Toki no Nagare ni mi wo Makase (Surrendering to the Flow of Time) 時の流れに身をまかせ [Cover]

     

"Toki no Nagare ni mi wo Makase" was a 1986 single by Teresa Teng and later covered by her as "I Only Care About You" in Mandarine

Aya sang it in a duet with Miki Hirayama on a 2007 "Uta Doki" episode

Mus: Miki Takashi (三木たかし), Lyr: Toyohisa Araki (荒木とよひさ)

TV version:

 

Translated by Brandon Berg

Kanji

 

もしも あなたと逢えずにいたら
わたしは何を してたでしょうか
平凡だけど 誰かを愛し
普通の暮らし してたでしょうか

時の流れに 身をまかせ
あなたの色に 染められ
一度の人生それさえ 
捨てることもかまわない
だから お願い そばに置いてね
いまは あなたしか 愛せない

もしも あなたに 嫌われたなら
明日という日 失くしてしまうわ
約束なんか いらないけれど
想い出だけじゃ 生きてゆけない

時の流れに 身をまかせ
あなたの胸に より添い
綺麗になれたそれだけで 
いのちさえもいらないわ
だから お願い そばに置いてね
いまは あなたしか 見えないの

時の流れに 身をまかせ
あなたの色に 染められ
一度の人生それさえ 
捨てることもかまわない
だから お願い そばに置いてね

いまは あなたしか 愛せない

Romaji

 

Moshi mo anata to aezu ni itara
Watashi wa nani wo shiteta deshou ka
Heibon da kedo dareka wo ai shi
Futsuu no kurashi shiteta deshou ka

Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase
Anata no iro ni somerare
Ichido no jinsei sore sae
Suteru koto mo kamawanai
Da kara onegai soba ni oite ne
Ima wa anata shika ai senai

Moshi mo anata ni kirawareta nara
Ashita toiu hi nakushite shimau wa
Yakusoku nanka iranai keredo
Omoide dake ja ikite yukenai

Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase
Anata no mune ni yorisoi
Kirei ni nareta sore dake de
Inochi sae mo iranai wa
Da kara onegai soba ni oite ne
Ima wa anata shika mienai no

Toki no nagare ni mi wo makase
Anata no iro ni somerare
Ichido no jinsei sore sae
Suteru koto mo kamawanai
Da kara onegai soba ni oite ne

Ima wa anata shika ai senai

Translation

 

If I had never met you,
What would I have done?
Would I have fallen in love with another,
And led an ordinary life?

Surrendering to the flow of time,
I am dyed through with your color.
For you, I would give up even
My one and only life.
So please stay by my side.
I can no longer love anyone but you.

If I were forsaken by you,
There would be no more tomorrow for me.
I don't need a promise,
But I can't go on living with only memories.

Surrendering to the flow of time,
I press my cheek to your chest.
Having become so close to you,
I don't need even my own life.
So please stay by my side.
I can no longer see anyone but you.

Surrendering to the flow of time,
I am dyed through with your color.
For you, I would give up even
My one and only life.
So please stay by my side.

I can no longer love anyone but you.

Performances

Concert / TV Show / Other
Date
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Uta Doki
2007