Kra - Amaoto wa Chopin no shirabe lyrics translation

Original title: 雨音はショパンの調べ [Amaoto wa Chopin no shirabe] 
Translation: ”The Rainfall is Chopin's Melody”

Note: This song was near to impossible to translate>< My Japanese teacher said that it was too poetic and, since there are no complete sentences at all in this song, there were a lot of parts of it that she didn't even understand (*゜▽゜)ノ However, I did my best! Please bear with me if it's not completely right^^;

Here goes nothing;
 
耳をふさぐ　指をくぐり
心　痺(ｼﾋﾞ)らす　甘い調べ
止めて　あのショパン
彼には　もう会えないの
Rainy Days　断ち切れず　窓を叩かないで
Rainy Days　気休めは　麻薬　Ah—♥

Filling up my ears, slipping through my fingers

A soft melody makes my heart go numb

Please stop playing that Chopin (1)

I will never see him again

Rainy days~ since the windows are blocked, you can’t hear the rain drumming on the glass (2)

Rainy days~ peace of mind is soothing

Ah—♥

ひざの上に　ほほをのせて
「好き」とつぶやく　雨の調べ
やめて　そのショパン
想い出なら　いらないわ
Rainy Days　特別の人でなくなるまで
Rainy Days　暗号のピアノ　Ah—♥

I rest my chin on my knees (3)

and murmur “Love,” into the soft melody of the rain

Please stop playing this Chopin (1)

I don’t need these memories

Rainy days~ when you become unimportant to me

Rainy days~ the key of the piano (4)

Ah—♥

Rainy Days　断ち切れず　影にふり返れば
Rainy Days　たそがれの部屋は　Ah--
Rainy Days　特別の人は　胸に生きて
Rainy Days　合鍵を回す　Chopin(ｼｮﾊﾟﾝ)　Ah—♥

Rainy days~ I cannot break away. I have to look back at the shadows

Rainy days~ the twilight in this room is -- Ah—♥

Rainy days~ this special person lives in my chest

Rainy days~ it all revolves around Chopin (5)

Ah—♥

(1) The literary translation of this sentence is “Please stop that Chopin” (since it says “止めて” and later “やめて”). This, however, seems… incompressible and weird to me(*-▽-)ノI take “そのショパン” to be “the tunes of Chopin” because… well, Chopin, in himself, is already gone. His music is what’s left. And Keiyuu keeps mentioning tunes and melodies so… I chose to interpret on the words and added verbs as I felt appropriate^^;

(2) This is... not right >__<” I took “断ち切れず” to mean (with ”窓”) that the window is blocked. And thus; “窓を叩かないで” (+ “rainy days”). Like… he can’t see or hear the rain drumming on the window because it’s blocked. Or something to that extent. 

It’s a really hard sentence(*;;___;;)ノ

My teacher couldn’t even translate it >-< She said she couldn’t really understand what he really meant here. Her suggestion for a translation was; “I cannot break off. Don’t beat the windows, please,” - but that seems incomprehensible too, right?><

(3) I know “ほほ” is “cheek” but it’s more sensible in English to say you “rest your chin against something” when it’s “upon something” (in most cases anyway). If it had been “against something” cheek would have been fine. So I changed it^^”

(4) I know “暗号” is more like “code” or “password” but I think “key” makes more sense. “key” can also be a “code” or “password” but the tangents on a piano are also called “keys”, so it’s a nice little wordplay in English^^”

(5) I know “合鍵” is like “spare key” and “回す” is “to turn/to rotate” but I took it from the context to say that Chopin is the most important thing (the key) and everything revolves around him (回す). 

Suggestions or correction? Please comment^^

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A special thank you to the amazing Yuka san for all her help  ♥ ♥