Lyrics: NAOKO
Music: Ohira Tsutomu

1. Takaramono

I was able to find the treasure box that I had lost once again
I knew that with the wonderful encounter, parting would come

When I noticed, there was a star reaching to the infinite
On the other side of the radiant light, yes,
Everyone is there

I’m being enveloped by great love
Because the sad lies disappeared
Only that beautiful world reflecting in these eyes
Is right here now, I’m no longer alone
I will continue singing songs with great care, this moment
The overflowing smiles, to me
Those are treasures

Like the moment that we met, I will directly go with you
From that day on when I felt happiness, I could become stronger

Going towards the boundless sky, the big persisting dreams,
Carrying the bond with you in my chest, I will begin a trip

Everyone’s voices are resounding
I have already taken off
I accept the feelings of that all with my body
I will make everyone’s dreams come true

I can hear a voice from the far distance
Until that day that we will meet
The shining futures, to me
They are all treasures
I will continue singing songs with great care, this moment
The overflowing smiles, to me
Those are treasures

Dream Skipper is Nana Mizuki’s third studio album, that was released on  November 27, 2003.

Underneath, you will find my translations of the songs of Dream Skipper. Because English is not my mother tongue, please kindly let me know if there are any grammatical errors: I am open for corrections and like to learn from my mistakes 

1. Takaramono

2. Be Ready

3. keep your hands in the air

4. still in the groove

5. Sabaku no Umi

6. Dear to me

7. What cheer?

8. Jet Park

9. White Lie

10. Nocturne: revision (Opening song of anime Memories Off 2nd)

11. Himawari

12. Koishiteru…

13. in a fix

14. New Sensation

15. refrain: classico

Lyrics: NAOKO
Music: Ohira Tsutomu

14. M.A.M.A

I am walking the same road home every day on my own
When I look behind me, that time is disappearing in the distance

After a long time on a Sunday, the city is getting wet by the rain
As I was on the phone, in my eyes it also started to rain

In the sky of the city where I live
A single star shone and smiled

The honest ‘I’m sorry’
I can’t say it and I’m suffering, beautifully, you embraced my small shoulders
Strongly with those hands
With just that, my heart can become gentler
Watch over me, okay? My mother

On clear days, I pray that a big sun will shine upon
The stores and houses on the street where you live and that it will flourish

In the city town the seasons haven’t changed yet
And it looks like it will be cold again tonight

You who send me off with a smile
If I was alone, I wouldn’t have been able to come here
I will let the valuable things that the great you taught me that day with your heart
Flap their wings
Support me, okay? My mother

The honest ‘I’m sorry’
Because I could say it, the scenery has changed
From now on, look, that I can now even see the path
I couldn’t see before is thanks to you
Who pushed my back, my mother

Lyrics: Yabuki Toshiro
Music: Yabuki Toshiro

13. Abilities

Things like ‘What about the destiny line?’, and ‘Not today!’, and so on
On divination programmes, they say only vague things, but

I long for a tiny reflecting ideal
Looking in the big mirror
I will go with my own style

Things like ‘I’m fine with my way of living as it is!’
Leaving it up to people, isn’t that unfair?
It’s fine if you try starting from zero
The weight is unknown, I put my abilities to good use
And make it a benefit

I set my alarm clock, I have to rise early! And go out
In the commuter train, I am being rubbed against and forced to flatten

When I give up and search
for suitable benefits, how long I will be standing
will be the same, stop it

Let’s escape from the centre of reality, okay?
Wouldn’t it be great to change forms?
There’s no meaning in just sitting
Shooting through, abilities are hidden
By everyone

Showing it quietly one way or another
Occasionally enjoying romance

Making the life line long
Squeeze out the wind that will blow tomorrow
The weight of the tension that’s able to move from today on
Is unknown, I put my abilities to good use
And it can become a benefit

Lyrics: Yabuki Toshiro
Music: Kitajima Kenji

12. it’s in the bag

You about ready? A stiff question
Because you won’t even say one joke
It won’t fill with just love, dim the light

The convenient desire yearning in us
I can’t help laughing, the world is too bright

