Oshiete Happiness (translation)

Will you teach me love means Happiness, or perhaps it means Loneliness? The spring moonlight on this night, its all so Mysterious. Why does that great big ball up there make someone want to cuddle up? All these tears fall from the moon and seep into the creavaces deep inside my chest.

No. I said no. No way, No way. You cannot ever tempt me. Just one wink and then its goodbye. No, everyone will come to say "It must just be on a whim" But it worries me, Please don't get so close to me It feels to natural to me. Oh, I might be scared, or shy or I might nudge you a bit.

Will you teach me love means Happiness, is it better than Tenderness? I like to be next to those who are kind and gentle. When the new moon comes over head, all will be lined up Don't embrace, other people, just hear out the soft spoken voice of this kitty cat.

No, I must insist that we just get up and run away now. It still worries me. But I won't begin to cry Because they're just guys, just some guys. Oh, I'm not so brave or really smart but I get lonely fast.

Will you teach me dreams are Happiness that can even beat Sweetness What kind of taste do these flowing tears have, I wonder. Please let it remain just like it is with me right here next to you You will come to understand that these things are very important

Will you teach me love means Happiness, is it better than Tenderness? I like to be next to those who are kind and gentle When you let me sit upon your lap it becomes a symbol of your heart. Quietly we can embrace and then slip away into the night

Will you teach me love means Happiness, or perhaps it means Loneliness The spring moonlight on this night, its all so Mysterious. Why does that great big ball up there make someone want to cuddle up? Secretly, in this moon light, I can press my cheek up to your arm

Translation Notes:

(1) This translation is designed for the primary interest of allowing the

English to be sung in place of the Japanese. I apologize for the awkward

spots, but my interest is to both keep a fairly realistic translation as

well as singable lyrics and those can come up when doing this.

(2) Oshiete koi wa Happiness literally means "Teach (me) love means

Happiness," but after going through several renditions of the phrase, and

listening to the song for the 55th time (or so ^^;) it seems to fit a lot

more pleasantly in the form of a questioning request, and thus I did so

-_^

(3) Amaetakunaru- This small verb phrase is rather complex. The run down

of the meaning is as follows: Boyfriend and Girlfriend are out on a date

somewhere. Girlfriend takes Boyfriend's arm and sets her head on his

shoulder; Alternatively, this can mean the same girlfriend playfully tugs

at the boyfriend's arm trying to urge him to go somewhere using playful

and flirtatious tones. I decided to translate this into 2 separate

things: "to cuddle up to" and "to nudge" and used them where I felt one

made more sense than the other.

(4) In the last line, Hoo Yosete literally means to collect cheeks, but

in more social ideas, this means to put your cheek up to something, that

something is not specified here, so since there is use of belittling and

such factors, I assumed the boyfriend is a decent bit larger than the

girlfriend and she can't quite put her cheek up to his shoulder. ^^;

(5) Sabishigariya is someone who gets lonely quickly or quite often.

Note, Sabishigari is just used to say (someone) is lonely, but the ya

implies a person.

(6) If anyone has the full information for this song, lyric authors,

composition, etc. Please let me know so I can give appropriate credit to

them.