このままで: translation


Translating songs to improve my Japanese, I have quite often come across the
expression:

このままで

The phrase should mean "in this condition", kono = this, mama = condition,
state (shinjitai 侭 or kyūjitai 儘), de = in (postposition). In certain
contexts, as in 此の侭でいいんだよ from Stereopony's 涙の向こう (namida no mukō), it is
possible to directly use that translation, i.e. "This way it's fine". In other
contexts, however, as for example in the refrain of いかないで (here's
[song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9o4jfHX6rE&feature=youtube_gdata_player)
and [lyrics](http://www.666ccc.com/lrc/5620/234298.htm), where as far as I
know "iteta" should be "naiteta"), the given translation doesn't quite fit, as
translating the refrain's last few phrases as "Don't go, this way" makes the
expression disconnected from the neighbouring "ikanaide". So I am not sure
what it means there and how to translate it. I interpreted it as something
like "stay with me". What do you recommend?




The このままで in このままでいいんだよ。 modifies the いい adverbially, meaning "It's okay to be
just the way you are / just the way we are / It's okay to let it just the way
it is", whereas the このままで in いかないで。このままで。 means このままでいてください or
このままでいさせてください。(≒ Please stay where you are. / Please stay just as you are /
Let us be just the way we are), いてください/いさせてください being left unsaid/implied.

このままで is written in Hiragana in modern Japanese.




The このままで in このままでいいんだよ。 modifies the いい adverbially, meaning "It's okay to be
just the way you are / just the way we are / It's okay to let it just the way
it is", whereas the このままで in いかないで。このままで。 means このままでいてください or
このままでいさせてください。(≒ Please stay where you are. / Please stay just as you are /
Let us be just the way we are), いてください/いさせてください being left unsaid/implied.

このままで is written in Hiragana in modern Japanese.

