F~2N^[(J (1992)

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