Parting

決別

Ketsubetsu

Kikuko

きくこ

あ　そがれていて知ってるけど　気づいてないふりをしてる

A, sogareteite shitteru kedo, kizuitenai furi o shiteru

Oh, I know my heart’s not in it, but I pretend I don’t notice

彼からの留守番電話切れる　暗い気に痛む

Kare kara no rusuban denwa kireru, kurai ki ni itamu

When his voicemails end, I fill with a bleak pain

期待させる言葉に躍らされて

Kitai saseru kotoba ni odorasarete

My heart leaps at all the words that he’s led me to expect

そのたびになぜか寂しくなって

Sono tabi ni nazeka sabishiku natte

But all the while I get sadder for some reason

もう　会わない方がいいと何度も思った

Mō, awanai hō ga ii to nandomo omotta

I’ve thought so many times it’d be best for us not to meet any more

それでまた繋がりを求めちゃう

Sore de mata tsunagari o motomechau

Then I go back to wanting to stay together

騙す人と騙される人ではどっちの方が罪深い

Damasu hito to damasareru hito de wa dotchi no hō ga tsumibukai

Whose sins are deeper, the deceiver’s or the deceived’s?

彼からのメールが届かなくなってようやく決めたの

Kare kara no mēru ga todokanaku natte yōyaku kimeta no

When his texts stopped coming, I finally made up my mind

期待させる仕草を振りほどいて

Kitai saseru shigusa o furihodoite

I’m going to break free of this act I’ve come to expect

今ここで別れを告げてやれ

Ima koko de wakare o tsugete yare

And bid him farewell, right here and now

もう　会わないことにしてほしいのに

Mō, awanai koto ni shite hoshii noni

I want him to never see me again

引き止めないで　電子がくれるやっと崩れちゃう

Hikitomenaide, denshi ga kureru yatto kuzurechau

So don’t hold me back, because I’ll fall apart with one e-mail

      悩んで苦しんだ時間を取り戻すために
 Nayande kurushinda jikan o torimodosu tame ni
      To reclaim the time I spent worrying and suffering
      前　前　進む
 Mae, mae, susumu
      I keep moving forward, forward
        綺麗さっぱりと忘れたら　あんな男に振り回された
        あたしの時間を取り戻すの　さよなら
        Kirei sappari to wasuretara, anna otoko ni furimawasareta
        Atashi no jikan o torimodosu yo, sayonara
        If I can just forget him completely, then I can take back
        The time I spent under that man’s thumb — good-bye