Lyrics Translation: kimi ga iru kara (君がいるから) ~ ayaka (絢香)

Listen to a sample of 君がいるから (~1:10 mins)

Audio disc presence:
Track 13 from ayaka's album, Sing to the Sky (Released 2008/06/25).

PV availability:
Unfortunately, there is no PV for this song... but boy does it deserve one! LOL

Theme song:
This song is not the theme to anything.

Alternative versions:
There are no alternative versions for this piece at the moment.

Comments:
WARNING!!! THIS SONG IS AN ABSOLUTE JOY NUKE!!! If you have no intention of getting obliterated by joy or do not wish to suffer its radiating effects, immediately shut down your computer and hide in a bunker for six months before coming back out again, LOL. (^___^) Otherwise, please feel free to stand in an open area and get ready to be knocked off your socks by ayaka's joy bomb! \(^ o ^)/

LOL, seriously though, this song screams of the joy of being in love even though it makes a point to highlight the pain that may be associated with it. Whoever said, "No one's worth crying for and those who are will never make you cry," likely didn't listen to ayaka, who notes in her comments on this song:

This is a song that is fitting of the blue sky and, in that way, it is a song that I always have an image of within me. I really want to share this with any girl in love: that pain and the fear of losing something important can develop even in love... Still, it could be said that these are simply parts of "falling in love". I really hope to perform this song live soon.

Without a doubt, I can't wait to hear her perform this song live as well since I've grown so very addicted to it! Hurry up and release a live DVD of your previous concert already!! (Yes, I'm getting most impatient! (^___^")) Nonetheless, there is one particular part of the song that I can't help but nod enthusiastically in agreement with: the part where she argues that wanting to protect another person is the most important aspect of love. Indeed, she goes on to say that although she does not completely understand it, she certainly feels it and in saying that she highlights the emotional side of love: the side that shuns the application of logic unto it.

It's quite a pity that, in a world that increasingly adheres to logical reasoning, the emotional aspects of love are often suppressed; and yet, love is ultimately an emotion, which is why new love tends to drive those that have fallen into it almost mad for each other. Because of this, it is important that we need to not only understand love but also acknowledge it as an emotional entity that can only become increasingly burdened when tested by the demands of reason. In many ways then, to know love is to know that knowing is not the answer to knowing love. (^___^")

So, in letting our hearts do the talking then, let us invite ayaka's vocals and music to drown out our faculties and inform our hearts with the emotional rush that is so inherent of pure love with this wonderfully wonderful wonder of 君がいるから, LOL.

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Lyrics:
Japanese lyrics retrieved from www.uta-net.com, a site that is always by my side.

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日本語:
君がいるから
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歌手: 絢香
作詞: 絢香
作曲: 西尾芳彦・絢香
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目覚めて　すぐ側に君の声
“おはよう”って寝起きの顔で　はじまる

どれだけ伝わってるんだろう?
君がいる。それが幸せって

愛することで傷ついて
強くなる　意味を知る
「君を守りたい」
一番大切なものは
考えて　わかるもんじゃない
感じるものが全て

強がり。あたしの悪い癖
なぜだろう　君の前では隠せない

どれだけ涙　流しただろう?
その度に　そっと抱きしめてくれるの

失うことを怖れては
愛せない　進まない
「君と居たいよ」
会えない時の寂しさは
愛を強く　感じさせる
そのための瞬間

幸せの種　広がる大地へなげてみよう
時間をかけて　いつか大空へ高く

あたしを呼ぶ君の声が
届いたら　強くなる
愛のメロディ
この声も体も全部
歌になって　伝えるわ
どうぞって迎えてね

愛することで傷ついて
強くなる　意味を知る
「君を守りたい」
一番大切なものは
考えて　わかるもんじゃない
感じるものが全て

君に会いに行こう

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romaji:
kimi ga iru kara
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kashyu: ayaka
sakushi: ayaka
sakkyoku: nishio yoshihiko・ayaka
romaji: crystalise
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mezamete   sugu soba ni kimi no koe
“ohayou” tte neoki no kao de   hajimaru

