shoka no hizashi ni sugatte mo
初夏の日差しに縋っても
Even if I cling to the early-summer sunlight
初夏 /shoka/:
early summer
縋っても /sugatte mo/:
even if I cling to
tachidomatte wa kurenai kara
立ち止まってはくれないから
Because it will not stop for me
立ち
止まって /tachidomatte/:
to stop walking
~てはくれない /te wa kurenai/:
will not do ~ for me
ushirosugata wo ou dake de seiippai nan da kedo
後ろ姿を追うだけで精一杯なんだけど
All I can do is chase your back, and that is all I can manage, but...
後ろ
姿 /ushirosugata/:
one's figure from behind
精一杯 /seiippai/:
with all one's strength
なんだけど /nan da kedo/:
it is..., but
asayake yuuyake koyake no naka de
朝焼け夕焼けこやけの中で
Amid the dawn glow, sunset glow, and twilight
朝焼け /asayake/:
dawn glow
夕焼け /yuuyake/:
sunset glow
こやけ /koyake/:
twilight glow
futari toonoiteku nara
二人遠のいてくなら
If the two of us drift farther apart
二人 /futari/:
two people
遠のいてく /toonoiteku/:
to drift away
tentou mitai ni natte
テントウみたいになって
Becoming like a light
nessarete toketa michibata no aisu datte
熱されて溶けた道ばたのアイスだって
Even ice cream heated and melted by the roadside
熱されて /nessarete/:
to be heated
道ばた /michibata/:
roadside
moto wa dareka ga katta yo
元は誰かが買ったよ
Someone bought it originally
sonna koto bakka kangaete
そんなことばっか考えて
Thinking about nothing but things like that
そんな /sonna/:
such, like that
考えて /kangaete/:
thinking
mi ga hainnakute
身が入んなくて
So I cannot focus on anything
身が
入んなくて /mi ga hairanakute/:
unable to concentrate
gomen ne
ごめんね
I'm sorry
ごめんね /gomen ne/:
I'm sorry
seizei
せいぜい
At most
せいぜい /seizei/:
at most, as much as possible
te toka tsunaide hashaidatte
手とか繋いではしゃいだって
Even if we hold hands and frolic
はしゃいだって /hashaidatte/:
even if we frolic
sore dake demo miageta mono ne
それだけでも見上げたものね
Even that alone was something I looked up to
それだけ /sore dake/:
just that
見上げた /miageta/:
looked up to
もの /mono/:
thing; you know
seikai toka yoku wakattenai kedo
正解とかよく分かってないけど
Though I do not really know the right answer
正解 /seikai/:
correct answer
分かってない /wakattenai/:
do not understand
mada hayai yo chotto matte
まだ早いよ ちょっとまって
It is still too soon; wait a moment
早い /hayai/:
early, too soon
ちょっと /chotto/:
a little, just
rettousei dai
劣等生だい
I'm a poor student
劣等生 /rettousei/:
poor student, inferior person
だい /dai/:
a casual emphatic copula
shinpai shitatte sontoku ni kurande
心配したって損得に眩んで
Even when I worry, I am dazzled by gains and losses
心配したって /shinpai shitatte/:
even if I worry
損得 /sontoku/:
gain and loss
眩んで /kurande/:
being dazzled
kono kotoba no saki souzou shite mitatte
この言葉の先 想像してみたって
Even if I try imagining what comes after these words
想像してみたって /souzou shite mitatte/:
even if I try to imagine
miete konai mama no
見えてこないままの
That which still does not come into view...
見えてこない /miete konai/:
does not come into view
まま /mama/:
as it is, remaining
kimochi wo ase ni nagashitan da
キモチを汗に流したんだ
I washed these feelings away in my sweat
流した /nagashita/:
washed away
んだ /n da/:
an explanatory emphasis
kimi to natsu no se wo mukaete shimaisou na
君と夏の背を迎えてしまいそうな
As if I am about to greet the back of summer with you
背 /se/:
back, receding figure
迎えてしまいそうな /mukaete shimaisou na/:
seeming about to end up welcoming
kaze kaoru sora no shita
風薫る空の下
Under the fragrant summer sky
風薫る /kaze kaoru/:
the wind is fragrant
saidaa mitai na
サイダーみたいな
Like soda
koi da ne
恋だね
It is love, isn't it?
sora no ue kara mita keshiki
空の上から見た景色
The view seen from above the sky
chiisakute totemo hakanai kara
小さくてとても儚いから
Because it is small and so fleeting
小さくて /chiisakute/:
small and
儚い /hakanai/:
fleeting, ephemeral
kimi wa hitomi wo hikarasete taishouteki nan da kedo
君は瞳を光らせて対照的なんだけど
Your eyes shine, in stark contrast, but...
光らせて /hikarasete/:
making shine
対照的 /taishouteki/:
contrasting
なんだけど /nan da kedo/:
it is..., but
hajimete yatte kita basho wa
初めてやって来た場所は
The place I came to for the first time
初めて /hajimete/:
for the first time
dokoka natsukashiku omoeta wa
どこか懐かしく思えたわ
Somehow, it felt nostalgic
懐かしく /natsukashiku/:
nostalgically
思えた /omoeta/:
felt, seemed
ryuukyuu kokusai doori kaze ni natte
琉球 国際通り 風になって
On Kokusai Street in Ryukyu, becoming the wind
琉球 /ryuukyuu/:
Ryukyu
国際通り /kokusai doori/:
Kokusai Street
umigiwa de mitsuketa hoshi no suna datte
海際で見つけた星の砂だって
Even the star sand I found by the sea
海際 /umigiwa/:
water's edge
星の
砂 /hoshi no suna/:
star sand
moto wa ikimono datta yo
元は生き物だったよ
Was originally a living thing
生き
物 /ikimono/:
living creature
sonna koto shitte
そんなこと知って
Knowing something like that
そんな /sonna/:
such, like that
nan no toku ni narun datte
何の得になるんだって
What good would that do?
