KOIBITO YO
Mayumi Itsuwa (Japan) - 1980


Kareha chiru yuugure wa
Kuruhi no samusa wo monogatari
Ame ni kowareta benchi niwa
Ai wo sasayaku uta mo nai

Koibito yo, soba ni ite
Kogoeru watashi no soba ni ite yo
Soshite hitokoto kono wakarebanashi ga
Joudan dayo to waratte hoshii

Jarimichi wo kakeashi de
Marason bito ga yuki sugiru
Marude boukyaku nozomu yoni
Tomaru watashi wo sasotteru

Koibito yo, sayonara
Kisetsu wa megutte kuru keredo
Anohi no hutari yoi no nagareboshi
Hikatte wa kieru mujou no yumeyo

Koibito yo, soba ni ite
Kogoeru watashi no soba ni ite yo
Soshite hitokoto kono wakarebanashi ga
Joudan dayo to waratte hoshii 


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KOIBITO YO
(Translation)
(My dear lover)
Mayumi Itsuwa - Japan


The evening autumn leaves flowing
says the cold is coming
There are not any love songs
On a broken chair by rain

My dear lover, please stay beside me
And just tell me this divorce is kidding
With laughing

A jogging man is passing through
On a pebbles street
He induce me who stand still
As if he wanted me to forget,

My dear lover, now I say good-bye
The seasons rotate, though
Two of us of those days
A shooting star in that evening
Shine and disappear, heartless dream

My dear lover, please stay beside me
And just tell me this divorce is kidding
With laughing



(Transcribed & translated by Nori Iwato - September 2003)