"Moshimo" by Daisuke Fanslation

Foreword: Presenting my newest fanslation project, "Moshimo" by Daisuke! This song serves as a Naruto opening, which is where I discovered it. This is a translation for the full song's lyrics, which can be found here. This is written for singing, while keeping the meaning of the song as best I can interpret it. My main source is "Gendou's Anime Music," for the preliminary translation. Moshimo itself is a difficult phrase to translate, and can mean any of the following:

• if
• even if
• suppose
• supposing
• provided
• under the condition that..
• in case
• unless

In this song, I think it's safe to say that I've most often translated it as "Even if," and "if only." Without further ado, here's the English lyrics to Moshimo by Daisuke!

Moshimo

 



"I have always been chasing your shadow...

 

"The face I saw in my dream

"Was just the same as the past

"It faded, disappeared into tall grass

"I'm trying to piece together my memories and dreams

"How many years has it been?

"I left my heart behind

"In the one place I can't go back to...

 

"If only this was a dream...

"I could take back all those things!

"How can I deal with these feelings?

"I'm still chasing after the shadows of past days!

"Shrouded in gloom, day and night.

"I live in a world where you're only in my memories!

 

"A chance for me to forget everything comes,

"But I realize the greater pain's in forgetting than remembering

"Even the deepest wounds that are in my chest

"Can just sit there, unhealed and wide open

"My heart won't ever forget you

"I keep thinking of the memories you left to me

 

"If only in my dreams, I could still see you

"Then these feelings might start to ease off of me!

"I'm still chasing after the shadows of past days

"Shrouded in gloom day and night

"I live in a world where you're only in my memories!

 

"Even though you're no longer here,

"This world continues to spin 'round without you

"The memories of those past days together

"Continue to live on by my side.

"Even if it's just in a dream,

"If I could just see you again,

"I'd burn your face into my memory

 

"If only in my dreams, if I could still see you,

"Then these feelings would stop subsiding!

"Until the day we that meet again, with smiles on our faces.

"I live in a world where you're only in my memories!"