22sai no Wakare (Seperation at age 22) 22才の別れ [Cover]

     

"22sai no Wakare" was Kaze's debut single, released 1975

Momoka sang it in a duet with its composer on the Mouhitotsu no Momoiro
Christmas 2013! Party in Odaiba
, and Reni performed it with the host in the
tenth "Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura" episode in 2015

Mus/Lyr: Shozo Ise (伊勢正三)

TV version 2013:

TV version 2015:

 

Translated by Yagi-sama

Kanji

 

あなたに「さよなら」って言えるのは
今日だけ
明日になって
またあなたの暖い手に触れたら
きっと言えなくなってしまう
そんな気がして…
私には 鏡に映った
あなたの姿を 見つけられずに
私の目の前にあった
幸せに すがりついてしまった

私の誕生日に 22本の
ローソクをたて
ひとつひとつが みんな君の
人生だねって言って
17本目からは
いっしょに火をつけたのが
きのうのことのように…
今はただ 5年の月日が
永すぎた 春といえるだけです
あなたの 知らないところへ
嫁いでゆく 私にとって

ひとつだけ こんな私の
わがまま聞いて くれるなら
あなたは あなたのままで
変らずにいて下さい
そのままで

Romaji

 

anata ni sayounara tta ieru no wa
kyou dake
ashita ni natte
mata anata no atatakai te ni furetara
kitto ienaku natte shimau
sonna ki ga shite
watashi ni wa kagami ni utsutta
anata no sugata wo mitsukerarezu ni
watashi no me no mae ni atta
shiawase ni sugari tsuite shimatta

watashi no tanjoubi ni niju ni hon no
ro-soku wo tate
hitotsu hitotsu ga minna kimi no
jinsei da nette itte
juu-nana honme kara wa
issho ni hi wo tsuketa no ga
kinou no koto no you ni
ima wa tada go nen no tsukihi ga
naga sugita haru to ieru dake desu
anata no shiranai to koro he
totsuide yuku watashi ni totte

hitotsu dake konna watashi no
wagamama kiite kureru nara
anata wa anata no mama de
kawarazu ni ite kudasai
sono mama de

Translation

 

To you, I'll say Good-bye
Only today
Because when tomorrow come
Again the touch of your warm hand
Will made me not able to say it for sure
That's how I feel
In the mirror that reflect back at me
I couldn't find your figure
In front of my eyes
I held on to the happiness

On my 22nd birthday
The candles that was set up
One by one, everyone of you
Say that it represent life
From the 17th one
we lit fire to together
Was like yesterday
The time now mere five years
You can say that it was a spring that was too long
To the place that you don't know
I was married to

Only one, as for me like this
My selfishness overcome me
For you, as for you
Please do not change
and remain who you are