ZARD The Best

A tribute to the unforgettable voice of Izumi Sakai

My Friend

words by Sakai Izumi

あなたをおもうだけで こころつよくなれる
ずっとつめてるから はしりつづけて

ひたむきだったとおゆめ
いまでもまぶしい
どんなに不安ふあんがいっぱいでも
っすぐ自分じぶんみちしんじて
飾らないかざらない素顔すがおのあなたが好きすき
わってしまうことがかなし

いつもかがやいていたね
少年しょうねんのまま ひとみは my friend
あなたがそばにいると
何故か素直なぜかすなおになれた
この距離きょりとおける かぜになりたい

ほんとうのあいなら
きっといろんなこと えられたのに
ほしのパレード なみだがこぼれないよう
おおきくいきった
ひとりでいるときさびしさより 二人ふたりでいるとき孤独こどくほうかなしい

いつもわらっていたね あのころ二人ふたり
せつない my friend
あなたをおもうだけで こころつよくなれる
ずっとつめてるから はしつづけて

いつもかがやいていたね
少年しょうねんのまま ひとみは my friend
あなたをおもうだけで こころつよくなれた
ずっとつめてるから はしつづけて

はしつづけて

Anata wo omou dake de kokoro wa tsuyoku nareru
Zutto mitsumeteru kara hashiritsuzukete

Hitamuki datta tooi hi no yume wa
Ima demo mabushii
Donna ni fuan ga ippai demo
Massugu jibun no michi wo shinjite
Kazaranai sugao no anata ga suki...
Kawatte shimau koto ga kanashii

Itsumo kagayaite ita ne
Shounen no mama hitomi wa My Friend
Anata ga soba ni iru to naze ka sunao ni nareta
Kono kyori toorinukeru kaze ni naritai

Hontou no ai nara
Kitto ironna koto norikoerareta noni
Hoshi no PAREEDO namida ga koborenai you ni
Ookiku iki wo suitta
Hitori de iru toki no sabishisa yori
Futari de iru toki no kodoku no hoo ga kanashii

Itsumo waratte ita ne
Ano koro futari setsunai
My Friend
Anata wo omou dake de kokoro wa tsuyoku nareru
Zutto mitsumeteru kara hashiri tsuzukete

Itsumo kagayaite ita ne
Shounen no mama hitomi wa
My Friend
Anata wo omou dake de kokoro wa tsuyoku nareta
Zutto mitsumeteru kara hashiri tsuzukete

Hashiri tsuzukete...

When I just think of you, my heart grows stronger
I'll always watch over you, so keep on running

Those single-minded dreams
Of that day so long ago are even now dazzling
No matter what worries I'm filled with
I'll believe in the straight path I'm following
I loved your plain, unadorned face...
What's sad is that it's bound to change

They were always so bright
Your eyes when you were a child, my friend
When you were by me, for some reason I could be honest
I want to become the wind that will cross this distance

When it comes to true love
We certainly crossed over various things
So that the tears wouldn't fall like a parade of stars
I took a deep breath
More than the loneliness of being alone
What's sadder is the loneliness when we're together

You were always smiling
Those times when we were together were trying, my friend
When I just think of you, my heart grows stronger
I'll always watch over you, so keep on running

They were always so bright
Your eyes when you were a child, my friend
When I just thought of you, my heart grew stronger
I'll always watch over you, so keep on running

So keep on running...