人間の心の中には生まれつきある音楽が流れていてそれに似た曲を人は好きになるんだとか。「自分の曲」は何だろうといつも考えながら歌詞を和訳しています。
I have heard that every one of us has a special music running deep inside our soul and whatever music we love in our lives has something in common with it. I always translate English lyrics into Japanese, wondering what my music sounds like.
最初から持っていなければそれがないのを寂しいとは思いませんが，一度それを手にしてしまうと，それをなくした場合，打ちのめされることになります。 You can't miss what you don't have. Once you love something, you would be devastated if it's lost to you. Love and Death (Ebo Taylor)
Brothers and sisters Lend me your ears Listen to my story Of love and death I felt deep in love With A girl of my dreams You see what I mean On our wedding day
She gave me a kiss With tears in her eyes It was the kiss of death Love and death
Walk hand in hand The way to the grave Is just the same Love and death They walk hand in hand The way to the grave Is just the same
夏の夜はホタルにとって交尾の時期であり，飛んで交尾相手を見つけて遺伝子を次の世代に残します。 Summer nights are the mating season for fireflies. They fly to find a mate to leave their genes to the next generation. Fireflies (Martin Garrix & U2)
[Verse 1] I can feel all I can't know I can feel the undertow I can hear the river flow Laughing at us as we go The present and the vanishing The divine in everything In the air your summer dress Has left me floating
[Pre-Chorus] But I could never keep a secret Everything is always known Nothing here is ever hidden Cause everything is always shown I could never keep a secret I don’t know why I even try We’re looking through a sky of mirrors To see ourselves tonight
[Chorus] Causе you and I are fireflies Born for thе summer skies The light that's in each other's eyes Fireflies You and I are fireflies Forgetting that the sun will rise I'll meet you in the air tonight Fireflies
[Drop] Fireflies
[Verse 2] We can hurt or we can mend Terrorize or transcend No beginning and no end Yeah, we’ll survive Like falling angels down to earth Voices sing for all their worth All I need's a pen that works But it's a story without words Of how the night will set us free Take us where we need to be Your winking eyes are all I need To feel alive
[Pre-Chorus] But I could never keep a secret Everything is always known Nothing here is ever hidden Cause everything is always shown I could never keep a secret I don’t know why I even try We’re looking through a sky of mirrors To see ourselves tonight
[Chorus] Cause you and I are fireflies Born for the summer skies The light that's in each other's eyes Fireflies You and I are fireflies Forgetting that the sun will rise I'll meet you in the air tonight Fireflies
[Drop] Fireflies
[Outro] We can hurt or we can mend Terrorize or transcend No beginning and no end Yeah, we're alive
「cherry」という言葉が「性的経験がない」という意味で使われることは少なくありませんが，歌詞を見る限り，主人公がそうでないことは間違いありません。 A word cherry often refers to virginity. Looking at the lyrics, I don't think the narrator is anything other than a virgin. Cherry Bomb (The Runaways)
Can't stay at home, can't stay at school Old folks say, ya poor little fool Down the street I'm the girl next door I'm the fox you've been waiting for
Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb Hello world I'm your wild girl I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Stone age love and strange sounds too Come on baby let me get to you Bad nights cause'n teenage blues Get down ladies you've got nothing to lose
Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb Hello world I'm your wild girl I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb Hello world I'm your wild girl I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
Hey street boy, what's your style Your dead end dreams don't make you smile I'll give ya something to live for Have ya, grab ya til you're sore
Hello Daddy, hello Mom I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb Hello world, I'm your wild girl I'm your ch ch ch ch ch cherry bomb
「それでもアンタのセーターにくるまって眠りにつくし (I'd still sleep in your sweater)」という主人公ですが相手のセーターを物理的に「着て」眠るのでしょうか？まあふたりの体格が同じくらいかあるいは主人公の方が小柄ならそれもアリですがそうでなければ・・・・。 "I'd still sleep in your sweater", say the narrator. Do they do 'wear' the second person's sweater when they sleep? Well, if they're the same build, or the narrator is much smaller it would be OK but if... Still (KAROL G, Bruno Mars)
[Verse 1: KAROL G] Don't think I've ever felt like this Don't think I've ever wanted someone like I want you My mind goes quiet in your bed But I can't help picturing what it'd be like without you I hope it's all just in my head But, baby, if you ever left
[Chorus: KAROL G] I'd still sleep in your sweater Still feel you in the dark I'd still keep all your letters I won't tear them apart I'd still hope you were happy Even though it'd be hard 'Cause I'd still love you Even with a broken heart Even with a broken heart (Heart)