doredake tsutawatterun darou?
kimi ga iru.  sore ga shiawase tte

aisuru koto de kizutsuite
tsuyoku naru   imi wo shiru
“kimi wo mamoritai”
ichiban taisetsu na mono wa
kangaete   wakaru mon janai
kanjiru mono ga subete

tsuyogari.  atashi no warui kuse
naze darou   kimi no mae de wa kakusenai

doredake namida   nagashita darou?
sono tabi ni   sotto dakishimete kureru no

ushinau koto wo osorete wa
aisenai   susumanai
“kimi to itai yo”
aenai toki no samishisa wa
ai wo tsuyoku   kanji saseru
sono tame no shunkan

shiawase no tane   hirogaru daichi e nagete miyou
jikan wo kakete   itsuka oozora e takaku

atashi wo yobu kimi no koe ga
todoitara   tsuyoku naru
ai no merodi
kono koe mo karada mo zenbu
uta ni natte   tsutaeru wa
douzo tte mukaete ne

ai suru koto de kizutsuite
tsuyoku naru   imi wo shiru
“kimi wo mamoritai”
ichiban taisetsu na mono wa
kangaete   wakaru mon janai
kanjiru mono ga subete

kimi ni ai ni yukou

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English:
Because You are Here
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Performed by: ayaka
Lyricist: ayaka
Composer: Yoshihiko Nishio & ayaka
Translated by: crystalise
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Waking up: I hear your voice right by my side
“Mornin',” you say with that sleepy face of yours.

I wonder how much I’ve been able to convey these feelings I have for you,*
But you’re here with me – and that, to me, is what happiness is.

When love hurts
It makes us stronger, that much I know.
“I will take care of you,”**
I consider that to be the most important thing,
And though I may not understand it,
It is the feeling that overwhelms me completely.

Pretending to be strong: that’s a bad habit of mine,
But for some reason, I am unable to hide my weaknesses in front of you.

I wonder how many tears you've seen me cry,
Yet each time, how softly you would come to embrace me.

Being afraid of losing the most important things,
I was neither able to love nor advance.
“I just want to be with you,”
The loneliness that I feel when we do not see each other
Only strengthens my love for you,
And it is for this that I cherish these moments.

The seeds of happiness: let us cast them to the farthest reaches of the earth,
And together, let us nurture them so that they will someday grow to the heavens.***

Your voice calls out to me and,
In reaching me, gives me strength...
This is the sound of love’s melody.****
My voice and body too, all of it
Becomes song and rushes to say*****
Take me and be a part of my life always.

Even when love hurts
It serves only to make us stronger, that I can appreciate.
“I will take care of you,”
That is what I believe to be the most important thing,
And though I do not fully comprehend it,
That is the feeling that takes me completely...

And so, I set off to see you.

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Notes:
*Note 1: In its simplicity, this is such a wonderfully sweet line. (^___^) I certainly wonder the same thing a lot too...

**Note 2: Literally, “I want to protect you.”

***Note 3: Literally, “Spending time together, someday, it will grow tall towards the big sky.” Alternatively, this entire stanza can also be read as “The seeds of happiness: I will cast them to the farthest reaches of the earth and in spending time at it, see that they will someday grow to the heavens.” Why does that matter? Because if this entire stanza is read in this alternative manner, it allows for a broader interpretation of who ayaka's lover is -- specifically, the song could be seen as a song for the sky if we view the stanza under the latter interpretation. (^___^)

****Note 4: Literally, “Love’s melody.”

*****Note 5: Literally, “Becomes a song and conveys.”

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Links:
ayaka Official Website (maintained by Warner Music Japan)
Purchase Sing to the Sky online (via YesAsia Global)