[Fushigi Yuugi] Tokimeki no Doukasen (The Fuse of My Throbbing Heart) by Konno Yukari

Decided to try translating the Fushigi Yuugi songs today! I'm taking the JLPT tomorrow, so hopefully this has somehow helped me, haha. This is actually fairly difficult to translate, just because the structure of the sentences are so flow-y and not at all about forming direct thoughts. Great song though!

Kanji Romaji English

あなたの名前　呼んだらそこで
突然目が覚めそう
こんなにうまく行きっこない
また偶然　逢えるなんて

人込みの中　私と同じ
髪した娘（こ）だけ見てる
きっと誰かを探してるんだ
恋の相手かな

眼が合った瞬間　でもそれは私で
嘘よ嘘、あなた駆けて来る

ときめきの　導火線が
体じゅうを走ってく
バラバラに　ならないように
シッカリしなくちゃ私

でもちょっと　今日はちょっと
気持ちが迷子の子猫
優しさで　攻められたら
着いてくしかないかもね　ニャーオ

いくら何でも　似過ぎてるよね
あなたのその話しは
私が昨夜（ゆうべ）、夢の途中で
言われたセリフに

思い思われさえ　砂粒の確率
「でもね、その粒が僕だよ」って

ときめきの　導火線が
ジンジン言って燃えてく
今すぐに　吹き消さなきゃ
絶対いつか傷付く

でも少し　ほんの少し
このまま接近したい
手にも触れ　られないのに
いきなり引っ掛けないよ　ニャーオ

眼が合った瞬間　でもそれは私で
嘘よ嘘、あなた駆けて来る

ときめきの　導火線が
体じゅうを走ってく
バラバラに　ならないように
シッカリしなくちゃ私

でもちょっと　今日はちょっと
気持ちが迷子の子猫
優しさで　攻められたら
着いてくしかないかもね　ニャーオ

Anata no namae　Yondara soko de
Totsuzen me ga samesou
Konna ni umaku ikkikonai
Mata guuzen　Aeru nante

Hitogomi no naka　Watashi to onaji
Kamishita ko dake miteru
Kitto dare ka wo sagashiterun da
Koi no aite ka na

Me ga atta shunkan　Demo sore wa watashi de
Uso yo uso, anata kaketekuru

Tokimeki no　Doukasen ga
Karadajuu wo hashitteku
Bara bara ni　Naranai you ni
Shikkari shinakucha watashi

Demo chotto　Kyou wa chotto
Kimochi ga maigo no koneko
Yasashisa de　Semeraretara
Tsuiteku shika nai ka mo ne　Nya-o

Ikura nande mo　Nisugiteru yo ne
Anata no sono hanashi wa
Watashi ga yuube, yume no tochuu de
Iwareta serifu ni

Omoi omoware sae　Sunatsubu no kakuritsu
"Demo ne, sono tsubu ga boku da yo" tte

Tokimeki no　Doukasen ga
Jin jin itte moeteku
Ima sugu ni　Fukikesanakya
Zettai itsuka kizutsuku

Demo sukoshi　Honno sukoshi
Kono mama sekkinshitai
Te ni mo fure　Rarenai noni
Ikinari hikkakenai yo　Nya-o

Me ga atta shunkan　Demo sore wa watashi de
Uso yo uso, anata kaketekuru

Tokimeki no　Doukasen ga
Karadajuu wo hashitteku
Bara bara ni　Naranai you ni
Shikkari shinakucha watashi

Demo chotto　Kyou wa chotto
Kimochi ga maigo no koneko
Yasashisa de　Semeraretara
Tsuitekushikanai ka mo ne　Nya-o

I call out your name
And all at once, my eyes seem to open
If we go on this way, no good can come of it…
Meeting you again by chance

In a crowd of people, you can only see
Girls with similar hair as me
You are clearly looking for somone
Could it be your beloved?

But the moment our eyes met　I realized it was me
There's no way, it can't be　You started running toward me

The fuse of my throbbing heartbeat
Starts running through my body
I can't fall to pieces this way
So I must keep myself level-headed

But, you know…　Today is a bit…
I feel like a lost kitten
If you come at me kindly,
I can't help but follow you　Meow

That story of yours, by so many degrees
Is really too similar
To the lines you were telling me
In the middle of the dream I had last night

The chances of loving and being loved are like sand grains
"But those grains are me," you said

The fuse of my throbbing heartbeat
Sends me into tingles, and I burn up
I need to blow out the flame soon
Or else I'll definitely get hurt one day

But just a bit more…　Just the slightest bit more…
I want to become closer just like this
Even if I can't reach out to touch your hand
And all at once, I can't hold you　Meow

But the moment our eyes met　I realized it was me
There's no way, it can't be　You started running toward me

The fuse of my throbbing heartbeat
Starts running through my body
I can't fall to pieces this way
So I try to keep myself level-headed

But, you know…　Today is a bit…
I feel like a lost kitten
If you come at me kindly,
I can't help but follow you　Meow

NOTES:
1. I've seen the title translated as "Fuse of Excitement," but tokimeki more accurately refers to how fast your heart beats when you're excited, rather than a generic excitement. I wanted to capture that.
2. I kept going back and forth on the first two lines. Because of "anata," I know the singer is calling out to somone, but I don't know whose eyes are opening. I went with the singer's eyes, so the image in my brain is that she's calling out to someone in a dream and then waking up.
3. The "demo (but)" in the pre-chorus is attached to the second half of the line, but I put the english in the first half for clarity.
4. "Demo chotto / kyou wa chotto" and "demo sukoshi / honno sukoshi" are all incomplete thoughts that imply some sort of uncertainty.
5. I had to flip the order of so many lines in the second stanza. You can imagine this was hell to understand line by line. Haha.
6. I thought long and hard about "omoi omoware sae," which can also be translated to, "Thinking of someone and having them think of you." Omoi is a very, uhh, general word. And the likelihood of grains. Don't get me started.
7. "Te ni mofure / rarenai no ni" was interesting structure-wise! If you take just the first half of the line by itself, it's "I can touch your hand," but the second half is a verb conjugation meaning "not be able to." GRAMMAR TWIST!