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Soushi // Ren // Nozomu

English Translation:

Again and again, my hand

Pulls each of us to places

That I don’t even know

We waited for an excuse

But we keep passing each other on this Merry-Go-Round

The week’s ordinary as can be

Mon— Tues— Wednes— Thurs— Fri—

Nothing to get us hooked on

I’m getting a good feeling from this mellow chance

Even while it’s not coming to me

Three heads are better than one, whatever that means

That’s what a clever teacher says

Let’s look each other face to face to face

And have a discussion

My image is always a pop star of the future

I want to be dazzlingly shone on along with you

Again and again, my hand

Brushes against others

Getting shy, even though we just left each other

I get excited, trying to get in the lead

Only to turn around again in a Roundabout

Because I don’t know this thrill

I’ll keep that a secret as I mount a shaking wooden horse

Getting charmed by your face fixed in profile

I’m no match for you— Give me your smile, yeah

Studying, clubs, part-time, love, et cetera

It feels I’m not getting jolted enough by them

I went to a drink bar myself and asked for

An orange to taste

Wait, it’s almost like there’s no connection

At this rate, our youth’s gonna cry

We have to go slam into someone

Come on, let’s play rock-paper-scissors

Living along innocently, a star knowing nothing of the world

I want to be enveloped in flashes along with you

It’s not here, but it’s something we don’t have

Crying and getting troubled, a young boy gets worried

Just like how we were that time

With an angelic babyface

I still keep that story of my fantasies close to me

While procrastinating on my important job

If I can just get you to smile

That’s enough: today’s the best point

Wandering around and around, I’m being called back

In a straightforward motion to the very first moment

Even a second can become infinity if I keep remaking

This shining aspiration is just like a diamond

As if scraping out and forming the relief

I’ll make my feelings into a song

Again and again, my hand

Pulls each of us to places

That I don’t even know

Since I want to wait for an excuse

I’m always here by your side

Again and again, my hand

Brushes against others

Getting shy, and sometimes held tight

I get excited, trying to get in the lead

Only to end up dripping with sweat in a Roundabout

Even though I don’t know this thrill

I’ll never, ever want to forget it

I blinked and saw your signature

I accepted it on this Merry-Go-Round

So now, today again, come on— Give me your smile

Romaji:

Kono te nandomo nandomo tagai ni

Hiite doko he yukuka mo wakaranai

Kikkake matteita keredo

Surechigau yo Merry-Go-Round

Heibon masa ni sonna shuukan

Getsu hi sui moku kin fukku nashi

Ii kanji ni merou na chansu mo

Otozurenai mama

Sannin yoreba nanka no chie tte

Kashikoi sensei ga yuttenda

Kao to kao to kao tsukiawashite

Disukasshon shiyou ze

Imeeji wa itsudemo mirai no poppusutaa

Mabushiku terasaretai kimi to

Kono te nandomo nandomo sono te ni

Furete hanikande hanarete bakari de

Riido shiyou to harikitte

Kara mawaru yo Roundabout

Konna tokimeki wa shiranai kara

Himete yureru mokuba ni matagatte

Yokogao jitto mitoreteta

Kanawanai yo Give me your smile, yeah

Benkyou bukatsu baito renai sonota

Pattoshinai juuden mo nai

Ohitori dorinkubaa tanonde

Orenji kajitta

Matte marude shinten ga nai

Konnanja seishun ga naichau

Dareka bukkonde ikanakucha

Saa janken shiyouze

Itaike ni ikiteyuku seken shirazu no sutaa

Furasshu ni kakomaretai kimi to

Koko ni nai no ni nai monone datte

Naite segande komarasechau shounen

Itsuka no bokura mitai dane

Adokenaiyo Babyface

Mata yume monogatari wo daite

Daiji na shigoto atomawashi ni shiteiru

Kimi ni warattemoraetara

Sore de kyou wa manten sa

Megurimegutte modotte oide

Saisho no shunkan massugu na mooshon

Ichibyou datte mugen ni natte Remaking

Daiya mitai na kirameku shoukei

Reriifu kezurikomuyou ni

Boku no omoi wo uta ni shite

Kono te nandomo nandomo tagai ni

Hiite doko he yukuka mo wakaranai

Kikkake matteitai kara

Itsumo soba ni iru yo

Kono te nandomo nandomo sono te ni

Furete hanikande tokidoki nigitta

Riido shiyou to harikitte

Asedaku nanda Roundabout

Konna tokimeki wa shiranai kedo

Itsumademo zutto wasuretakunai ne

Matataita kimi no sain

Uketomeru yo Merry-go-round

Sonde kyou mo hora Gimme your smile

Kanji:

この手何度も何度も互いに

引いてどこへ行くかも分からない

キッカケ待っていたけれど

すれ違うよ Merry-go-round

平凡まさにそんな週間

月·火·水·木·金フックなし

いい感じにメロウなチャンスも

訪れないまま

三人寄ればなんかの知恵って

賢い先生が言ってんだ

顔と顔と顔突き合わして

ディスカッションしようぜ

イメージはいつでも

未来のポップスター

眩しく照らされたい君と

この手何度も何度もその手に

触れてはにかんで離れてばかりで

リードしようと張り切って

から回るよ Roundabout

こんなトキメキは知らないから

秘めて揺れる木馬にまたがって

横顔じっと見惚れてた

敵わないよ Gimme your smile

勉強·部活·バイト·恋愛·その他

パッとしない充電もない

おひとりドリンクバー頼んで

オレンジかじった

待ってまるで進展がない

こんなんじゃ青春が泣いちゃう

誰かブッ込んで行かなくちゃ

さあジャンケンしようぜ

幼気に生きてゆく

世間知らずのスター

フラッシュに囲まれたい君と

ココにないのにないものねだって

泣いてせがんで困らせちゃう少年

いつかの僕らみたいだね

あどけないよ Babyface

また夢物語を抱いて

大事なシゴト後回しにしている

君に笑ってもらえたら

それで今日は満点さ

巡り巡って戻っておいで

最初の瞬間まっすぐなモーション

一秒だって無限になって Remaking

ダイヤみたいなきらめく憧憬

レリーフ削り込むように

僕の想いを歌にして

この手何度も何度も互いに

引いてどこへ行くかも分からない

キッカケ待っていたいから

いつもそばに居るよ

この手何度も何度もその手に

触れてはにかんで時々握った

リードしようと張り切って

汗だくなんだ Roundabout

こんなトキメキは知らないけど

いつまでもずっと忘れたくないね

瞬いた君のサイン

受け止めるよ Merry-go-round

そんで今日もほら Gimme your smile

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*Soushi’s line “Mon— Tues— Wednes— Thurs— Fri—“ is not as smooth as I hoped it would be. “Getsu hi sui moku kin” is the beginning kanji for weekdays (In Japan, days are called “element/nature”+day), and in order to preserve the meaning I had to drop it into English terms and hope for the best.

*Nozomu’s line “Sannin yoreba nanka no chie tte” is him flubbing up the proverb “三人寄れば文殊の知恵” literally translated as “three people equal the wisdom of Monjusuri.”

Another translation would have been “three people equal the wisdom of something something”— Since it has the same meaning as “two heads are better than one,” I thought I should try to make it fit with Nozomu’s blissfully unaware personality instead of forcing it to stay literal, hence the “whatever that means.”