About this work
Kindness becomes painful when it comes from someone who does not see the speaker as a romantic partner. The poem asks for clear rejection rather than gestures that sustain an impossible hope.
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日本語原文 Japanese original
傷つくのよ
あなたと居ると
あなたの優しさが
私には屈辱
女として見ていないあなた
そんなに気のあるふりして
私を引きつけるズルイ人
いっそのこと冷たくしてよ
突き放してよ
そうしたらもっとラクなのに・・・
私にはこれほどの屈辱はないわ
English translation 英訳
AI-assisted English translation. The Japanese original remains authoritative.
It hurts,
being with you.
Your kindness
is a humiliation to me.
You do not see me as a woman,
yet you pretend to care so much—
a sly man who keeps drawing me toward you.
You might as well be cold.
Push me away.
Then it would be so much easier...
Nothing could humiliate me more.
Original wording, author credits, notes and source materials are preserved there.