Ishida Yoko – FOOLISH DREAM [Japanese lyrics with English translation]
artist: Ishida Yoko
title: FOOLISH DREAM
disc: all of me (album)
lyrics, music, arrangement: Rebecca Kneubuhl, Jeannie Lurie
additional lyric translation: Yoko Ishida
Romanization
yozora miage kyou mo ano hoshi wa mienai
toki wa mujou ni kokoro midashite sugite yuku
Anata wa ima doko de watashi wo miteiru no?
kurayami no naka nandomo yobitsuzukeru
FOOLISH DREAM
mune ga itamu you na ano natsukashii kioku-tachi [1]
fui ni kanjiru no wa anata no SAIN na no?
hashirisaru maboroshii demo ii dakishimetai
FOOLISH DREAM [2]
itsuka sono te de tsutsunde hoshi
anata no nukumori dakishimetai
kowarekaketa yume ni tsumoru genjitsu no kage
sayonara nande ienai kara
miteitai FOOLISH DREAM
English translation
Lifting my eyes to the night sky, Once again I can’t see that star tonight
Time heartlessly passes, disturbing the heart in its wake
Where are you now, watching me from somewhere far away?
It is the foolish dream which I will call out for, again and again,
From out of the darkness
Those bittersweet nostalgic memories [1]
Is that sudden feeling a sign from you?
Even if it is just a fleeting foolish dream that keeps escaping,
It’s enough for me to hold onto [2]
Someday I want to be surrounded by your arms
I want to embrace your warmth
As the shadow of reality piles up on this broken dream
I want to have this foolish dream
Because I can’t just say good bye
Japanese
夜空見上げ 今日もあの星は見えない
時は無情に 心 乱して 過ぎてゆく
あなたは今どこで わたしを見ているの?
暗闇の中 何度も 呼び続ける
FOOLISH DREAM
胸が痛むような あのなつかしい記憶たち
ふいに感じるのは あなたのサインなの?
走り去る幻でもいい 抱きしめたい
FOOLISH DREAM
いつか その手で 包んでほしい
あなたの温もり 感じたいだけ
こわれかけた夢に 積もる現実の影
サヨナラなんて言えないから
見ていたい FOOLISH DREAM
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[1] mune ga itamu you na ano natsukashii kioku-tachi, lit: “Those nostalgic memories, like chest pain”
[2] hashirisaru maboroshii demo ii dakishimetai, lit: “Even if it is an illusion that keeps disappearing, I am okay with that–I want to embrace it”
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