[Verse 2: Bruno Mars] Mm, come lay your head down, my angel Don't let your mind go places that it doesn't need to You're all I want, all I pray for Oh, and I'll do whatever, girl, forever just to please you What I feel for you won't ever change (Ooh) And I know you feel the same You tell me, baby, if you ever walk away
[Chorus: KAROL G & Bruno Mars] I'd still sleep in your sweater Still feel you in the dark I'd still keep all your letters I won't tear them apart I'd still hope you were happy Even though it'd be hard 'Cause I'd still love you Even with a broken heart Even with a broken heart
[Bridge: KAROL G & Bruno Mars] Please don't ever leave me Stay right where you are But if you were to go You know you'd be my favorite scar Please don't ever leave me Stay right where you are But if you were to go You know you'd be my favorite scar
[Chorus: KAROL G, KAROL G & Bruno Mars] I'd still sleep in your sweater Still feel you in the dark I'd still keep all your letters I won't tear them apart I'd still hope you were happy Even though it'd be hard 'Cause I'd still love you Even with a broken heart Even with a broken heart I'd still love you
[Verse 1: KAROL G] こんな気持ちになったりだとか 今みたいに他の誰かと一緒にいたいと思ったことは今までなかった気がするの アンタのベッドにいる時は気持ちだって落ち着くよ でもどうしても想像しちゃう，いなくなったらどうしようって こんなのバカな妄想だってそんな風に思いたいけど でもベイビイ，万が一アンタがいなくなったって
[Chorus: KAROL G & Bruno Mars] それでもそっちのセーターにくるまって眠りにつくし 暗闇の中に気配を感じるよ 手紙もみんな取っておく 絶対に破って捨てたりできないし 幸せでいてよってきっと願うよ たとえどんなに辛くても 好きって気持ちは消えないからね たとえ心が傷ついて 辛い思いをしたとしたって（辛くても）
[Bridge: KAROL G & Bruno Mars] 頼むからどこにも姿を消さないで 今いるとこにいて欲しいけど 仮に別れることになっても それでできた傷跡は大切な思い出になる 頼むからどこにも姿を消さないで 今いるとこにいて欲しいけど 仮に別れることになっても それでできた傷跡は大切な思い出になる
[Chorus: KAROL G, KAROL G & Bruno Mars] それでもアンタのセーターにくるまって眠りにつくし 暗闇の中に気配を感じるよ 手紙もみんな取っておく 絶対に破って捨てたりできないし 幸せでいてくれよってきっと願うよ たとえどんなに辛くても たとえ心が傷ついたって 好きって気持ちは消えないからな
この曲を聞きながら，アップテンポのこの曲の内容が認知症になったElvis Costelloの祖母のことを歌ったものだとはただの一度も思いませんでした。 Even once I've never imagined that this upbeat rock song is talking about a lady with dementia who was a grandmother of Elvis Costello. Veronica (Elvis Costello)
[Verse 1] Is it all in that pretty little head of yours? What goes on in that place in the dark? Well, I used to know a girl and I could have sworn That her name was Veronica
Well, she used to have a carefree mind of her own And a delicate look in her eye These days I'm afraid she's not even sure If her name is Veronica
[Chorus] Do you suppose that waiting hands on eyes Veronica has gone to hide? And all the time she laughs at those Who shout her name and steal her clothes Veronica, Veronica
[Verse 2] Did the days drag by? Did the favors wane? Did he roam down the town all the while? Will you wake from your dream, with a wolf at the door Reaching out for Veronica?
Well, it was all of sixty-five years ago When the world was the street where she lived And a young man sailed on a ship in the sea With a picture of Veronica
[Bridge] On the 'Empress of India' And as she closed her eyes upon the world And picked upon the bones of last weeks news She spoke his name out loud again
[Chorus] Do you suppose that waiting hands on eyes Veronica has gone to hide? And all the time she laughs at those Who shout her name and steal her clothes Veronica, Veronica
[Verse 3] Veronica sits in her favorite chair She sits very quiet and still And they call her a name that they never get right And if they don't then nobody else will
But she used to have a carefree mind of her own With devilish look in her eye Saying, "You can call me anything you like But my name is Veronica"
[Chorus] Do you suppose that waiting hands on eyes Veronica has gone to hide? And all the time she laughs at those Who shout her name and steal her clothes Veronica, Veronica Oh, Veronica
「翼」あるいは才能を受けるにふさわしいかどうかは誰にもわかりません。実際に飛べれば翼があったと認めてくれるかもしれませんが，そうでなければ違うと思われます。 Nobody knows you have 'wings' or talent. When you fly, they think you do but if you don't they think otherwise. Jaded (Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley)
[Verse 1: Koe Wetzel] Well, I wanna want ya But you got some reservations 'bout you, don't ya? About you, don't ya? And I kinda like it How you're damaged just like me You don't try to hide it, why you tryna hide it?
[Pre-Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] Who broke your heart? Who dropped the ball? Who had the world and lost it all? Made you hurt, made you cry Just tell me tonight
[Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] How'd you get so jaded? Who made you like this? Who gave you these problems? Even I can't seem to fix How'd you get so lonely? How'd you get so cold? I don't wanna hurt you, baby I just wanna know How'd you get so jaded? How'd you get so jaded?
