Hikaru Utada 宇多田ヒカル
誓い lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Advanced
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:34
最後まで諦めずに闘った友を
To the friend who fought till the very end without giving up,
小雪舞う初冬の朝 仲間と見送る
On a chilly morning in early winter, I send you off with my comrades.
陽気な男だった 涙は似合わない
He was a cheerful man; tears never suited him.
飲もう グラスに無邪気な思い出 満たして
Let's drink, filling our glasses with carefree memories.
弾こう ギターに敬う心を託して
Let's play, pouring our respect into the guitar.
そして 再会の時を今ここに誓う
And here, I vow to cherish the time of our reunion.
最後まで案じてた この国のゆくえ
Till the end, I worried about the fate of this country.
愚かさの果てにある悲劇を見据え
Staring into the tragedy that lies at the end of foolishness,
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The aspirations left behind will be carried on by the next generation.
飲もう グラスに不屈の希望を満たして
Let's drink, filling our glasses with unwavering hope.
弾こう ギターに朽ちない理想を託して
Let's play, entrusting our unyielding ideals to the guitar.
そして 再生の時を今ここに誓う
And now, I swear here and now, to the time of rebirth.
海に漕ぎ出そう 生まれたところへと
Let's row out to sea, back to where we were born.
長く短い旅の終わりを祝って
Celebrating the end of this long yet short journey.
飲もう グラスに無邪気な思い出 満たして
Let's drink, filling our glasses with innocent memories.
弾こう ギターに敬う心を託して
Let's play, entrusting our hearts of respect to the guitar.
そして 再生の時を
And to the time of rebirth,
今ここに集う すべての心ある仲間と誓う
I swear here with all my heartfelt friends gathered now.
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Key vocabulary
- 朝あさ
- morningN5
- 海うみ
- seaN5
- 男おとこ
- manN5
- 短いみじかい
- shortN5
- 仲間なかま
- companionN3
- 友とも
- friendN3
- 思い出おもいで
- memoryN3
- 悲劇ひげき
- tragedyN3
- 旅たび
- travelN3
- 理想りそう
- idealN3
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About this song
Hikaru Utada is a Japanese singer-songwriter born in New York whose work blends J-pop with American R&B, trip-hop, and dance-pop, and who is known for redefining late-1990s J-pop and for the best-selling 1999 album First Love. Raised partly in the United States and writing and producing much of their own material, Utada gained major acclaim with a string of hit singles and albums including First Love and Exodus.