Yoko Minamino - 話しかけたかった (Hanashikaketakatta) (English translation)

Yoko Minamino – 話しかけたかった

English translation

Japanese

Original lyrics

話しかけたかった

風が踊る 5月の街で

輝いてる彼を見かけたわ

視線だけで追うアーケイド

ほんとはついてゆきたいの

ずっとあこがれてたから

いつか振り向かせたいひと

駆け寄って話しかけたかった

気をひきたかった無邪気なふりして

キレイと思われたかった

だけど追えなかったはねた髪

あなただけに逢う偶然を

待ちつづけて時間が過ぎてゆく

朝の電車夕焼けの道

いつでもオシャレしていたの

友達と待ち合わせた

カフェテラスですれ違うの

駆け寄って話しかけたかった

でも出来なかったみんなが呼ぶ声

私を気にも止めなかった

背中追えなかった熱い頬

雨やどり本屋の前

通りすぎた彼とポニーテール

駆け寄って話しかけたかった

でも出来なかった今日までいちども

遠くで思うだけだった心で時間を止めてたの

English

Translation#1#2

I Wanted To Talk To Him

In town, on a breezy day in May

I saw him, looking radiant

Following him through the shopping arcade, if only with my gaze

When in reality I wanted to walk alongside

Because I had long adored him

Someone that I wished would turn around one day

I wanted to run up, and talk to him

I wanted him to take notice of me, while I acted coyly

And have him think I was pretty

But I could not go after him, with my frizzy hair

Trying to create a coincidence of meeting you alone

I kept waiting, as time went by

The morning train, the street at sunset

I was always dressed up

When meeting up with friends

At the cafe terrace, he and I crossed paths

I wanted to run up, and talk to him

But I just could not, with everyone calling out

He did not notice me

I could not go after him, with my flushed cheeks

Sheltering from the rain, in front of the bookstore

He walks on by...with a ponytailed girl

I wanted to run up, and talk to him

But I could not do it even once until now

Only able to think about him from afar...I was stopping time with my heart

Translations of "話しかけたかった ..."

English #1, #2

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