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生まれてみたい - Umarete Mitai, "I Want to Try to Be Born*" by Urbangarde

拝啓わたしのママまだ女の子だったママ

haikei watashi no mama mada onna noko datta mama

Dear Mom, my mom who was still only a girl

あなたは神様から届くメールを待ってる

anata wa kamisama kara todoku meeru wo matteru

you are waiting for some mail from God to arrive

「世界が終わればいい」まして自分が消えればいい

sekai ga owareba ii mashite jibun ga kiereba ii

“The world should end,” it says, not to mention that I should disappear

あなたの神様はだけど着信気づかない

anata no kamisama wa dakedo chakushin kidzukanai

however, your God doesn’t notice the mail’s arrival

拝啓わたし��いままだ暗いところにいます

haikei watashi wa ima mada kurai tokoro ni imasu

Dear me now, I’m still in a dark place

あなたから届いたお手紙に火をつけて

anata kara todoita otegami ni hi o tsukete

I set the letter I received from you on fire

世界が始まる日をそしてわたしが始まる日を

sekai ga hajimaru hi wo soshite watashi ga hajimaru hi wo

the day the world begins, and now, the day I begin--

夢のなかあなたのなか夢を見ていた

yume no naka anata no naka yume wo miteita

they’re inside a dream, inside you, I was dreaming of them

コインロッカーの日々に閉じ込めないで**

koinrokaa hibi ni tojikomenaide**

“don’t lock me up in a coin locker everyday**

コウノトリなんかいないって教えて

kounotori nanka inai tte oshiete

there’s no such thing as a stork,” you teach me

わたしになって生まれてみたい

watashi ni natte umarete mitai

becoming myself, I want to try to be born

誰かじゃなくてわたしになりたい

dareka ja nakute watashi ni naritai

not just someone, I want to become myself

この目で見たい歌を聴きたい

kono me de mitai uta wo kikitai

I want to see with these eyes, I want to listen to a song

夢なんてないだけどわたしになりたいの

yume nante nai dakedo watashi ni naritai no

it won’t be anything like a dream, but I want to become myself

さよならわたしのママ夜の街に消えてくママ

sayonara watashi no mama yoru no machi ni kieteku mama

Goodbye to my mom, my mom who disappeared into the city night

恋人は神様じゃない王子様でもない

koibito wa kamisama ja nai oujisama demo nai

your lover is not God, and not a prince, either

世界は終わってるの人類の歴史ひもとけば

sekai wa owatteru no jinrui no rekishi himotokeba

if I discover mankind’s history, the world will end,

だから何度でも作るの血だらけの手で

dakara nandodemo tsukuru no chidarake no te de

so, I’ll do it however many time with my blood-stained hand

タイムカプセル過去に閉じ込めないでタイムマシンならいらないって伝えて***

taimu kapuseru kako ni tojikomenaide taimu mashin nara iranai tte tsutaete***

you tell me, “don’t lock up the time capsule to the past if you have a time machine, you won’t need it”***

あなたになって生まれてみたい

anata ni natte umarete mitai

I am becoming you, I want to try to be born

何にもなれないあなたになりたい

nannimo narenai anata ni naritai

I can’t become anything, I want to become you

愛が知りたい声を聴かせて

ai ga shiritai koe wo kikasete

I want to know love, make me hear your voice

夢になれないそんなあなたになりたいの

yume ni narenai sonna anata ni naritai no

I can’t become a dream, I want to become something like you

��かないで鏡の向こうで闇の向こうで

nakanaide kagami no mukou de yami no mukou de

don’t cry, on the other side of the mirror, on the other side of the darkness

いつか生まれて

itsuka umarete

someday I’ll be born

綺麗さも醜さもほんとのわたしを生きるの****

kireisa mo minikusa mo honto no watashi wo ikiru no

and both beauty and ugliness will live within my true self

あなたは登るビルの屋上

anata wa noboru biru no okujou

you ascend to the building’s rooftop

あなたはわたしいつか気づいて

anata wa watashi itsuka kidzuite

You are me, notice it sometime

明日じゃなくて今を見つめて

ashita ja nakute ima wo mitsumete

there is no tomorrow, I fix my gaze on the present

あなたはわたしいつかわたしになりたいの

anata wa watashi itsuka watashi ni naritai no

you are me, but someday I’d like to become myself

なれないのなりたいの

narenai no naritai no

I can’t, I want to,

なれないの

narenai no

I can’t

Notes:

*I've seen this be translated as "I Want to Be Born" a lot but I'm not sure that's right because you could just say 生まれたい. みる after a -te verb usually means "to try to" if I'm correct so this is what I'm going with even if it doesn't sound super natural in English.

**I wasn't sure if "me" is the correct object here but for this situation that's my best guess.

***This line was really hard. I think this is right, but I'm not sure so like it says in my bio take it with a grain of salt.

****This one was honestly just...what the fuck? If you don't know anything about Japanese grammar, the line is essentially trying to make "me" into the object of "to live". Which...is an intransitive verb? I cannot think of a situation in which "to live" takes an object. So this is my best guess. If anyone knows anything, please let me know so I can improve this!

#urbangarde #umaretemitai #生まれてみたい

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