Shabondama (しゃぼん玉)
"Bubble"

Song Information:
found on the following albums: LOVE PUNCH

Brief Comments:
A softer song with poetic lyrics. Initially, I never payed much attention to it. Later, I happened to watch the PV and like a puzzle, things just clicked together and I found myself growing fond of it.

Translation Information:
translation added on: October 23rd, 2006     translation views: 5215     translated by: adrian
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Lyrics:
Japanese:
いつだって　不器用だったから
こんなにも　離れてしまってた

君は変わって　とても変わって
自分の傷を人につけたがる
とても弱い人　さびしい人

あの頃の僕らは　雲のない世界
地上はいつも　まるはだかのように
ある気持ち全てを　つきとおす世界
だから　無我夢中に　愛を覚えて
不器用に傷つけあって　消える

想い合って　思いやりもってた?
今もう一度と　思ってしまっても

過去は変わって　とても変わって
キレイな思い出さえ　燃やしてしまい
とても　とても　かわいそう

あの頃の僕らは　雲のない世界
なんだって　新鮮に届けていたように
今頃の僕らは　曇り空世界
太陽など見えない　伝えることもない
守りあって　不安はいつか消える

あの頃の僕らは　雲のない世界
二人の心は　すぐそばと感じていた
ある気持ち全てを　つきとおす世界
だけど　伝わらず　すれ違って
不器用に傷つけ合って　消えた

Romaji:
itsu datte bukiyou datta kara
konna ni mo hanarete shimatteta

kimi wa kawatte totemo kawatte
jibun no kizu wo hito ni tsuketagaru
totemo yowai hito sabishii hito

ano koro no bokura wa kumo no nai sekai
chijou wa itsumo maruhadaka no you ni
aru kimochi subete wo tsuki to osu sekai
dakara mugan muchuu ni ai wo oboete
bukiyou ni kizutsukeatte kieru

omoi atte omoiyari motteta?
ima mou ichido to omotte shimatte mo

kako wa kawatte totemo kawatte
kirei na omoide sae moyashite shimai
totemo totemo kawai sou

ano koro no bokura wa kumo no nai sekai
nandatte shinsen ni todokete ita you ni
imagoro no bokura wa kumorizora sekai
taiyou nado mienai tsutaeru koto mo nai
mamori atte fuan wa itsuka kieru

ano koro no bokura wa kumo no nai sekai
futari no kokoro wa sugu soba to kanjite ita
aru kimochi subete wo tsuki to osu sekai
dakedo tsutawarazu surechigatte
bukiyou ni kizutsukeatte kieta

English:
because I was never good at expressing myself
we have become so far apart...

you've changed; changed so much
into a person who would pin their own faults on others
a terribly weak person, a lonely person

back then, our world (was like a bubble), without a cloud in the sky
and the ground so pure and untainted
all feelings we had would burst that world apart...
that's why we loved so deeply until we lost ourselves
and without meaning to do so, we kept hurting each other and vanished

we loved each other... did we care for each other?
Even now I think about it from time to time...

the past has changed, changed a lot
It has even burnt away the beautiful memory
it's so very lamentable

back then, our world (was like a bubble), without a cloud in the sky
everything was so fresh and new
nowadays, it's always so cloudy...
unable to see the sun, or convey anything
protecting others, someday our anxiety would vanish

back then, our world (was like a bubble) without a cloud in the sky
we felt as though our hearts were intertwined
all the feelings we had would burst that world apart...
but unable to convey it to one another, they passed each other by
and without meaning to do so, we kept hurting each other and vanished

Translation Notes:
With this translation I think that the title of the song "Bubble" really fits well into the lyrics. The way she's describing her memories of the past, the world was almost perfect back then. As if they were living in a sort of bubble/dream. The feelings they felt of that time were so intense and real that they threatened to burst that perfect world. So, without confessing everything the world just passed them by and the old versions of themselves disappeared.

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