(PV) Morning Musume Shabondama Lyrics

Morning Musume: Shabondama

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03.09.05
Artist: Morning Musume
t__le: Shabondama (Bubbles)
Words: Tsunku
Music: Tsunku

Romaji

aisuru hito ha anata dake
daremo jyama sasenai
ai no shabon ni idakarete
watashi dake no anata

lines: na no ni, doko ni ittan da yo~
Ai!

naitesumu nara nakiyagare
subete no koi ha shabondama
koi wo suru nara kono tsugi ha
anta meigi no koi wo shina
shabondama
Ai!
WOW WOW WOW

'aisuru hito ha anata dake'
sou shinjiteta kedo
Ai!
kekkyoku onna onna da ne
pe-su ha tsune ni acchi
Ai!

kono yo no naka ni kurasu onna no ko de
watashi no rankingu nan i darou ka?
OH!

matteitatte modoranai
subete no koi ha shabondama
koi wo suru nara kono tsugi ha
anta meigi no koi wo shina
shabondama
Ai!

Lines: honki de suki datte itta jyan!
donna koto datte suru yo!
warui toko ga attara oshiete?
nee? nee?
nani yo! hito ga shinken ni hanashiteru no ni
dengen kitte yo.
watashi no kimochi s___tete kudoitan desho?
sou yo ne? suki na no ne?
sou gyutto s___e, dakishimete yo~!

naitesumu nara nakiyagare
subete no koi ha shabondama
koi wo suru nara kono tsugi ha
anta meigi no koi wo shina
shabondama
Ai!
WOW WOW WOW

'aisuru hito ha anata dake'
tte sanzan aishita na...
kurou nante kakugo s___eta
saigo waraeru nara

kono yo no naka de suteki na jyosei da to
dore gurai no onna ga hyoushoujyou morau no?
OH!

matteitatte modoranai
subete no koi ha shabondama
koi wo suru nara kono tsugi ha
anta meigi no koi wo shina
shabondama
Ai!

shabondama...

Romaji By: Brian Stewart

You're the only one for me
I won't let anyone get in our way
Held in this bubble of love
You belong to only me.

but then, where'd you go and run off to~
Oy!

If crying will make it better, cry your heart out.
all love is bubbles
if you're going to fall in love,
next time do it in your own name. *1
bubbles

"you're the only one for me" or so I thought,
In the end, it comes back to me being a woman,
we always follow their lead. *2

Among all the women in the world, I wonder where I rank?

Even if you wait, it's never coming back
all love is bubbles.
If you're going to fall in love,
next time do it in your own name
bubbles

Lines: You told me you really loved me!
I'll do anything for you!
If there's something you don't like about me tell me.
Okay? Okay? What's wrong with you! Shut that thing off!
I'm trying to pour my heart out here.
When you came on to me, you knew how I felt didn't you?
You love me, don't you? Come on take me, hold me tight.

"You're the only one for me"
I've fallen in love so many times thinking just that...
I was ready for any suffering I'd have to endure,
if it meant I could smile when it was over.

How many women in the world will make the grade? *3

Bubbles.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: I can tell you flat out that Shabondama is about a girl scolding herself for never being able to hold onto a man. She has a defeatist attitude towards love. Her loves are over before they have even begun, but this doesn't stop her from trying to psyche herself up, and find the inner strength to be more than just someone who relies on the other person for everything. On to the *'s!

*1 - The word meigi is used to mean "in the name of" as in "a deed in his name", "a phone line in her name. This line is the woman telling herself, that next time she meets a man she needs to be independent, both financially and I would guess Tsunku also means emotionally.

*2 - That is... women let the man dictate the pace.

*3 - The j__anese word used here is hyoushoujyou which is literally a certificate, the whole phrase literally would be, "how many women will receive certification that they are attractive/desireable."