I LOVE YOU

• By: D-LITE, 葉加瀬太郎

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

I love you ima dake wa kanashii

I love you, just for now, I’m feeling so sad

Uta kikitaku nai yo

I don't want to hear that song

I love you nogare nogare

I love you, slipping away, slipping away

Tadori tsuita kono heya

We finally arrived in this room

Nanimo kamo yurusareta koi ja nai kara

Because this isn't a love where everything's forgiven

Futari wa maru de

The two of us are just like

Sute neko mitai

Mice in a trap

Kono heya wa ochiba ni

This room feels like an autumn dump that's fallen inside

Umoreta aki bako mitai

So you,

Dakara omae wa

With a kitten-like crying voice,

Koneko no you na nakigoe de

On the bed where we tremble

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...

Kishimu beddo no ue de

Holding gentle tenderness

Yasashi sa wo mochi yori

More than kindness, more than softness

Kitsuku karada dakishimeaeba

When I hold your body close

Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo

And then, we both close our eyes again

Kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni

So that love doesn't get lost in this sad song

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I love you waka sugiru futari no ai ni wa

Our love, too young, I love you

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Furerarenu himitsu ga aru

There’s an unbreakable secret

I love you ima no kurashi no naka dewa

I love you, within our current life

Tadoritsuke nai

We can't reach it

Hitotsu ni kasanari ikite yuku koi wo

Living as one, loving as one, carrying this love forward

Yume mite kizutsuku dake no futari da yo

We’re just two people dreaming, getting hurt

Nandomo aishiteru tte kiku omae wa

You ask me repeatedly if I love you

Kono ai nashi dewa ikite sae yuke nai to

You say we can't go on living without this love

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...

Kishimu beddo no ue de

Holding gentle tenderness

Yasashi sa wo mochi yori

More than kindness, more than softness

Kitsuku karada dakishimeaeba

When I hold your body close

Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo

And then, we both close our eyes again

Kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete

So that love doesn't get lost in this sad song

Shimawanu you ni

So it doesn't fade away

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...

Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo

And again, we close our eyes

Kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni

So that love doesn't get lost in this sad song

...

...

Grammar:

• I love you ima dake wa kanashii

  ➔ Using 'ima dake wa' to emphasize 'for now only' or 'at this moment only.'

  ➔ 'ima' means 'now,' and 'dake wa' emphasizes exclusivity at that moment.

• Futari wa maru de Sute neko mitai

  ➔ Using 'maru de' to mean 'like' or 'as if,' to compare the two people to something else.

  ➔ 'maru de' indicates a simile, comparing two entities to something else, similar to 'like' or 'as if' in English.

• Kana shii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni

  ➔ Using 'shimawanu you ni' to express 'so that' or 'in order not to,' indicating purpose or prevention.

  ➔ 'shimawanu you ni' conveys the idea of doing something in order to prevent or avoid something, akin to 'so that not'.

• Kite kizutsuku dake no futari da yo

  ➔ Using 'kizutsuku dake no' to mean 'only hurt,' emphasizing that the hurt is the only thing happening.

  ➔ 'kizutsuku dake no' emphasizes that hurt or injury is the only outcome in this context.

• Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo

  ➔ Using 'sorekara' to mean 'then,' 'mato' to mean 'again,' and 'me wo tojiru' to mean 'close their eyes.'

  ➔ 'sorekara' indicates sequence, 'mato' emphasizes repetition or doing again, and 'me wo tojiru' means 'close your eyes.'