Koucha

Original by Maaya Sakamoto

Translations by Mumu Alpaka (GPT Assisted)

Updated on 13 March 2026

恋の終わりを告げる時計台が　次の時間を待ってる

Koi no owari wo tsugeru tokeidai ga tsugi no jikan wo matteru

The clock tower announcing the end of love waits for the next hour

止まれない　今

Tomarenai ima

I cannot stop, not now

地下鉄の入り口にある桜が今年も咲くから

Chikatetsu no iriguchi ni aru sakura ga kotoshi mo saku kara

Because the cherry blossoms at the subway entrance will bloom again this year

私たちまたひとつ年をとるね

Watashitachi mata hitotsu toshi wo toru ne

We’ll grow yet another year older, won't we?

春は近付いた

Haru wa chikazuita

Spring has drawn near

永遠 of 印に

Eien no shirushi ni

As a sign of eternity

流星が来る夜を待って願いをかけたあの日のふたり

Ryuusei ga kuru yoru wo matte negai wo kaketa ano hi no futari

The two of us that day, together was waiting for the night of the shooting stars, just to make a wish

ずっと変わらないよと抱きしめては

Zutto kawaranai yo to dakishimete wa

Holding each other and saying we’d never change

何もかも手に入れたと思っていたよ

Nanimokamo te ni ireta to omotte ita yo

I thought I had everything in my hands

この手に残るものはたったひとつ

Kono te ni nokoru mono wa tatta hitotsu

Only one thing remains in these hands

君は私の最初の恋人だった

Kimi wa watashi no saisho no koibito datta

You were my very first love

自転車でどこまででも行けるような　そんな気がしてた

Jitensha de doko made demo ikeru you na sonna ki ga shiteta

I felt as if we could go anywhere on our bicycles

寒い日に道ばたで飲んだ紅茶の味も覚えてる

Samui hi ni michibata de nonda koucha no aji mo oboeteru

I even remember the taste of the tea we drank on the roadside on a cold day

寂しいわけじゃない

Sabishii wake janai

It’s not that I’m lonely

自分で選んだはずなのに

Jibun de eranda hazu na no ni

Even though I was the one who chose this path

どうしようもなく泣きたくなるよ

Dou shiyou mo naku nakitaku naru yo

I can’t help it but want to cry

この先の未来には何があるの

Kono saki no mirai ni wa nani ga aru no

What lies ahead in the future?

もっと辛い別れはあといくつあるの

Motto tsurai wakare wa ato ikutsu aru no

How many more painful goodbyes are left to come?

恋の終わりを告げる時計台が　次の時間を待ってる

Koi no owari wo tsugeru tokeidai ga tsugi no jikan wo matteru

The clock tower announcing the end of love waits for the next hour

止まれない　今

Tomarenai ima

I cannot stop, now

( A little bit..

Just on one more corner, to the stop where we have spent together,

I never forget oohh.. you care for something for you to follow... )

どこへも行かないよと抱きしめては

Doko e mo ikanai yo to dakishimete wa

Holding each other and saying you'd never go anywhere

何もかも手に入れたと思っていたよ

Nanimokamo te ni ireta to omotte ita yo

I thought I had everything in my hands

この手に残るものはたったひとつ

Kono te ni nokoru mono wa tatta hitotsu

Only one thing remains in these hands

君は私の最初の恋人だった

Kimi wa watashi no saisho no koibito datta

You were my very first love

older /previous / original translations version (by Mumu Alpaka)

Black Tea, having it during a cold day
Translation
Thus when one love story have ended, I was awaiting for the next very chance, there's nothing stopping it now..
Without even noticing that the Sakura flowers starts to fall againthat we were wasting yet again, one more lovely yearwhile catching a cold over in spring
Emotions that felt almost foreverThe ever long nights we have waited together, yet our wishes we simply still yet to be granted on that destined day
Never changing self that we held very closelythat I've thought, I have gained almost everything I wantedStill in these hands was missing one single thingthat you were my only ever, one most important love
While cycling senselessly to wherever and everywhere, "Wanting to feel alive again", while saying such trivial words
In this cold day, the ever feeling of wanting to know the taste of drinking a bitter black tea
It's not that I felt lonelyI should have known it better by nowThat no matter how much I've tried, it would never be all right again
What really awaits for me after this, I myself also wanted to knowPerhaps there are more hard things ahead, following with even more sadnessThat my love have finally fallen into pieces, thus awaiting for the very next chance, there's nothing stopping it now..
[A little bit.. Just on one more corner, to the stop where we have spent together, I never forget oohh.. you cared for something for you to follow..]
Wherever that you are now, I just cant afford to stop here right nowEverything that I once held closely in my hand now starts to shatteredStill in these hands, I still kept one single last important feelingthat you were my only ever, one most important love
(Everything is for the wake up bell, waiting for it's time to go.. time to go..)

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