fra-foa

Members: 三上ちさ子(Vocals) 高橋誠二(Guitar) 平塚学(Bass) 佐々木康治(Drums) http://www.fra-foa.net/ English Fan Site: fra-foa - uNofficiAl http://keikaku.net/profiles/23 http://www.project-j.org/frafoa.htm Lyrics Translations: http://www.centigrade-j.com/

真昼の秘密 Lyrics Translation
Mahiru no Himitsu
Live at Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo.
07/10/2000
From fra-foa's debut album Chuu no Fuchi （宙の淵），Label: Toy's Factory ，Released: 2001.02.21


プラスチックルームと雨の庭
Plastic Room to Ame no Niwa
Live at Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo.
07/10/2000
Album: Chuu no Fuchi （宙の淵），Label: Toy's Factory ，Released: 2001.02.21


ひぐらし
Higurashi
Live at Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo.
07/10/2000
Album: Chuu no Fuchi （宙の淵），Label: Toy's Factory ，Released: 2001.02.21


青白い月 Lyrics Translation
Aojiroi Tsuki
Live at Club Quattro, Shibuya, Tokyo.
07/10/2000
Album: Chuu no Fuchi （宙の淵），Label: Toy's Factory ，Released: 2001.02.21


Keri
Live at Shinjuku Loft.
Unreleased track

Mahiru no Himitsu

Title: Mahiru No Himitsu (Midafternoon Secret)
Words: Mikami Chisako
Music: Mikami Chisako 

Made to stand in the rainy garden
My hair clinging to my skin 
the green bug seemed so brilliant a color 
I laughed in the rainy garden
with both hands bound
and touch that skin, almost transparent. 

I spun round and round and round
til my head, my eyes, they flew right off of me.
but even still, I spun and spun. 
and you laugh like a pearl... 

I adored the garden just after noon
the wind mild, 
choking on your faint scent so like a lily. 
standing in the garden just after noon
those transparent eyes, 
next time it'll be I who tie you up tightly 

round and round and round, 
what you and I drew, 
breathing our last, our eyes gone red, 
we simply let these times go to waste 
waiting for the vines entwined around us to dry up. 

look at how much you laughed,
and how much you looked at me,
I'd never felt this satisfied before. 
we locked eternity in our hearts. 

lalala

the garden in midafternoon
time that seemed so transparent
the moment it stopped, we were in the light
always, always
dreaming of us drying up. 
spinning spinning in the fog....

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: The last line might translate as "Foggy" or something else... it's a little vague. There's a very child-like sense about this song. "Made to stand..." sounds like a punishment yet how the singer enjoys it. 

Romaji

ame no niwa ni tatasareta 
kami ga baritsuiteta 
midoriiro no mushi azayaka ni utsuru
ame no niwa ni waratteta 
ryote wo shibarareta 
tsukitooru you na sono hada ni, fureta. 

guruguru to guruguru to mawatteta yo
atama ga ne me ga hora ne tobidashitekita 
soredemo ne boku ha zutto mawatteta yo 
kimi ha shinjyuu no you ni waraunda... 

hirusugi no niwa ni akogareta
kaze ha yasashikatta 
kimi no yuri no you na awai kaori ni, museru. 
hirusugi no niwa ni tatteta
tsukitooru you na hitomi 
kondo ha boku ga ne kimi no koto kitsuku 

guruguru to guruguru to shibattemita 
kimi no koto boku no koto egaiteta mono
iki ha tae mechibashiri karanda tsuta ha 
kawaiteku toki wo tada mushibandeita 

konna ni mo konna ni mo kimi ha waratte 
konna ni mo konna ni mo boku wo mitsumete 
korehodo ni aa mou boku ha mitasare 
futari ha eien wo mune ni tojikometa 

rarara

mahiru no niwa 
tsukitooru you na jikan 
tomatta toki futari ha hikari no naka
itsumademo itsumademo 
kawaita toki yume miteta 
mawaru mawaru 
kiri no... 

Romaji By: Brian Stewart

(Translation credits :centigrade-j.com)

Aojiroi Tsuki
This song was dedicated to the memory of Chisako's brother who drowned when she was a child.

Title: Aojiroi Tsuki (Pale Moon)
Words: Mikami Chisako
Music: Mikami Chisako

When I was just a child, 
My kind older brother died
but the deep sadness of the mother who bore him, 
was like the sea. 

That day even the wind blew gently. 
The shoes he'd just bought left in disarray. 

The pale moon is laughing
My icy heart has melted. 
The pale moon knows the sadness of those left behind. 

My brother who used to read me picture books
would soon be a star
when I was young I would look at the brightest star 
and call out his name.

That day too, the light, the green, the wind, were gentle to me.
It was like nothing changed. 

The pale moon is laughing.
The heart I closed off melted. 
The pale moon knows the sadness of those left behind. 

The pale moon is laughing. 
That face shined upon laughed too. 
those bruises won't go away but...

The pale moon is laughing
The pale moon knows
That pale moon was waiting for the bud in this hand to open.

If I were to follow the lines of the moon's memory,
If I could return to that day, 
I would put a spring necklace made of three leaf clovers around your neck. 

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: "Oroshita bakkari" refers to something that was just bought, clothes, shoes, etc. 

(Translation credits :centigrade-j.com)