City Hunter 2: OP2 "Sara" translation/lyrics
Miss Animerica
listen to on long drives. Anything from City Hunter is an obvious choice
for urban drives.
Here are the lyrics in romaji and in Japanese Industrial Standard
codes. The ESC characters in the JIS codes are replaced with "^[" for
posting.
These and many other anime song lyrics and translations are available
for anonymous ftp from romulus.rutgers.edu (128.6.13.2), in the
pub/anime/lyrix subdirectory.
SEIRA (Sara)
"City Hunter 2" opening theme (1988)
* Oh SEIRA mayowanaide Oh Sara, don't hesitate,
motto kanjiru mama ni do as you feel.
Oh SEIRA ima hajimaru Oh Sara, now it begins,
atarashii Story, Just for you a new story, just for you.
mayonaka no Lady hitogomi ni magire
utsurigi-na Steppin' kurikaeshite-iru
tsuyogari no Face TAFU-na furide odori akashite mo
sono hitomi wa kodoku-na iro kakushi-kirenai
Midnight lady, indistinguishable in the crowd,
repeating frivolous steppin'.
Though your bluffing face pretends to be tough,
even dancing the night away,
your eyes can't disguise a lonely color
tsukanoma no Dreamin' kaki-kesareteku
kake-nuketa Back Street hibiku SAIREN
obieta me no shonen-tachi terashi-dasu RAITO
hitonigiri no yuuki sae mo nakushisou-na yoru
Making momentary dreamin' disappear,
a wailing siren driven through a back street.
The light begins to illuminate boys with frightened eyes.
Even a handful of courage might be lost in this night.
Oh SEIRA akiramenaide Oh Sara, don't give up
kimi no shinjita yume the dream you believed in
Oh SEIRA sono omoi wo Oh Sara, please don't cast away
wasurezu-ni ite your wishes...
* Repeat
shibarareta Freedom tsukamenai CHANSU
matenrou no kage dareka no Sad Song
yume no you ni nagasareteku kono machi no naka de
kinou yori mo tashika-na mono te ni ireru kara
Restricted freedom, an ungrasped chance,
a skyscraper's shadow, someone's sad song.
I was carried away like a dream in this town
to obtain something more certain than yesterday.
** Oh SEIRA kazaranaide Oh Sara, don't decorate yourself,
itsumo sugao no mama de be [without makeup] as you always are.
Oh SEIRA sono hohoemi Oh Sara,
nakusazu-ni ite never lose your smile.
Oh SEIRA mayowanaide Oh Sara, don't hesitate,
motto kanjiru mama ni do as you feel.
Oh SEIRA ima hajimaru Oh Sara, now it begins,
owaranai Story, Just for you an endless story, just for you.
** Repeat
owaranai Story An endless story
Oh SEIRA Oh Sara
Oh SEIRA Oh Sara
Singer/Lyricist/Arranger: FENCE OF DEFENSE
Composer: Nishimura Masato
Translation: Theresa Martin
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