Oyasumi Nasai*
by: Cali Gari (Caligari)

 

Underwater…let's talk in the silence
My beloved one, with your gentle eyes
We speak with glances averted, looking somewhat shyly away
Two who will always share the same heart

suimenka*...shizuka ni katarou
yasashii me o shita boku no koibito
sukoshi terete me o sorashi nagara
itsu date onaji kokoro no futari .

A meaningless look; what could this closed box be?
A stagnant atmosphere, let's kill its monotony

muimi na shisen no tojibako wa nani?
tsumaranai kuuki wa koroshimashou

Underwater…let's play in the secrecy
Your familiar body, my beloved one
And once amidst our warm kisses we'll be
Two who will always share the same heart

suimenka hisoka ni asobou
natsukashii karada boku no koibito
atatakai kuchizuke no naka nara
itsu date onaji kokoro no futari .

A meaningless look; what could this closed box be?
A stagnant atmosphere, let's kill its monotony

muimi na shisen no tojibako wa nani?
tsumaranai kuuki wa koroshimashou

We're both here together; there's no reason to be afraid
A "dark" "narrow" "far off" road
We'll face it straight on and go where we may

futari dakara kowaku wa nai yo
"kurai" "semai" "tooi" michi
kata narabe doko made mo ikeru .

The whole world sleeps; it's memories of us will fade
Together we will set out, and throw the world away
And with a skillfully made false laugh
Turn to friends floating far away
Let's tell them our final words

"Good Night"

sekai wa nemuru bokura o wasure
bokura wa aruku sekai o sutete
yoku dekita tsukiri warai o
ukaberu tomodachi e
saigo no kotoba o tsugeyou

"oyasumi nasai"

Underwater…let's talk in the silence
Underwater…let's play in the secrecy

suimenka shizuka ni katarou
suimenka hisoka ni asobou

The whole world sleeps; it's memories of us will fade
Together we will set out, and throw the world away
And with a skillfully made false laugh
To friends floating far away
Let's tell them of our final words

"Oyasumi Nasai"

sekai wa nemuru bokura o wasure
bokura wa aruku sekai o sutete
yoku dekita tsukiri warai o
ukaberu tomodachi e
saigo no kotoba o tsugeyou

"oyasumi nasai"

 

 

* Good Night

* suimenka can also mean "alone"

* tojibako is the name of a book from 1986...god. Why is there so much about Japan that hasn't been researched yet? Anyway I think this is a reference to something I don't know.

I get the feeling I'm missing something in this song. I always feel that way with Cali Gari though...I'm gonna ask around k? But this is it for now.

 

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~Original copyright Cali Gari. Translation by Faith 2004~