Mermaid story

Mukashi yonda hitori no onna no ko
Yume wa nani yori maboroshi datta
Umaku sen kaku koto fuyasu koto mo
Omoi wa minna katachi ni dekiru noni
Karaa ni suru no yaresou de dekinakute...
Shiroku shiroku nuritsubushite ita yo

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori
Tsukuritai karaa na sekai
Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki
Garasu no kutsu yori jibun no ashi ga
Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo
Hitotsu zutsu najimasu you ni
Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato

Hajimete aruku hitori no onnanoko
Uta asonde arukou to shitemo
Kotoba ukabeteru kedo karamawari
Yasashii majo warainagara miru?
Mahou wo kakete morattemo sore kara ga
Happii endo e no wakaremichi

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori
Tsukuritai karaa na sekai
Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki
Kabocha no basha yori jibun no ashi ga
Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo
Sunahama ni najimasu you ni
Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato

Chiisana koro ni yonda monogatari
"Arigatou" tobidashite
Senaka taiyou to kasanatte mizushibuki ga hikaru

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori
Tsukuritai karaa na sekai
Mahou demo hitotsu no yuuki
Garasu no kutsu yori jibun no ashi ga
Aoi umi ni shiroi nami ni nomikomaresou demo
Sunahama ni najimasu you ni
Atashi ni mo egakeru you ni
Garasu no kutsu yori mo...

Shiawase no kaidan ja nai hikikae ni maameido sutoori
Hitotsu zutsu najimasu you ni
Tsuyome ni tsuketa ashiato
English

One girl I read about long ago
Her dreams were nothing more than illusions
We can all draw the lines and fill them in well
And give our feelings a shape
But giving them colour - it seemed possible, but she couldn't do it…
So she blotted it all out in white

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story
I want to make a world full of colour
Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic
I'd rather have my own legs than glass slippers
Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up
I took strong steps
To adjust, little by little

That one girl walks for the first time
She tries to sing playfully as she walks
She knows the words, but she can't get them out
Is the good witch laughing as she watches?
You can get someone to cast a spell
But after that, you're walking away from happiness

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story
I want to make a world full of colour
Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic
I'd rather have my own legs than a pumpkin carriage
Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up
I took strong steps
To adjust to the sand dunes

As I set off, I say "thank you"
To the story I read as a child
I turn my back to the sun and the spray of water glitters

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story
I want to make a world full of colour
Just one bit of courage, even if it's magic
I'd rather have my own legs than glass slippers
Even when the white waves of the blue sea threatened to swallow me up
I hope I adjust to the sand dunes
I hope I, too, can picture it
I'd rather have that than glass slippers…

There's no stairway to happiness, just that mermaid story
I took strong steps
To adjust, little by little