UNBREAKABLE - Koichi Domoto lyrics & translation
Please find an English translation of 'UNBREAKABLE' from me. This is a song from Koichi's solo CD single 'Deep in your heart / + MILLION but - LOVE' and the music was composed by Kochan. I've also included the Japanese original and a romanization.
Any mistakes or errors are my own and do let me know if you spot anything. Many thanks!
Koichi Domoto - UNBREAKABLE
Lyrics: Yoji Kubota
Composition: Koichi Domoto
Arrangement: CHOKKAKU
Release: 2006/07/12
Single: Deep in your heart/+ MILLION but - LOVE
Japanese
どんな未来も 今の二人を
奪うことなどできない
もしも愛を畏れぬ者が
咎めるのだとしても
こんなに美しい目で
肯く君がいる
命懸けて 守ることを
誓うのさ
Because it’s unbreakable
たとえ今夜 この夜が崩れようと
二人の強い思いだけは
誰にも 壊せない
孤独な街さ いつからここに？
生まれた時からと You said
いくつの愛が罪と呼ばれて
千切れてしまっただろう
どうしたのかは言わずに
潤んだその瞳
もうどこまで行ってもいい
止まらない
Because it’s unbreakable
たとえ明日 この世界 迷おうとも
二人を結ぶ絆だけは
誰にも 壊せない
こんなに美しい目で
肯く君がいる
命懸けて 守ることを
誓うのさ
Because it’s unbreakable
たとえ今夜 この夜が崩れようと
二人の強い思いだけは
誰にも 壊せない
Unbreakable (Unbreakable 今)
たとえ明日 この世界 迷おうとも
二人を結ぶ絆だけは (Ah 絆だけは)
誰にも 壊せない
このまま抱きしめていよう
壊れるくらい
Romaji
Donna mirai mo ima no futari wo
Ubau koto nado dekinai
Moshi mo ai wo osorenusha ga
Togameru no da toshite mo
Konna ni utsukushii me de
Unazuku kimi ga iru
Inochigakete mamoru koto wo
Chikau no sa
Because it’s unbreakable
Tatoe kon’ya kono your ga kuzureyou to
Futari no tsuyoi omoi dake wa
Dare ni mo kowasenai
Kodoku na machi sa itsu kara koko ni?
Umareta toki kara to You said
Ikutsu no ai ga tsumi to yobarete
Chigirete shimatta darou
Doushita no ka wa iwazu ni
Urunda sono hitomi
Mou doko made mo itte mo ii
Tomaranai
Because it’s unbreakable
Tatoe ashita kono sekai mayoou to mo
Futari wo musubu kizuna dake wa
Dare ni mo kowasenai
Konna ni utsukushii me de
Unazuku kimi ga iru
Inochigakete mamoru koko wo
Chikau no sa
Because it’s unbreakable
Tatoe kon’ya kono your ga kuzureyou to
Futari no tsuyoi omoi dake wa
Dare ni mo kowasenai
Unbreakable (Unbreakable ima)
Tatoe ashita kono sekai mayoou to mo
Futari wo musubu kizuna dake wa (Ah kizuna dake wa)
Dare ni mo kowasenai
Kono mama dakishimeteiyou
Kowareru kurai
English
No matter the future,
No one can take away the two of us now
Even if those who don’t fear love are blamed
With those beautiful eyes
You’re nodding in agreement
I vow to protect you with my life
Because it’s unbreakable
Even if tonight this night crumbles and falls
No one can destroy our strong feelings for each other
In this lonely city, how long have you been here?
Since I was born, you said
How many loves have been called sins
And torn to shreds?
Without saying what’s wrong
Those eyes brimming with tears
It doesn’t matter how far I have to go
I won’t stop
Because it’s unbreakable
Even if tomorrow we are lost in this world
No one can break the bond that binds us together
With those beautiful eyes
You’re nodding in agreement
I vow to protect you with my life
Because it’s unbreakable
Even if tonight this night crumbles and falls
No one can destroy our strong feelings for each other
Unbreakable (Unbreakable now)
Even if tomorrow we are lost in this world
No one can break the bond that binds us together (Ah the bond)
For now let me hold you tightly
Until we break
Translation Note:
There’s a few expressions that when you translate to English, it gets a bit lost… I tried to keep the meanings as close as possible where I could. In particularly, the verb kowareru can be translated as ‘to break’, although sometimes other choices are better, and I wasn’t always able to use this translation in English as it’s just not natural in some idioms.
In particular ‘No one can destroy* our strong feelings for each other’ … ‘No one can break our strong feelings’ just felt a bit too awkward, so I switched to ‘destroy’ which is the same meaning here. However, I was able to keep it as ‘break’ when referring to breaking or destroying their bond.
And of course, the last line, ‘For now, let me hold you tightly until we break’ is really awkward. If I were to translate this out of context, I’d not even address the kowareru… as it’s really just emphasis how tight, and maybe even if I had to use ‘break’, I’d probably say ‘hold you until I break’ but since this song is ‘unbreakable’ and the theme is not breaking the two of us… and it’s the last line, I tried to keep it in despite its awkwardness in English. I think it also gives a slight ambiguous feeling in the Japanese, but by using this awkward expression it becomes a little too explicit in English unfortunately.