| Anne Murray | |
| 「やさしく歌って」（原題： Killing Me Softly with His Song）は、ノーマン・ギンベル（英語版）作詞、チャールズ・フォックス（英語版）作曲の1971年のポピュラーソングである。 | |
| ① | （省略の場合あり） |
| Strumming my pain with his fingers | |
| ギターを奏でる指が私の心の傷をなぞり | |
| Singing my life with his words | |
| 歌詞で私の人生が語られる | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| 彼の歌が胸を締め付ける | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| その曲は優しく私の心を締めつけ | |
| Telling my whole life with his words | |
| 歌詞がこれまで私が生きてきたすべてを語っている | |
| Killing me softly with his song… | |
| そして私は完全に参ってしまう | |
| （間奏） | |
| ② | I heard he sang a good song. I heard he had a style |
| 歌が素敵だとか 独特なスタイルがあるって聞いていた | |
| And so I came to see him and listen for awhile | |
| だからちょっと立ち寄って聞いてみることにしたの | |
| And there he was this young boy | |
| 彼はそこにいた 若い男の子で | |
| A stranger to my eyes… | |
| 見たこともなかった | |
| ③ | Strumming my pain with his fingers |
| ギターを奏でるその指が私の心の傷をなぞり | |
| Singing my life with his words | |
| 歌詞で私の人生が語られる | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| 彼の歌が胸を締め付ける | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| その曲は優しく私の心を締めつけ | |
| Telling my whole life with his words | |
| 歌詞がこれまで私が生きてきたすべてを語っている | |
| Killing me softly with his song… | |
| そして私は完全に参ってしまう | |
| ④ | I felt all flushed with fever |
| 頭に血がのぼり、 | |
| Embarrassed by the crowd | |
| 人混みのなか一人恥ずかしくなる | |
| I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud | |
| 大切にしていた手紙が見つかって ひとつひとつ大声で読み上げられている気分 | |
| I pray that he would finish | |
| はやく終わりにならないかと祈ったけれど | |
| But he just kept right on… | |
| 彼は滔々と歌い続ける | |
| ⑤ | Strumming my pain with his fingers |
| ギターを奏でるその指が私の心の傷をなぞり | |
| Singing my life with his words | |
| 歌詞で私の人生が語られる | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| 彼の歌が胸を締め付ける | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| その曲は優しく私の心を締めつけ | |
| Telling my whole life with his words | |
| 歌詞がこれまで私が生きてきたすべてを語っている | |
| Killing me softly with his song… | |
| そして私は完全に参ってしまう | |
| ⑥ | He sang as if he knew me In all my dark despair |
| 彼は私をまっすぐ見て完全に無視 あたかも存在しないかのように | |
| And then he looked right through me as if I was not there | |
| でも見知らぬあいつはあそこにいて | |
| And he just kept on singing, Singing clear and strong… | |
| はっきりと力強く歌っている | |
| ⑦ | Strumming my pain with his fingers |
| ギターを奏でるその指が私の心の傷をなぞり | |
| Singing my life with his words | |
| 歌詞で私の人生が語られる | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| 彼の歌が胸を締め付ける | |
| Killing me softly with his song | |
| その歌が優しく胸を締め付ける | |
| Telling my whole life with his words | |
| 歌詞がこれまで私が生きてきたすべてを語っている | |
| Killing me softly with his song… | |
| そして私は完全に参ってしまう | |
| 以上です (^^♪ |
