Awich 浦崎 亜希子
THE UNION lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Hip-Hop
- Length
- 3:40
集えや集えや 歌えや踊れや
Gather 'round, gather 'round, sing and dance,
心一つに 合わすが如く
As if combining our hearts into one.
流離う心や 自由ねならん
A wandering heart, shall it be free,
雫はいつか 岩をも穿つ
Drops will someday pierce through the rock.
日が昇り 東の空から世が明ける
The sun rises, dawn breaks from the eastern sky.
Queendom第二章の幕開け
The curtain rises on the second chapter of Queendom.
武道館に咲いた 八千のflowers
Eight thousand flowers bloom in Budokan.
覚悟決め選んだ道は荊
The path I chose, with resolve, has thorns.
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Everybody call me queen, on TV and in magazines.
増えてく露出 食事は個室
Exposure is multiplying, dining in private rooms.
監視のeyes 24 まるでポリス
Surveillance eyes, 24/7, just like the police
ストリートから雲の上のオフィス
From the street to an office high above the clouds
増してくpressure 高くなるstage
Rising pressure, the stage gets higher
ダメ出しの曲 やり直しのtake
A song that gets critiqued, a take that needs redoing
削がれるenergy 時間に追われる
Dwindling energy, racing against time
歌詞変 赤ペン 失うmyself
Lyrics changed, red pen in hand, losing myself
答え探す間なくまた乗るjet
No time to search for answers, I’m on the jet again
ライブ 取材 すぐに撮影
Live shows, interviews, shooting right away
スタッフ100人で乗り込む現場
With a hundred staff, we storm the scene
5倍速で進む私の神話
My legend moves forward at five times the speed
迫り来るキャリアの消費期限
The expiration date of this career creeps closer
四方から視線 八方から意見
Glares from every direction, opinions from all around
憧れと侮蔑の堺は朧に
The line between desire and disdain blurs hazily
幾重にものしかかるこの心に
This heavy heart bears the weight of many layers
それでも握るmic
Yet still I grip the mic
目を閉じてまたrhyme
Eyes closed, I lose myself in rhyme again
嘘のない言葉を綴ったmusic
Music crafted from words that hold no lies
歌うたびに溢れてくる勇気
With each song, courage spills forth
島から何かを求め飛び立った
I took flight from the island, seeking something more
自由の地はとても残酷だった
The land of freedom proved to be so cruel
ここに来てまた壁にぶち当たったが
Here I am again, hitting the wall once more,
逃げずに歌詞にしてく I'm a rapper
But I won't run away, I'm turning this into lyrics, I'm a rapper.
叫んでよ Awich (Awich)
Shout it out, Awich (Awich),
見えるあなたのfaces (faces)
I can see your faces (faces),
その瞳の中にも あるはず無限大の可能性（可能性）
Within those eyes, there's boundless potential waiting to be found (potential),
イタミを知るヒカリ（ヒカリ）
Light that knows pain (light),
導いてく未来（未来）
Guiding us to the future (future),
新しい時代見せてやるここに集え the union
I’ll show you a new era, gather here, the union.
集えや集えや 歌えや踊れや
Come together, come together, sing and dance,
心一つに 合わすが如く
As if to unite our hearts as one.
Let's make the change together
Let's make the change together
流離う心や 自由ねならん
A wandering heart seeks freedom, doesn't it?
雫はいつか 岩をも穿つ
Drops of water will someday pierce through stone
It's time for the union
It's time for the union
やるしかない やるしかないでしょ
We have no choice but to do it, right?
RZAに言われた「お前の物語にはある人間の叡智」
RZA told me, 'In your story lies human wisdom'
Like神の啓示life is crazy
Like a divine revelation, life is crazy
Wu-tangから力もらうAwich
Receiving strength from Wu-tang, Awich
憧れのレジェンド達の名前も
Names of the legendary figures I idolize
今では並んでる電話帳
Now they're lined up in the phonebook
飛び火してくpassion
A passion that sparks and flies
西も東も北も南も合わせる波長
A wavelength that brings together the west, east, north, and south
起こそうよ changes (changes)
Let's bring about changes (changes)
作るみんなのplaces (places)
Creating the places for everyone (places)
彷徨える者達の傷を癒す救いのoasis (oasis)
An oasis of salvation to heal the wounds of the lost ones (oasis)
イタミを知るヒカリ（ヒカリ）
A light that knows pain (light)
導いてく未来（未来）
Guiding us to the future (future)
新しい時代見せてやるここに集え the union
Gather here, I'll show you a new era, the union
集えや集えや 歌えや踊れや
Gather, gather, sing, and dance,
心一つに 合わすが如く
As one heart, joining together.
Let's make the change together
Let's bring about the change together
流離う心や 自由ねならん
A wandering heart, oh how it yearns for freedom.
雫はいつか 岩をも穿つ
A drop will someday pierce even the stone.
It's time for the union
It's time for the union
集えや集えや 歌えや踊れや
Come together, come together, sing and dance!
心一つに 合わすが如く
As if uniting our hearts as one
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Key vocabulary
- はず
- shouldN3
- 中なか
- inside; in; middleN3
- 地ち
- groundN3
- 岩いわ
- rockN3
- 昇りのぼり
- ascentN3
- 期限きげん
- deadlineN3
- 未来みらい
- futureN3
- オフィスおふぃす
- officeN4
- まるで
- likeN4
- ライブライブ
- liveN1
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About this song
Awich is a Japanese hip hop artist. She is known for her major-label debut with Universal Music Japan in 2020.