優しい記憶 （Tender Memories）-Translation-

Back to my translations yet again! 優しい記憶 won my poll way back for the ADRENALIZED single, so here it is - sorry for the wait. Will be dishing out quite a few translations in the upcoming days to make up for it though! 優しい記憶 was pretty straightforward compared to the usual Nana fare, but sometimes a simpler song is quite nice as a change of pace.

QC credits to my bestie Chinatsu as per usual.

優しい記憶

作詞：岩里祐穂
作曲：園田健太郎
編曲：園田健太郎

Japanese	English
気持ちでしかない気持ちを コトバにしたら嘘になりそうで	Feelings that exist only as feelings seem to become lies if put into words
となりにいてくれるだけで 温かな風が吹いてたね	Just having you by my side made a warm wind blow
いくつめの交差点 渡ってここまで来たのかさえ 分からないけど	How many intersections did I even cross to get here I don't know, but
あの日出会えた人が 君でよかったって今 もいちど何度でも君に伝えたいの	I'm so glad the person I met that day was you, even now I want to let you know one more time again and again
ありがとう でもごめんね 君を好きになれた心を  抱きしめてあげたい	Thank you though, I'm sorry I want to let the heart that fell in love with you be embraced
言えないまま 気づかぬまま 気づいても知らない振りのまま	it remains unsaid it remains unnoticed I remain pretending I didn't, even when I noticed
きらきらしたビーズが 散らばるみたいに 思い出になる	Like glittering beads scattering they become memories
さよならも上手くはできなかった 我がままばかりの恋だとしても	I also couldn't do goodbye well even if it was just a selfish love
大好きだった気持ち 大好きだった君が 急に私の名まえを呼んだ気がした	The feeling of having loved you I felt the you that I loved suddenly call out my name
まるで滲む落書き なぜか切なくて愛おしくて わらってしまったの	Just like stained scribbles somehow painful yet cherished I couldn't help but smile
ねえ おしえてよ	Hey, tell me
時はながれてゆく 変わらぬスピードで 輝いていた時間 忘れても忘れはしない	Time flows on at a constant speed Even if I can't recall the shimmering times, I won't ever forget
あの日出会えた人が 君でよかったって今 もいちど何度でも君に伝えたいの	I'm so glad the person I met that day was you, even now I want to let you know one more time again and again
ありがとう でもごめんね 君を好きになれたことを　心を 抱きしめてあげたい	Thank you though, I'm sorry I want to let the heart, the fact I fell in love with you be embraced