This Love

I translated this song because I couldn't find a translation already on the web that worked for me. Like many lyrics, there are a couple lines in this song that could be worded or interpreted a few different ways. Lyrics are on top, translation on the bottom.


This Love
作詞：アンジェラ・アキ 作曲：アンジェラ・アキ
Lyrics and Composition: Angela Aki


「愛があれば平和だ」と誰かが口にしていた
頷く人もいれば、 疑う人もいる

苦しみがあるからこそ、 あなたを抱きしめる時
その腕の優しさを平和と感じるのでしょう

ある時から無口になり、心を閉め切り
この恋が引き裂かれそうになった

重ねたこの手を
今度は離さない
信じる力が
愛を自由にする

友情に救われたり、 未来を想像したり
幸せは見えるけれど、 自分を見る事はない

約束と言う私達のコンパスだけでは
この恋は方角を見失うの

奇跡を待つより
この手をつなぎたい
信じる力が
私を自由にする

この恋を恐れずに
You don't have to fear this love,
This love

重ねたこの手を
今度は離さない
信じる力が
愛を自由にする

奇跡を待つより
この手をつなぎたい
信じる力が
私を自由にする



"If there is love, there is peace,"
Someone once said.
And while there are people who agree with this,
There are also those who doubt.

It is probably because there is suffering
That when I hold you close,
In the gentleness of those arms
I feel peace.

Starting from a certain moment in time, I became reticent
And closed my heart
And it felt as though this love would be torn apart

Our hands, placed on top of each other (This hand you have placed over mine / This hand I have placed over yours)
This time, I won't let that go
The power of believing/trusting
Will set love free

Being rescued by friendship
Imagining the future
We can see happiness
But no longer look at only ourselves / but do not look at ourselves

With only the compass that we call "promise"
This love will lose sight of its direction

Rather than waiting for a miracle
I want to connect these hands
The power of believing/trusting
Will set me free

You don't have to be afraid of this love
You don't have to fear this love,
This love

Our hands, placed on top of each other
This time, I won't let that go
The power of believing/trusting
Will set love free

Rather than waiting for a miracle
I want to connect these hands
The power of believing/trusting
Will set me free

Ev'ryting Irie in Jamaica

Trip to Jamaica for a beautiful wedding! No words can be said.

友人の結婚式にジャマイカへ！言葉が出ないほど最高な時期だった。

Thank you to everyone who was there, you made this trip such an amazing experience for me. I was so touched by the quality of each friend and family I met there. Congratulations to my beautiful couple, I am so happy for you.
新郎と新婦、おめでとうございます！