RADWIMPS
閉じた光 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2006
- Genre
- Rock
- Length
- 4:28
あなたにナニカ届けたくて 声だけ持って走りました
I wanted to deliver something to you, so I ran with only my voice.
ずっとずっと遠くまで そしたらナニカ忘れました
All the way to the distant horizon, then I forgot something.
あなたをずっと想いました 星がきれいに見えたんだ
I've always thought of you, and the stars shone beautifully.
そしたら僕は思い出した 60億回目の息をした
Then I remembered, breath taken for the sixty billionth time.
「生きてること」確かめたくて 呼吸を少し 止めてみた
"I want to confirm that I'm alive," I tried holding my breath for a moment.
酸素は僕を望んでいた なんとなくすごく嬉しかった
Oxygen longed for me, and somehow I felt an overwhelming joy.
遠くから声聞こえました 「頑張れ」と言っていたんだ
From afar, I heard a voice saying, "Keep going."
じゃあ誰より強くあればいい?
So should I be stronger than anyone else?
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The era when I laughed and said, "I should be stronger than anyone" is now.
幾つもの命を奪った
It took many lives away.
閉じた瞼だけが僕の弱さを知ってたんだ
Only my closed eyelids knew my weakness.
輝いたあの星も枯れ切った僕も宇宙の道草
That shining star and I, withered, are mere detours of the universe.
それだけでまた明日も笑えるような気がしたんだ
I felt as if I could smile again tomorrow just from that.
降ってきたこの痛みは笑ってた僕がよこした辻褄
This pain that has fallen upon me is the consequence of my laughing self.
それだけでまた明日の僕を好きでいられる気がしたんだ
I felt that just that would make me love tomorrow's self once more.
裸ラランランラランラ爛々ってな具合で生きてみたいものです
I want to live in a way that's carefree, singing and shining like a bright light.
すっからかんのころんのすってんころりんちょんのポン
Completely empty, tumbling down, a joyous tumble all around!
って名前で生まれてきたかったです (パパ)
I wished to be born with that name (Papa)
諦めて僕笑いました 夢だけ置いて走りました
I gave up and laughed, leaving only my dreams behind as I ran.
いやでもナニカ目指さなくちゃで 苦しい時こそ笑えだとかなんだ?
But still, I have to aim for something, they say it's when times are tough that you must smile, or something like that?
笑った友が今日も 「ちょっくら死んでくるわ」と言った
Today, a laughing friend said, "I’m just going to die for a bit."
そしていつものよう 僕は左手を振った「またね」
And as always, I waved my left hand and said, "See you later."
消えてった今日の友は今日生まれてきた友の辻褄
The friend who disappeared today is the counterpart of the friend who was just born today.
それだけでまた明日も笑えるような気がしちゃった
Just with that, it feels like I can smile again tomorrow.
持ってきたこの声はこんなこと言いたくなかったかな
I wonder if this voice I brought along wished I hadn’t said such things.
置いてきたあの夢はどこかで喜んでいるのかな
Is the dream I left behind rejoicing somewhere?
ごめんな ごめんな ごめんな
I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry.
この地球は何億の夜を越え まだ明日を見ようとする
This Earth has crossed countless nights and still seeks to see tomorrow.
そしたらね 僕にもね 20年目の夜を越せる気がする
Then, I feel like I too can overcome the twenty-year mark tonight.
嫌いになるにはもう少しで 好きになるには程遠くて
It’s just a little closer to hating, yet so far from loving.
うまいことできた世界だ
It's a world that can be quite clever
それでもね 上手にね 生きて見せる僕が好きだったりした
Yet, I find I liked how I could live gracefully, you know?
それだけでまたいつまでも笑えるような気がしたんだ
Just that thought made me feel I could keep smiling forever
降ってきた快楽は泣いていた僕がよこした辻褄
The pleasure that fell upon me was the explanation I sent while crying
明日光ってた星はたしかに 僕を見ていたんだ
The star that shone tomorrow was certainly watching over me
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Key vocabulary
- あなた
- youN5
- する
- doN4
- そしたら
- then
- そして
- and thenN5
- それだけ
- only that
- なる
- becomeN4
- なん
- what
- なんとなく
- somehow
- また
- againN5
- まだ
- stillN5
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About this song
Japanese rock band formed in 2001; scored Makoto Shinkai's films Your Name and Weathering With You.