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The Rose

Amanda McBroom

Some say love it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed

人はいう、愛は柔らかい葦を押し流す川のよう
人はいう、愛は心を切り裂く刃（やいば）のよう

Some say love it is a hunger
an endless aching need
I say love it is a flower
and you it's only seed

人はいう、愛は限りなく疼く欲望のよう
でも、私は違う、芽吹きを待つ種のようなあなた 

It's the heart afraid of breaking
that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking
that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
who cannot seem to give
and the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live

ダンスは覚えないと言って、それをためらう心
チャンスを掴まないと言って、それをためらう夢
奪われることもなく、関心を与えることもできない、あなた
「生きる努力もしないで死ぬなんて」と思う、その生き方

When the night has been too lonely
and the road has been too long
and you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter far
beneath the bitter snows
lies the seed
that with the sun's love
in the spring
becomes the rose

夜があまりにも淋しく
道があまりにも長く
「愛なんて、所詮、運と強さの賜物」と思うあなた
でも、冬は、凍（こご）える雪が根を覆い、
春は、太陽の愛がバラを咲かせることを忘れないで