Ringo Sheena - 幸福論 (Kōfukuron) (English translation)

Japanese

Original lyrics

幸福論

本当のしあわせを　さがしたときに

愛し愛されたいと考えるようになりました

そしてあたしは君の強さも隠しがちな弱さも汲んで

時の流れと空の色に何も望みはしない様に

素顔で泣いて笑う君にエナジィを燃やすだけなのです

本当のしあわせは目に映らずに

案外傍にあって気づかずにいたのですが...

かじかむ指の求めるものが　見慣れたその手だったと知って

あたしは君のメロディーやその哲学や言葉、全てを

守る為なら少し位する苦労もいとわないのです

時の流れと空の色に何も望みはしない様に

素顔でないて笑う君のそのままを愛している故に

あたしは君のメロディーやその哲学や言葉、全てを守り通します

君が其処に生きているという真実だけで　幸福なのです

English

Translation

When I went looking for true happiness,

I started thinking to myself that I wanted to love, and be loved.

And it helped me to understand your strengths,

and the weaknesses you tend to keep hidden

So I’m just gonna use up all my energy on you

Because you laugh and cry so openly

To keep myself from hoping for anything

from the flow of time, or the color of the sky

I didn’t see true happiness, so I never realized

That it was actually right here next to me all along…

But I know it was your familiar hands that my numb fingers were seeking

So I’m willing to suffer a little to protect it all:

your melody, your philosophy, the things you have to say.

Because I love you and the way you laugh and cry so openly,

To keep myself from hoping for anything

from the flow of time, or the color of the sky…

I will continue to protect it all:

your melody, your philosophy, the things you have to say.

The reality of you being alive, right here with me,

is all it takes to make me happy.

English

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