Ano hi ni... (To that day...) 

                                "Video Girl Ai" ending theme (1992)



                               tsumetai kaze ga mado o nagasu no samishiiyoru
                                     kogoeru mune atatametakute
                                        RIPUREI ano natsu o
                                namiuchigiwa de odokeru anata tanoshisou yo
                                    hutari dake no omoide no BIDEO
                                       hitori de nagamete iru no

                           On a lonely night when the cold wind blows in the window,
                                     I want to warm my frozen heart
                                       replaying that summer.
                            Fooling around on the beach, you seem to be having fun.
                                 A video of memories of just the two of us,
                                           I view alone. 

                                   sukoshi TEREnagara "suki da yo" to
                                           tsubuyaiteru
                                  usotsuki no anata no kao namida-iro de
                                            nijindeku

                                       While feeling a little shy
                                     and murmuring "I love you",
                                       your lying face is blurred
                                        with the color of tears. 

                                   anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
                                      ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
                               hutari no subete wa kono hikari no naka naraba
                                       mada maki-modoseru no?
                                            ano hi ni 

                                I'm miserable over you! Sorry, but this way,
                                 even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings.
                                   If everything about us is in this light,
                                         can I still rewind,
                                           to that day?

                                   ryoute ippai no omoide o shinjite ita
                                      kurikaeshite kazoeru kedo
                                      koyubi kara susumenai no

                                Both hands full of memories I had believed,
                                  I count them again and again, and yet
                                   I get no further than my little finger.

                                  anata soba ni ite soshite "uso da yo" to
                                      itte kokoro wo daki-shimete
                                   hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
                                      ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai
                                            ano hi ni

                                 Please be by my side, say "It's not true!",
                                        and embrace my heart.
                                  If everything about us has disappeared,
                                      right now I want to rewind,
                                            to that day.

                                   anata setsunai yo gomen ne konna ni
                                      ima mo omoi wo nokoshiteru
                                   hutari no subete ga kiete shimau nara
                                      ima sugu ni maki-modoshitai
                                            ano hi ni

                                       I'm miserable over you!
                                         Sorry, but this way, 
                                 even now, I'm leaving behind my feelings.
                                  If everything about us has disappeared, 
                                      right now I want to rewind, 
                                            to that day.


Singer: Kimura Maki
Lyricist: Katsura Masakazu
Composer: Matsuura Yuuki
Arranger: Okada Tooru
Translation: Theresa Martin
(February 24, 1993, revised November 22,1994)