A while back, a friend of mine ordered a Sting complication album from Japan. As I was reading though the Japanese translations of the lyrics, mainly for laughs, it struck me that the Japanese version of "Someone to Watch Over Me" had "Ran" written all over it. [Probably because of the chapter called "Mimamoru kotori no uta." Okay, so that's birds, not lambs. Whatever.]

Anyway, I threw out the gender-specific pronouns (Japanese is great that way!) and here you have it. Maybe somebody can make use of it in a fanfic. Or there's always singing in the shower. ^^

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"Boku wo Mimamotte Kureru Dareka"

Yoku iwareru koto sa
Ai wa momoku da tte
Ima demo tabitabi me ni suru kedo
Sagashite ireba kitto mitsukaru yo
Dakara boku wa sagasu tsumori sa
Kokoro ni kaita tokubetsu na hito wo ne

Sokorajuu sagashitemo
Mada ano hito wa mitsukaranai
Ano hito wa ketteiteki na sonzai nan da
Wasureru koto nanka dekinai sa
Koukai shinagara omoidasu no wa ano hito dake dakara
Ano hito no initial wo
Boku no monogram ni tsukete kuwaete ii ka na
Mayotta kohitsuji wo sukuu hitsujikai ga
Doko ni iru no ka, oshiete okure

Aitakute tamaranai hito ga iru n da
Boku wo mimamotte kureru dareka ga
Ano hito dattara ii no ni

Boku wa mori de mayotta kohitsuji sa
Boku wo mitsumeteite kureru hito ni wa
Itsu datte yasashiku dekiru to omou yo
Onna no ko tachi ga akogareru you na
Handsome na otoko ja nai kedo
Ano hito no kokoro wo akeru kagi wo boku wa motte iru n da

Ano hito ni tsutaete kurenai?
Motto speed wo agete tte
Boku ni tsuite kite hoshii n da, kokoro kara
Boku wo mimamotte kureru dareka ga
Boku ni wa hitsuyou nan da

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And here's the original Gershwin version, for those who aren't familiar with it:

"Someone To Watch Over Me"

There's a saying old says that love is blind
Still we're often told, "Seek and ye shall find,"
So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind.

Looking everywhere, haven't found him yet
He's the big affair I cannot forget
Only man I ever think of with regret
I'd like to add his initials to my monogram
Tell me, where is the shepherd for this lost lamb?

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me.

I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
To one who'll watch over me.
Although he may not be the man some girls think of as handsome,
To my heart he carries the key
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed,
Follow my lead-- oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me.

Of course, Sting's version uses female pronouns and such. ^_^; How very dull.