Paroles et traduction Shinji Tanimura - 引き潮

引き潮

むなしい夢とは知っていながら
あきらめられずに
暮らし続けた年月は
ただ甘えていただけ
遅すぎた言葉を今なら言えるのに
寄せては返す波 遠く遠く

思えば小さな見栄と誇りが
男と女を結ぶ最後のまごころも
通わなくしてしまう
忘られぬ思いこの海に叫んでも
答えてくれる人はいない いない

今では笑える昔話も
互いに出来ずに
追えば遠くに逃げてゆく
そんな男と女
そんな男と女

Ebb Tide

Knowing all the while it was a futile dream,
I couldn't give it up,
The years I carried on, simply
Indulging myself.
If only I could say the words I regret not saying sooner,
Waves crash and recede, further and further away.

I reflect on petty pride and vanity,
The final sincerity that binds a man and a woman,
Cease to resonate.
Though I cry out my unforgettable feelings to this sea,
There is none to answer, none.

What may now seem like a laughable tale,
We could not manage it together,
The closer we chased, the further it fled.
Such a man and a woman,
Such a man and a woman.