"is this LOVE?" and "STEP you" translations

masa · #1 28th July 2005, 05:07 PM

I was not going to translate these songs for some reasons. But recently I've received E-mails from several persons requesting me to do so. And I've changed my mind to translate them, though it's so late. If you find any unnatural parts, please inform me.
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is this LOVE?

When I followed your tender gaze
She was smiling and nodding
With a sweet and happy look
With her thin shoulders

I felt as if something had collapsed
With a loud noise
But actually I was just stuck and standing there

I didn't ask you such an absurd and stupid question as
"Why isn't it me?"
But you looked like a stranger to me
And I just felt you were far away
What should I call such a feeling?

Because I came to know the reason for the sadness in your eyes
You sometimes show me

I also realized
That it was not me, nor someone else
But only one person who can do something for you

I pretended to notice at last
"Since when have I been so attracted by you?"
Fooling myself with transparent lies
But it only made me feel even more empty
I wonder if people call such a feeling as love

I didn't ask you such an absurd and stupid question as
"Why isn't it me?"
But you looked like a stranger to me
And I just felt you were far away

I pretended to notice at last
"Since when have I been so attracted by you?"
Fooling myself with transparent lies
But it only made me feel even more empty
It must be that people call such a feeling as love
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STEP you

The gestures you casually show me
In our idle conversations
Even if I don't intend not to forget
Some part within me
wow oh oh oh oh no no no no
Remember them well, YOU and ME

*SO 1.2.3.4, one by one
1.2 STEP you, in this way
I want to know you better

**SO 1.2.3.4, one by one
1.2 STEP you, in this way
No one can stop me now

***wow wow so wow wow
oh wow wow so wow wow

1.2.3.4 YOU and ME?

"Where are you and what are you doing now?"
Just after I thought so
I wanted you to remember me
Even just a little bit
wow oh oh oh oh no no no no
I wished so, YOU and ME

****SO 1.2.3.4, I don't know since when
1.2 STEP you, in time
I've come to want more

*****SO 1.2.3.4, I don't know since when
1.2 STEP you, in time
I may want to get your smile all to myself

*** (repeat)

The gap between ideal and reality
Is too big
And even becoming bigger without control
oh yeah yeah yeah

Do I give up now
Or keep on trying?
oh yeah yeah yeah yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

* (repeat)
** (repeat)
**** (repeat)
***** (repeat)
*** (repeat)
*** (repeat)

1.2.3.4 YOU and ME?

Coelacanth · #2 28th July 2005, 05:19 PM

Thank you very much for the translations masa! The lyrics are good..

AyuGAME · #3 28th July 2005, 05:20 PM

wow..i have been waiting for this..
many thx masa...

Queen Bee · #4 28th July 2005, 06:11 PM

Thanks for the translation.

Shiso · #5 28th July 2005, 06:33 PM

THANK YOU SO MUCH! You are the best!

Mirai Noah · #6 28th July 2005, 07:01 PM

Thank you for the translations!

Jennie Mae · #7 28th July 2005, 08:56 PM

Yay, thank you masa!!

lolo66 · #8 28th July 2005, 10:47 PM

wow good works thank you so much

~Matt~ · #9 28th July 2005, 10:59 PM

Thanks

***nmskalmn*** · #10 28th July 2005, 11:15 PM

Thank you. I was hoping you would translate them

***ImpactBreaker*** · #11 28th July 2005, 11:17 PM

Thanks masa! but what was the reason you weren't going to translate them? was it because you didn't like the songs or something?

yaten · #12 29th July 2005, 12:20 AM

very good translations! only one thing i thought you might want to clear up:

STEP you:
Even if I don't intend not to forget

that's a double negative, which isn't allowed in english grammar. So would 'Even if i intend not to forget' or 'Even if i dont intend to forget' be more appropriate?

Thanks for the translations, though ... it doesn't seem right without a masa translation!

Qt Mashi · #13 29th July 2005, 12:29 AM

wow kool~ i tohught u already translated it in Divine Ayu but i checked and it was actually someone else who translated it

thanks~

Echiko · #14 29th July 2005, 01:24 AM

Thanks alot!! ^_^

Raleigh · #15 29th July 2005, 01:48 AM

Thanks a lot =) I always wait for your translations.

Ibitsu Kokoro · #16 29th July 2005, 06:04 AM

Thankyou masa.

masa · #17 29th July 2005, 08:06 AM

To ImpactBreaker
It was partly because I was not impressed by these songs (especially "STEP you" disappointed me much), and partly because I found someone had already translated them well.

To Yaten
Thanks for your comment. I may have to change this line to "Even if I don't intend to remember". Or, do you have some other ideas?

Btw, don't you think "STEP you" is grammatically wrong? I think it should be "STEP to you". How do you think about this?