Karashima Midori (辛島美登里) - I Wanted to Turn into Your Love (あなたの愛になりたい)

Karashima Midori’s (辛島美登里) “I Wanted to Turn into Your Love” (あなたの愛になりたい) was released in 1996.  It was the ending theme song of Asahi TV’s show “Saturday Wide Theatre”.  In her own words, written in the pamphlet inside her “All Time Best” album, she was saying that this song was quite special.  All her other songs had their lyrics written before their title were decided, whereas the title of this song was already in her mind before she had written a single word.  She jokingly said that she’s just creating a problem for herself.  Because the contents of “Saturday Wide Theatre” was quite heavy, she wanted to write a song about broadness of love that, upon hearing at the end of the show, could make people feel relieved and enter Sunday refreshed.  Interestingly, she said that after she finished the song, there’s something that she couldn’t “catch up”, and it took her about 10 years to be able to sing it naturally.  She also felt that she was describing the love of the same girl who has grown up slightly from “Silent Eve” (サイレントイヴ).

I found this live video on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0wB_eOmtVc

Enjoy!

あなたの愛になりたい

曲、詩：辛島美登里

うれしいこと　せつないこと　いっぱい感じられるように

渇かない　瞳をもって　ひとは　生まれてきた

そう　ふたりは　ふたつの　こころ　育てながら　巡り会った

すこし違う　すこし不安　だからなおさら　好きになれる

あなたの愛になりたい　はなれても　そばにいても

眠っても　目覚めても　その声を　聞いてる

あなたに愛になりたい　ひとりでは生きられない

気づいたのとなりにある　温もりに　はじめて

かたちより　ことばより　いっぱい伝えられるように

あたたかい　体にふれて　ひとは　愛しあうの

傷ついた羽根　癒してほしい　わたしのなかで　海のように

哀しい記憶　分けあいながら　愛は静かに　満たされてゆく

あなたの愛になりたい　新しい　わたしをみて

素直にはなれなくて　失くすのがこわくて

惜しみなく愛は与えて　惜しみなく愛されていく

あぁ　なにも言わず　あなた　てのひらを　かさねた

あなたの愛になりたい　時間を越え　夜を照らす

風のなか　みつめあう　空と星でいたい

あなたの愛になりたい　ひとりでは生きられない

寄り添った瞬間から　永遠は　はじまる

うれしいこと　せつないこと　いっぱい感じられるように

渇かない　瞳をもって　ひとは　生まれてきた

あなたのため　生まれて　きた

I Wanted to Turn into Your Love

Composer, Lyrics: Karashima Midori

To fully feel everything joyful and sorrowful

Men are born with a pair of wet iris

And so two people, two hearts, grew while they encountered

Slightly different, slightly anxious, 

And so they could love each other ever more

I wanted to turn into your love

Together or apart, asleep or awake

I hear that voice

I wanted to turn into your love

I cannot go on alone

For the first time, I realize that warmth is by my side

To fully convey feelings beyond words and forms

Lovers hold each other

I want you to heal my broken wings

My heart is like an ocean

Sharing our sorrowful memories, love is quietly filling up

I wanted to turn into your love

Please come and meet my new self

I may not be able to become as amenable as you’d like

I am afraid I’ll be losing you

Loving without reservation, while accepting love the same

Ah, you have silently put your hands over mine

I wanted to turn into your love

Crossing the boundary of time, lightening up the night

Glancing each other in the wind

I wanted to be the sky and the stars

I wanted to turn into your love

I cannot go on alone

The moment we cuddle, endlessness begins

To fully feel everything joyful and sorrowful

Men are born with a pair of wet iris

I have come to this world, and here, for you