Utada Hikaru "Goodbye Happiness" with translation.-Japanese Culture Expeditor

With fluffy direct translations of lyrics...って事なのです（笑）.

How are you going guys!!.

Have you ever heard a name of a Japanese pop singer "Hikaru Utada" before??.

She had debut in the US music scenes in the year 2004.

Her single cut song, "This is the One" have recorded the rank of 19th in the album top chart as a Japanese artist and 2nd place of POP album chart.

Also She has made the record as the first Japanese singer within 100th chart rated in "the US Billboard 200" for the first time in 23 years.

However... she has the US citizenship instead of Japanese nationality since she had born in New York city, America.

So... it is not appropriate to say she is a Japanese though.

Even if she has Japanese-American father and Japanese mother... maybe??.

Try a Japanese POP song... If you like her style.

Since... she has a huge effect from her "famous Japanese style ballad singer（Enka=演歌）" mother, "Keiko Fuji"（藤圭子）.

Hence... even after have marked the above record Hikaru Utada called as "Hikky" from her fans.

Utada "Hikky" mainly engages to activate in Japan since her debut in 1998.

In fact...since She has a lot of own various songs in typical Japanese melancholic songs, her splendid songs are not be easily comprehended with other national citizens... maybe??.

Eventually by from these facts... she has a pure Japanese personality more than the ordinary people.

This truth can easily estimated from her songs.

So... No noticeable success in the US??.

Ahaha... Does not matter.

She had marked the top sales in the world digital music delivery industry with by 18th single "Flavor of life" in 2007.

Besides... that the most of her songs had got the top sales in the Japanese billboard music chart many times in the past.

Therefore... listen to her song is perfect texts for to comprehend a sensitive Japanese mindset... maybe??.

【Profile.】.

*Name: Hikaru Utada.
*Nationality: Japanese-American.
*Birth: born in New York city USA on 19th Jan 1983.
*Profession: a singer-songwriter, a song producer.
*Debut: 1998.

By the way... why have chosen "Goodbye Happiness" as her first song here for you guys??.

Ahaha... it is just simply... We just felt that "Goodbye Happiness" is the best song in all her songs.

Add to that... a friend advised me to add the Japanese pronunciations convenience.

Therefore... add the Japanese pronunciation below for you.

Translation and pronunciation.

【Translation.】.

a trace when a sweet confection disappeared.
a lonely looking boy was there.
there is not even single cloud in the sky.
a summer day.

tanned limbs.
a white one piece dress.
did never care even if it got dirty.
it is an unconscious paradise.

do not intend to call out a halt at the end of a dream.
one day, I knew your name.

so goodbye loneliness.
humming a love song.
the reflections in your eyes.
I was laughing.

so goodbye happiness.
I was innocently frolicking around without knowing anything about us.
I can not go back to the time.
even so, does not matter, love me.

should not think too much.
nor acting under a desperate feeling.
'cause our real life is such a childish things.

when a person have be alone.
would been noticed a meaning of love.

the days passing away by.
lets me hear your gentle song.
do you remember your feeling when we have met each other, even now still??.

so goodbye innocence.

innocently frolicking around without knowing nothing about it at that time.
I can not go back to the time.
it's all your fault, kiss me.

oh, entire universe go around, around.
wow wow darling, darling.
I won't never switch to someone else, only you!!.

would be nice, if I could live as I am.

but, a part of me always interrupts every important opportunities of my life.

so goodbye happiness.
I was innocently frolicking around without knowing about it.
I really want to go back to that time, baby please.
once more, kiss me.

so goodbye happiness only you.
so goodbye happiness lovin' you only you.

【Pronunciation.】.

amai okashi kieta ato niha.
sabishi sou na otoko no ko.
kumo hitotsu nai summer day.

hi ni yaketa teashi shiroi one piece ga.
yogore youga okamai nashi.
muishiki no rakuen.

yume no owari ni matta wa nashi.
aruhi kimi no na wo shitta.

so goodbye loneliness.
koi no uta kuchi zusande.
anata no hitomi ni utsuru watashi wa waratte iruwa.

so goodbye happiness.
nani mo shirazu ni hasyaide ta.
anokoro ewa mou modore naine.
soredemo iino love me.

Kangae sugitari yake wo okoshicya ikenai.
kodomo damashisa ukiyo nanza.

hito wa hitori ni natta toki ni.
ai no imi ni kizukun da.

sugi sarishi days.
yasashii uta wo kika sete.
deatta koro no kimochi wo ima demo oboete masuka?.

so goodbye innocence.
nani mo shirazu ni hasyaide ta.
anokoro ewa mou modore naine.
kimi no sei dayo kiss me.

oh banbutsu ga meguri meguru.
wow wow darlin' darlin'.
dareka ni norikae tari shimasen only you.