lyrics translation. 'Itoshii hito' by Sakamoto Miu

I think I mentioned already how much I love this song, but I actually love it this much: I've done a translation. It's so cute and touching, and very feminine. Well, it's not bad in this case.

The PV is not the best in my mind, I'd prefer the image of home being surrounded by darkness with the image of candle vividly shown, in contrast to the outside. However, the cartoon animals were really cute and mysterious.

[PV] Miu Sakamoto - Itoshii Hito louise93
 

Japanese

食卓(テーブル)にパンとポトフ 、青カビのチーズと蜂蜜
蝋燭から闇は燃えて蜜柑色(オレンジ)の灯りが燈れば
遠くても夕餉と分かるからいつだって 帰って来ればいい
旅先で汚した魂に温かいシャワーが待っている

お帰り、愛しい人　あなたの家はここ
言葉はいらないから、ドアを叩けばいい

窓辺で猫が見てる　鳥かごの中にはカナリア
ねえ、彼女は護られてるの　それとも閉じ込められてるの
晴れた朝我が家を抜け出したあなたには心が読めるはず
悲しみを知らない魂は傷つくことさえも夢見る

お帰り、愛しい人　あなたの家はここ
痛みを覚えたなら朝までなけばいい

お帰り、愛しい人　あなたの家はここ
言葉はいらないから、ドアを叩けばいい

お帰り、愛しい人　あなたの家はここ
二人の私がまた一つに戻る場所

お帰り、愛しい人　旅の人、待つ人

Translation

Bread and pot-au-feu, blue cheese and honey on the table...
When a candle with orange flame pierces the darkness
Even if you’re far away, you’ll know it’s time for supper, so you can come home when you want
If you stained your soul during your journey, there is warm shower for you

Welcome back, my dear. Here is your home
Don’t say anything, just knock the door

A cat on the windowsill watches a canary in a cage
Say, is she protected by it or is she locked up?
You, who left our home on a clear morning, must understand what’s in her heart
A soul that does not know sorrow longs even for pain

Welcome back, my dear. Here is your home
If you were hurt, you can cry until morning

Welcome back, my dear. Here is your home
Don’t say anything, just knock the door

Welcome back, my dear. Here is your home
It’s our place, the only place where I return

Welcome back, my dear, my traveler, the one I wait for

Miu Sakamoto and Miki Nakatani ~ a special kind of disappoinment

I don't know how I found Miu, I think I was just browsing randomly and then I stumbled upon her. Then I saw that the person who wrote the artist description said that her voice is similar to that of Miki. So I downloaded both and this is all I can say: boring.

the song that attracted me most - 'awakening'

which turned out to be an almost exact copy of Miki's 'Frontier'. Better to say, 'All this time'.

And Miu's 'Other side of love' is the same as Miki's 'Suna no Kajitsu'.

By the way, I don't quite think their voices are that similar. If I were asked to compare them to someone, I'd remember Mai Fujisawa. I wonder why does it happen that they both were born to famous musicians... Is it something transmitted genealogically?

Speaking of the voice, Miu's one is a real gem. I can totally see why so many people love her music. She has that transparent, ethereal voice that is actually hard to find among Japanese female singers. Miki's voice is closer to the typical cutie-honey, but it's still very specific.

That said, I must first of all admit that I fell in love with both of them. Miu's voice was like a fresh breeze among all those cute girls that look and sound the same. Miki's voice was very tender and warm.

And here comes the main thing. Even though I have been searching for so long for singers with such clear unusual voices, their songs failed completely to impress me. They were all very cute and tender, but so uninspiring.

Miu was doing many covers. After hearing the originals, I, however, lost my interest to them.

a song that sounds much better performed by the original band - 'Opus and Mayverse'

The only cover I liked was 'Fields of gold'

If I had to recommend something, I'd remember '15fun'. However, the first time it was interesting, the second it was so-so, the third time it was nothing and the fourth it was annoying. The same goes for most songs that I intended to include into my playlist initially - 'THE NEVER ENDING STORY', 'Swan Dive' and others.

Miu's next albums were more experimental and inclined towards synthetic sound. Which is all absolutely ok if not for the fact those songs did not last long, too. In fact, I was bored with them even earlier than others: 'Phantom Girls First Love', 'Precious', 'Anata to Watashi no Aida ni Aru Mono Subete Ai to Yobu'.

the songs that still capture my heart after listening to them for 5 times: 'More Speed, More Light.', 'Dance dance dance' and 'I'm yours'.

Just FYI, 5 times is nothing, with a complete collection of more than 100 songs it would take me 3 days to listen to the whole discography several times and pick up what I like.

Actually I'm pissed off with this music video. For me this song is serious and it does not look good with some muppet show going on below.

two songs that made an opposite impression on me - 'odayaka na kurashi' and 'itoshii hito'

On one hand, both describe the wish of the persona to lead calm, normal life with the one she loves. On the other hand, the first song makes me want to throw out with its plainness, while the second is very touching and gives a good kick to imagination. After thinking over for a while I came to the conclusion that the melody is the trick here. I guess if the former song had a different, less annoying melody, I'd be delighted with it.

The last album is just good-for-nothing. If earlier albums at least contained a few songs to choose from, the only decent song in 'Waving flags' is 'HIRUNO HOSHI'. By saying that I'm not saying I liked it very much. I got bored with it soon, too. The whole album gives an impression like it was created as a collection of background music for some slice-of-life movie or anime about schoolgirls.

And Miki? Oh, there was not a single song that I would like to listen again.

conclusion

Summing it up, I guess I have to admit that such singers are for those who... like such singers. I never forget that tastes differ. As for quality, both Miu and Miki offer such music that it's hard to find any flaws in it. But for me, this music lacks inspiration. And it's such a waste because the voices were exactly what I wanted to find so much.