相思相愛 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: aiko
• Album: 45th Single「相思相愛」

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

あたしはあなたにはなれない

I can never become you.

なれない

I can't.

ずっと遠くから見てる

I've been watching from afar all along.

見てるだけで

Just watching only.

どこかにある地球の

On some part of the world,

違う場所で息をして

Breathing in a different place,

どこかにある宇宙で

Somewhere in the universe,

キスをして泣いている

Kissing and crying.

楽しい事をあなたと沢山した

Having so much fun with you.

苦しい胸も幸せだったけど

Even the painful hearts felt happy.

もう何もかも海の中

But now, everything's just like the ocean—

粉々になった言葉も指も全部

Words and fingers that once shattered all.

あたしはあなたにはなれない

I can never become you.

なれない

I can't.

ずっと遠くから見てる

I've been watching from afar all along.

見てるだけで

Just watching only.

月と目が合って笑う

My eyes meet the moon, and I smile.

本当は無い世界に

In a world that’s never really there,

思い切り手を伸ばして

I reach out my hand so boldly.

本当は無い暗闇

Into the darkness that’s truly nonexistent.

目を瞑り怯えてる

Closing my eyes, I tremble.

次に逢える約束の日だけでいい

It’s enough just to promise the next time we meet.

あなたの隣で素直に笑いたい

I want to honestly smile next to you.

二人の夢は秘密だと

Our dream is a secret, that’s all I’ve been able to say.

言える事だけであたしは生きて来たの

That’s how I’ve lived.

あたしはあなたにはなれない

I can never become you.

なれない

I can't.

心を突き放す想いに暮れるだけで

Just weary from feelings of pushing away my heart.

こんな恋をした今を

Living this love right now—

あたしはあなたにはなれない

I can never become you.

なれない

I can't.

ずっと遠くから見てる

I've been watching from afar all along.

見てるだけで

Just watching only.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
あなた /anata/ A1	noun - you
見てる /miteru/ A2	verb - to see, to look
遠く /tooku/ A2	adverb - far away
世界 /sekai/ B1	noun - world
夢 /yume/ B1	noun - dream
心 /kokoro/ B1	noun - heart, mind
想い /omoi/ B2	noun - thought, feeling
泣いている /naiteiru/ B2	verb - to be crying
幸せ /shiawase/ B2	noun - happiness
苦しい /kurushii/ B2	adjective - painful, difficult
約束 /yakusoku/ B2	noun - promise, appointment
素直 /sunao/ C1	adjective - honest, straightforward
暗闇 /kurayami/ C1	noun - darkness
海 /umi/ A1	noun - sea
言葉 /kotoba/ B1	noun - word, language

Key Grammar Structures

• あたしはあなたにはなれない

  ➔ Potential form with ない (nai) for negation

  ➔ The phrase uses the **potential form** combined with **ない** to express inability or impossibility.

• ずっと遠くから見てる

  ➔ ている (te iru) form for ongoing action

  ➔ The **ている** form indicates an action that is ongoing or a state maintained over time.

• あたしはあなたにはなれない

  ➔ Use of に to indicate target of comparison or direction

  ➔ The particle **に** marks the **target** or **recipient**, here indicating the person they cannot become.

• 見てるだけで

  ➔ だけで (dake de): just by doing, only with

  ➔ The phrase **だけで** expresses that the action of watching alone is sufficient or solely responsible for the feeling or situation.

• 本当は無い世界に

  ➔ に (ni) indicating location or target in a conceptual sense

  ➔ The particle **に** points to the **world** as a **destination** or **conceptual space** where the world 'does not exist' in reality.

• 心を突き放す想いに暮れるだけで

  ➔ を (wo) particle marking direct object, + に indicating target/direction

  ➔ The particle **を** marks the **heart** as the object of the action, while **に** indicates the **target** of the **feelings**.