I’m tied up with taking it upon myself
The melancholy, it’s negligible
You knew my tiring imagination, right?
That’s a tall lover in the frame
You’re being too serious, ‘so you can’t fight city hall’
A faint passion burns, it’s in the bag

You’re in the way, a gloomy fate
Because there’s no way there is a deadline,
I can’t even say it, take your time

Even then I want to grasp it, that beautiful petal
A colour I lust for a little, various ways of living

Let’s talk it all out, since I’m impatient
What’s going on in the bottom of my heart? Why
You knew my meaningless behaviour, right?
The deal go sour, when I grasped
And touched it, ‘everything worked like a charm’
A story I won’t ask for, it’s not too good like that

I’m tied up with taking it upon myself
The melancholy, it’s negligible
You knew my tiring imagination, right?
That’s a tall lover in the frame
You’re being too serious, ‘so you can’t fight city hall’
A faint passion burns, it’s in the bag

Lyrics: Yabuki Toshiro
Music: Yabuki Toshiro

11. cherish

Raising the warmth so it won’t disappear
At times, the pleasure I am able to support is lost

The bell that carried happiness stopped ringing
It was something that seemed like it was nothing

Even if we are separated far, far away and each chooses his own path
I lock my loneliness, substitute my tears for courage
Graduation from the irritated days

It’s like I can’t even hear that popular song
I said farewell to the sweet painful love

Looking at the rainbow-coloured album with sad eyes
Restraining my hesitant feelings, I opened it with weak hands

Confirming deeply, deeply, the days we walked with our shoulders aligned
I remember, if once more, the crossing of paths would’ve come afterwards
Would that have been better?

The everyday melancholically reflected in this picture
There isn’t any composure, from today on I will try to decorate it

Even if we are separated far, far away and we meet again in another place
Will you call out to me? Because I turned the next page
Graduation from the irritated days

Lyrics: Mizuki Nana
Music: Iida Takahiro

10. JUMP!

Sending proper back-channelling and saying worthless jokes
The unnaturally spent everyday, the warning lamp switches on an off

Mastering the mathematics of an adult
Was I hiding my personality?

Step out strongly and vitally!
There’s no time to be faltering
Even if you don’t find the example answer
Go to grasp the highest!
Fully open the engine once more
A self-warming newborn pure jewel

When I was little I was dazed like a princess from a fairytale
Even with a common everyday life, I wanted to go on special adventures

If you’re just being reserved, it won’t start
Isn’t it the time to change your mode?

Go with the best smile!
Wear a new dress
Facing the dungeon of trials
Let out your ideal power!
Chances change your appearance
You’re concealed, imaginarily kick it away without hesitation

Cheering on the circumstances properly, without losing your mood to the noise…

Step out with the ultimate vitality!
There’s no time to be faltering
The example answer isn’t necessary
Go and grasp the highest!
Fully open the engine extraordinarily
The light is dazzling, my one and only jewel

Start, to believe, dream, yourself
Step, shining, jump, to the future

Lyrics: Mizuki Nana
Music: Honma Akimitsu

9. Panorama

The shadows of overlapping memories
High in the sky, wings are floating
If you forgave me even my faults
The nights that were too long are opening

In the maze of deep mist and the whisper of a demon
Drowning in the disturbingly lost strong power
The confusion that’s made to dance in the vision of falsehood
The angel with black wings who doesn’t know disgrace that goes against her fate

Offering this fickle body
I am going to confirm that I am alive

I will tear apart the illusions
That are continuing inside of you with these hands
The traces of frozen tears are disappearing
I embrace the pain

The ruined heart is like an unsolved puzzle
The darkness spreads, memories fading together with time
The chain connected to the scales of desire
Can’t turn back later because it’s melting in a big stream

A white light shining
The voice locked inside the traitor is released

The unwavering emotions
resounding inside of me are resurrected
‘It’s not something that has been manipulated’
I hold my hands out and grasp tomorrow

Sweetly inviting the white angel
Swooping down, playfully smiling
I will tear apart the illusions
That are continuing inside of you with these hands
I will go with the one and only you in the whole world
And have faith in the future