[Verse 2: Koe Wetzel, Ella Langley, Both] Who broke your heart? (Who broke your heart?) Who tore you down and made you go and put your walls up? Them walls up Who ran around? (Who ran around?) Who lied and told you that you don't deserve your wings? It damn sure wasn't me, yeah
[Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] How'd you get so jaded? Who made you like this? Who gave you these problems? Even I can't seem to fix How'd you get so lonely? How'd you get so cold? I don't wanna hurt you, baby I just wanna know How'd you get so jaded? How'd you get so jaded?
[Bridge: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Koe Wetzel] Who broke your heart? Who dropped the ball? Who had the world and lost it all? Made you hurt, made you cry Just tell me tonight
[Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Ella Langley] Oh, how'd you get so jaded? Who made you like this? Who gave you these problems? Even I can't seem to fix How'd you get so lonely? (Lonely) How'd you get so cold? (So cold) I don't wanna hurt you, baby I just wanna know How'd you get so jaded? (Ooh-ooh-ooh) How'd you get so jaded? (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
[Outro: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Ella Langley] How'd you get so jaded? How'd you get so jaded? How'd you get so jaded? How'd you get so
[Verse 1: Koe Wetzel] 俺はそうして欲しいけど お前は自分のことなのになんか遠慮しちゃってて 迷ってるんだろ？そうだよな？ それにちょっと気に入ってんだ お前も俺とおんなじで傷ついているとこが 隠そうなんて思っちゃダメだ，なんで隠したがるんだよ？
[Pre-Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] 傷つけたのは誰なんだ？ 一体誰がヘマやって* 上手くいってたはずなのになにもかもダメにしたんだ？ お前のことを傷つけて泣かせたのは誰なんだ？ 今夜それを教えてくれよ
[Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ そんなお前に誰がした？ そんな風に悩んでるのは一体誰のせいなんだ？ 俺じゃどうにもできなくたって なんでそんなにひとりになって 冷たい態度を取れるんだ？ なあベイビイ，傷つけるつもりはないし ただ知りたいだけなんだ なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ なんで疲れ果てんだ？
[Verse 2: Koe Wetzel, Ella Langley, Both] 傷つけたのは誰なんだ？（傷つけたのは一体誰で） お前の心をズタズタにして，壁を作って閉じこもるお前にしたのは誰なんだ？ あんな風に壁を作って いい加減な態度を取って（のらりくらりと） ウソついて，お前には「翼」は勿体ないだとか吹き込んだのは誰なんだ？ 俺じゃないことは絶対確かだぞ，そうだよね
[Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley] なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ そんなお前に誰がした？ そんな風に悩んでるのは一体誰のせいなんだ？ 俺じゃどうにもできなくたって なんでそんなにひとりになって 冷たい態度を取れるんだ？ なあベイビイ，傷つけるつもりはないし ただ知りたいだけなんだ なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ なんで疲れ果てんだ？
[Bridge: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Koe Wetzel] 傷に傷つけられたんだ・ついて 一体誰がヘマやって* 上手くいってたはずなのになにもかもダメにして お前のことを傷つけて泣かせたのは誰なのか？ 今夜それを教えてくれよ [Chorus: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Ella Langley] なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ そんなお前に誰がした？ そんな風に悩んでるのは一体誰のせいなんだ？ 俺じゃどうにもできなくたって なんでそんなにひとりになって（ひとりぼっちで） 冷たい態度を取れるんだ？（本当に冷たくて） なあベイビイ，傷つけるつもりはないし ただ知りたいだけなんだ なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ なんで疲れ果てんだ？
[Outro: Koe Wetzel & Ella Langley, Ella Langley] なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ なんで疲れ果ててんだ？ なんでそんなに疲れてんだよ？ なんでそんなに・・・
（補足） * drop the ball ・・・ ヘマをする，失敗する，中途半端で諦める ** jaded ・・・ 疲れ切った，疲れ果てた，うんざりした，無情な，無感覚な
どうやらこの曲を別の曲，Elvis Costello（エルヴィス・コステロ）のVeronicaと混同していたようです。どちらも女性の名前がタイトルになっておりどちらもVで始まるからです。 Maybe I've mixed this up with another song, Veronica by Elvis Costello. Both titles are female names starting with V. Valerie (Steve Winwood)
So wild, standing there, with her hands in her hair I can't help remember just where she touched me There's still no face here in her place So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day Music, high and sweet, then she just blew away Now she can't be that warm with the wind in her arms
Valerie, call on me-call on me, Valerie Come and see me-I'm the same boy I used to be
Love songs fill the night, but they don't tell it all Not how lovers cry out just like they're dying Her cries hang there in time somewhere Someday, some good wind may blow her back to me Some night I may hear her like she used to be No it can't be that warm with the wind in her arms
So cool, she was like jazz on a summer's day Music, high and sweet, then she just blew away Don't tell me you're warm with the wind in your arms
