If I say "Yo te amo",
Would you understand those words?
Or would you dismiss them
Like the gossips that you've heard?
If I say "Ai shiteru",
Would you know what I mean?
Or would you confuse them
With the actions that you've seen?
If I say "Ich libe dich",
Can you say that simple phrase?
Or will the meaning of those words
Remain forever untraced?
If I say "Je t' aime",
Do these words ring a bell?
Do they speak of my true feelings
That I have longed to tell?
If I say "Wo ay ni",
If I say them to you.
Would you give me a reply
A reply that's so true?
If I say "Mahal kita",
Would you then understand?
As I look into your eyes
And when I hold you by the hand.
If I say "I love you",
This is the only time you feel
This love that surrounds us
A love that's so real.
A million languages of that phrase
I don't have time to say.
But you really don't understand them
Even when I say them everyday.
But when I say "Sayonara",
You then start to cry.
Why, when I speak in foreign languages,
Do you understand the meaning of goodbye?