[Music] English translation of the lyrics “鳴らない目覚まし時計 (naranai mezamashi dokei; the alarm clock that doesn’t ring)”

Credits: PONYCANYON
Lyrics: Kato Kanako
English translation: tenshi_akuma and Hazy from ECI

That clock never ticks again.
Just like our current relationship.
[One cannot put back the clock.]

tick tack…
Even though we parted temporarily,
we got together again and had looked forward to a future together.

One day, all of a sudden,
it stopped and never tick again.
Our alarm clock.

If I could reverse the hands of the clock…

I would embrace you once again.
I would run after your lonely back I saw through a door on that day, and would never let you go.
(I understand it’s just a dream never happens in reality, but) I’m still not awake from the dream.
So please wake me up, (the alarm clock)

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