[romaji & translation] You were ...

[masa]

I have to say that some translation parts are as same as tenshi no hane's, because I couldn't think of the better ones.
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Surechigau koibito tachi ga kata o yoseai aruite ku
Tsumetasa ga mi ni shimiru no wa kimi ga inai kara
Kisetsu sae wasureru kurai hoka ni nani mo ira nai kurai
Sou muchuu de kagayaita no wa koi o shite ita kara

* Kimi ga saigo no hito da to omotta
Kimi to saigo no koi o shi takatta
Konna hiroi yozora no shita hitori
Ittai nani o omoe ba ii no

Ima dare no tonari de egao misete iru no ka da nante
Nee dore hodo no jikan ga tatta ra kurushimi wa owaru no kana

** Itsuka hanashite ta yume no tsuzuki mo
Itsumo itte ita ano kuchiguse mo
Subete wasure rare tara raku da ne
Dakedo hitotsu mo wasure taku nai

Seijaku ni tsutsumare ta shunkan ni osotte kuru
Yasashiku te atataka sugiru omoide ga

* (repeat)
** (repeat)

Dakedo hitotsu mo wasure taku nai
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The lovers I pass are walking shoulder to shoulder
I feel it's biting cold, because you are not here
I was shining, because I was in love
I was so carried away that I even forgot the seasons and needed nothing else but you

* I thought you were my last person
I wanted my love for you to be my last one
What on earth should I think of
All alone under such a vast night sky ?

I'm thinking again by whose side you are smiling now
I wonder how much time will pass until my suffering ends

** The thread of the dream you were talking about sometime
That line you always said
It's easier for me to forget them all, isn't it?
But I don’t want to forget a single one

The moment I'm surrounded by silence
I'm hit by the memories, too tender and warm

* (repeat)
** (repeat)

But I don’t want to forget a single one

[ren0210989]

thank you masa!!!!
love the lyrics

[Teyla]

Thank you masa!

[waterballoon]

thank you masa~

[ayumi.hamasaki]

thank you

[miskiq]

thanks...beautiful lyrics.
wonder if it was written for her ex

[hoshiBlack]

Thank you masa! ^^
Your translations are the only ones I trust ^^

[Lanz16]

^ Me too!

Thanks masa!!!

[Ayusan]

Thanks so much masa, I was wondering why there was not your yet ;-; ( busy surely ^W^ ) you're the only one I really trust >.>

[Linoa62]

Thanks a lot, I'm always waiting for your translations!!!

[jkm444]

thanks! I like your translation!

[Chibi_Venus]

...

It just keeps getting better and better.

Thank you so much, masa!

[SunshineSlayer]

I really like the lyrics. Especially since I can relate right now. It seems like it might be about Tomoya again though; unless she has had another serious relationship since then that we don't know about.

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

I really like the lyrics. Especially since I can relate right now. It seems like it might be about Tomoya again though; unless she has had another serious relationship since then that we don't know about.

I would hope she would have told us if she had a love interest. I doubt she would have such strong feelings for someone, break up with them and then write a song without any of us knowing lol.

I wonder if Tomoya knows she's writing about him so much? Are there any TOKIO fans here? Is he writing about her?

[rookies]

Thanks masa!

[Mai82Go]

Thanks for your version, masa. I agree with SunshineSlayer, it seems about Tomoya. *sigh* Days seemed like that, too. Concerning Tomoya, I find it strange, that everybody's alway like "Ayu broke up with him" and "She left him because she doesn't want a family and only thinks of her career"... I don't think it's true at all, maybe he was the driving force in breaking up? There seem to be some unresolved feelings on Ayu's part. But that's all just speculation, maybe it's about somebody completely different. I really like the lyrics, they are so touching, but I already wrote that in tenshis thread.

[SunshineSlayer]

Originally Posted by Mai82Go

Thanks for your version, masa. I agree with SunshineSlayer, it seems about Tomoya. *sigh* Days seemed like that, too. Concerning Tomoya, I find it strange, that everybody's alway like "Ayu broke up with him" and "She left him because she doesn't want a family and only thinks of her career"... I don't think it's true at all, maybe he was the driving force in breaking up?

The thing is, I DO think he is the one that broke up with her, but it was likely because of those reasons that you mentioned above. Since then, he has been in a serious relationship with Aibu Saki and there have been marriage rumors floating around about them for a long time now too. So it seems this song is maybe her feelings about how he was able to get into a serious relationship with someone else so quickly.

[apple-pi]

Yay, thanks for the translations! The lyrics are really pretty, though very typical for an Ayu parting-song. I don't think this necessarily has anything to do with Nagase - I mean, she wrote plenty parting songs during the time they were together as well, right? And I think most of her "grieving" was around GUILTY, cuz she seemed really depressed [for a lot of reasons] during that period, but then "got her life back on track" and cheered up on MW~>NL period, so it would feel kind of out of place, being all dramatic all of a sudden... though then again, it's the season for that. Well I dunno. I just know I still harbored secret hopes that they'd get back together one day, which means THIS...

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The thing is, I DO think he is the one that broke up with her, but it was likely because of those reasons that you mentioned above. Since then, he has been in a serious relationship with Aibu Saki and there have been marriage rumors floating around about them for a long time now too. So it seems this song is maybe her feelings about how he was able to get into a serious relationship with someone else so quickly.

...has officially broken my heart

[Mai82Go]

Originally Posted by apple-pi

Yay, thanks for the translations! The lyrics are really pretty, though very typical for an Ayu parting-song. I don't think this necessarily has anything to do with Nagase - I mean, she wrote plenty parting songs during the time they were together as well, right? And I think most of her "grieving" was around GUILTY, cuz she seemed really depressed [for a lot of reasons] during that period, but then "got her life back on track" and cheered up on MW~>NL period, so it would feel kind of out of place, being all dramatic all of a sudden... though then again, it's the season for that. Well I dunno. I just know I still harbored secret hopes that they'd get back together one day, which means THIS...



...has officially broken my heart

Those feelings are hard to ignore, and even if you write about it 2 1/2 years later you can still have feelings for that person. Ayu had different stuff going on in her life in GUILTY so maybe that's why the lyrics are different than NEXT LEVEL. Not all her songs are about Love and Relationships. And this one, You were..., seems just to scream Tomoya Nagase to me. Maybe Ayu met him recently and started thinking of him again, she said they are still friends. About Aibu Saki: The have been together for 2 years now and everytime I read an marriage rumour, it says they are gonna get married in the next days or next month. But they don't. For 2 years now. So, maybe there is still hope for the Ayu/Tomoya Shipper.

[aura~]

Originally Posted by SunshineSlayer

The thing is, I DO think he is the one that broke up with her, but it was likely because of those reasons that you mentioned above. Since then, he has been in a serious relationship with Aibu Saki and there have been marriage rumors floating around about them for a long time now too. So it seems this song is maybe her feelings about how he was able to get into a serious relationship with someone else so quickly.

that.

it's quite depressing to still remember a love and the time you was with him.. but it's worse if at the same time the other persone seems to have forgotten all and has another relation ship and seems happy while you aren't...