Lyrics and translation 大黒摩季 - Mama forever

Mama forever

空を見ていた 気づけばいつも
星になったパパだけが
私を許してくれるから

女ってどうしても 愛ってこんなにも
苦しいなんて知らなくて
立派過ぎるママの背中のせいよ

少女が女に 女が母へと熟れてゆくほど
寂しくて 切なくて
堪えた涙は凍りついて
氷河の様な孤独が
希望を凍えさせてしまうのよ
誰か教えて...

ねぇ ママ
お願い 話を聞いて
思うように動けなくなって
生きるのが辛くても

ねぇ ママ
死にたい なんて言わないで
母(ママ)がいるから私は今も
まだ娘でいられるのよ

ねぇ ママ どうか私の為に生きて

年越しの後は 初詣に行こう
桜が咲いたら お花見も行こう
夏にはビーチライン Drive しよう

海へと還る 川の流れの様に
忘れ行くものなら 負けないくらい
新しい記憶 上書きすればいい

最初は罪滅ぼし 長女の責任
義務感だったけれど
今は違う その笑顔が見たくて一つも苦じゃないの
もしも昔のように歩けたら
また別々の道駆け回って すれ違うでしょう?

ねぇ ママ
もう我慢しなくていいんだよ
喧嘩したり 夜中に愚痴ったり
姉妹みたいな 親子になろう

ねぇ ママ
お荷物だなんて言わないで
よく頑張ったね って撫でてくれるから
また明日へ向かえるのよ

ねぇ ママ どうか私の愛を信じて

一緒に 未来を見て行こうよ

Mama forever

Mama forever

As I gaze up at the sky, I always realize
Only Papa, who has become a star,
Can truly forgive me.

As a woman, I never knew
Love could be this painful,
All because of Mama's strong, admirable back.

As a girl becomes a woman, and a woman matures into a mother,
Loneliness and sorrow,
The tears I've endured have frozen,
Creating a glacial solitude
That chills any hope within me.
Someone, please tell me...

Hey Mama,
Please, listen to me.
Even though I can't move as I want,
Even though living is hard,

Hey Mama,
Please don't say you want to die.
Because you, Mama, are here,
I can still be your daughter.

Hey Mama, please live for me.

After the New Year, let's go to the first shrine visit.
When the cherry blossoms bloom, let's go see them.
In summer, let's drive along the beach line.

Like a river flowing back to the sea,
If there are things we forget, let's overwrite them
With new memories, just as strong.

At first, it was out of guilt, the responsibility of the eldest daughter,
A sense of duty,
But now it's different. I want to see your smile, and it's not a burden at all.
If you could walk like you used to,
We'd be running down different paths again, passing each other by, wouldn't we?

Hey Mama,
You don't have to endure anymore.
Let's fight, let's complain in the middle of the night,
Let's become like sisters, a mother and daughter like friends.

Hey Mama,
Don't say you're a burden.
Because you pat me and say "You did well,"
I can face tomorrow once more.

Hey Mama, please believe in my love.

Let's face the future together.

Mama forever