Just the Beginning

Romaji Lyrics		English Translation
Outou se yo my hidden dragon Mamorikirenai yo anymore Iki mo tsukenai joukyou Answer me, over! Nee zenbu miteiru nara Zettai kanjiterun desho? Nani no kikkake de hatsudou Oshiete (Last despair) Donna ni kibou ga (Calls first hope) Chiisakutemo Kakete mitai kara! Atarashiku naru made Jibun ga kawaru made Negaitsuzukeru no nara itsuka kitto Mune ni nemuru chikara Kono koe de mezamete Ending is just the beginning, goes on! Tameshitekuru my hidden dragon Dore dake norikonaseru ka wo Youkoso moroha no kibou I’m not afraid Jibun ga kizutsuku koto ni Osore nante kanjite nai Tsumari zetsubou wa boku no Naka ni nai (Last despair) Dakedo sukuenai (Calls first hope) Egao dake ga Boku wo kizutsukeru Tsugi no jibun no tame Koukai shinai tame Tamerai tomaru koto wa nai Tatakainuku Mune ni nemuru chikara Sono tsuyosa ataete Ending is just the beginning, goes on! (Last despair) Itsudemo owari wa (Calls first hope) Hajimari no hajimari sa (Last despair) Dakara kono sekai ni wa (Calls first hope) Owari nante aru wake nai Kono subete wa mirai he to Tsunagatteyuku Atarashiku naru made Jibun ga kawaru made Negaitsuzukeru no nara itsuka kitto Mune ni nemuru chikara Kono koe de mezamete Ending is just the beginning, yeah! Tsugi no jibun no tame Koukai shinai tame Tamerai tomaru koto wa nai Tatakainuku Mune ni nemuru chikara Sono tsuyosa ataete Ending is just the beginning, goes on!		Can you hear me, my hidden dragon? I don’t think I can protect them anymore It’s got me shaken to my core Answer me, over! You can see everything I do through my eyes So you must feel how this eats me up inside What have I gotta do to tame your might? I need to know! (Last despair) Even in the darkest hour (Calls first hope) When all light seems lost I’ll always believe in hope! I know I can be reborn anew I know I can change, that much is true If I can keep on believing then I know it won’t be long Hear my voice, oh dragon in my heart Now awaken to this brand new start The ending is just the beginning, life goes on! You wanna test me, my hidden dragon? Wanna see just how much I can take? If my hope bites back, then I won’t break I’m not afraid I don’t care what’s gonna happen to me Being afraid’s an impossibility There’s no cracks for you to try and break free I won’t despair! (Last despair) The only thing that hurts me now (Calls first hope) is when I see a smile fall apart before my eyes! I just want to face the brand new day Without regrets to cloud my way So now I won’t ever give up the fight, I’ve just gotta be strong! Hear my voice, oh dragon in my heart Unto me your power now impart The ending is just the beginning, life goes on! (Last despair) So when life closes a door (Calls first hope) That’s just another opening to you (Last despair) So if it feels like the end is near (Calls first hope) The world’s not gonna end, not that easy Just know that everything that you’ve been through Shapes a new future for you! I know I can be reborn anew I know I can change, that much is true So if I just believe in myself, I know it won’t be long Hear my voice, oh dragon in my heart Awaken to this brand new start The ending is just the beginning, yeah! I want to face the brand new day Without regret to cloud my way So now I won’t ever give up the fight, I’ve just gotta be strong! Hear my voice, oh dragon in my heart Unto me your power now impart The ending is just the beginning, life goes on!

So umm. I may have tried to make this translation scan to the original lyrics. Also rhyme, in places, where it made sense to do so.

Yeah, I… I don’t know what came over me either. I might do another more literal translation to go along with this, cause I did kinda fudge things a bit to make the rhyme scheme work in places. I could probably have made it work better if I wasn’t so slavishly resistant to changing any of the existing English in the original, too.

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