になる /ni naru/:
to become; to be beneficial
んだって /n datte/:
an emphatic, questioning expression
hanashi da yo ne
話だよね
That is what we're talking about, right?
話 /hanashi/:
matter, story
seizei
せいぜい
At most
せいぜい /seizei/:
at most, as much as possible
me toka fusaide nageitatte
目とか塞いで嘆いたって
Even if I cover my eyes and lament
塞いで /fusaide/:
covering, blocking
嘆いたって /nageitatte/:
even if I lament
sore dake nara mashi datta noni sa
それだけならマシだったのにさ
If that were all, it would have been better
それだけ /sore dake/:
just that
マシ /mashi/:
better, preferable
だったのに /datta noni/:
it would have been, but
jinsei toka mada sakinagai kedo
人生とかまだ先長いけど
Life still stretches far ahead, but
先長い /sakinagai/:
a long way ahead
mou owatte ii kana tte
もう終わっていいかなって
I wonder if it is okay for it to end now
~ていい /te ii/:
may, it is okay to
rettousei dai
劣等生だい
I'm a poor student
劣等生 /rettousei/:
poor student, inferior person
だい /dai/:
a casual emphatic copula
teitai shitatte kokoro kizande
停滞したって心刻んで
Even if I stagnate, it is carved into my heart
停滞したって /teitai shitatte/:
even if I stagnate
心刻んで /kokoro kizande/:
carved into my heart
kono akane no sora mitaku mo nai ya tte
この茜の空 見たくもないやって
Thinking I do not even want to see this crimson sky
見たくもない /mitaku mo nai/:
do not even want to see
やって /ya tte/:
saying, thinking
nigete bakari da kedo
逃げてばかりだけど
Though I do nothing but run away
逃げて /nigete/:
running away
kimochi wa kimi hitotsu datta
キモチは君一つだった
My feelings were for you alone
君一つ /kimi hitotsu/:
you alone
hitori natsu no kage mihorete shimattan da
独り夏の陰 見惚れてしまったんだ
Alone, I found myself entranced by summer's shade
見惚れてしまった /mihorete shimatta/:
ended up being entranced
んだ /n da/:
an explanatory emphasis
kaze kaoru sora no shita
風薫る空の下
Under the fragrant summer sky
風薫る /kaze kaoru/:
the wind is fragrant
mata asa ga kite omotta yo
また朝が来て想ったよ
When morning came again, I thought
seizei
せいぜい
At most
せいぜい /seizei/:
at most, as much as possible
koe toka hatte nanbo no sekai de
声とか張ってなんぼの世界で
In a world where raising your voice is what counts
張って /hatte/:
raising, projecting
なんぼ /nanbo/:
how much; what counts
tada tojikomeru no wa doushite
ただ閉じ込めるのはどうして?
Why do I only bottle it all up?
閉じ
込める /tojikomeru/:
to shut away, bottle up
sonna koto dekitara komattenai yo
そんなこと出来たら困ってないよ
If I could do that, I would not be troubled
そんな /sonna/:
such, like that
出来たら /dekitara/:
if I could do
困ってない /komattenai/:
am not troubled
dakara boku wa itsudatte
だから僕はいつだって
So I, always...
だから /dakara/:
therefore, so
いつだって /itsudatte/:
always, anytime
rettousei dai rettousei dai rettousei dai
劣等生だい 劣等生だい 劣等生だい
I'm a poor student, a poor student, a poor student
劣等生 /rettousei/:
poor student, inferior person
だい /dai/:
a casual emphatic copula
seizei
せいぜい
At most
せいぜい /seizei/:
at most, as much as possible
te toka tsunaide hashaidatte
手とか繋いではしゃいだって
Even if we hold hands and frolic
はしゃいだって /hashaidatte/:
even if we frolic
sore dake demo miageta mono ne
それだけでも見上げたものね
Even that alone was something I looked up to
それだけ /sore dake/:
just that
見上げた /miageta/:
looked up to
もの /mono/:
thing; you know
seikai toka yoku wakattenai kara
正解とかよく分かってないから
Because I do not really know the right answer
正解 /seikai/:
correct answer
分かってない /wakattenai/:
do not understand
oshiete yo donna ko ga
教えてよ どんな子が
Tell me, what kind of child is
yuutousei dai
優等生だい?
A good student?
優等生 /yuutousei/:
good student, exemplary person
だい /dai/:
a casual questioning copula
shippai shitatte sontoku ni kurande
失敗したって損得に眩んで
Even when I fail, I am dazzled by gains and losses
失敗したって /shippai shitatte/:
even if I fail
損得 /sontoku/:
gain and loss
眩んで /kurande/:
being dazzled
kono kotoba no saki souzou shite mitatte
この言葉の先 想像してみたって
Even if I try imagining what comes after these words
想像してみたって /souzou shite mitatte/:
even if I try to imagine
miete konai mama no
見えてこないままの
That which still does not come into view...
見えてこない /miete konai/:
does not come into view
まま /mama/:
as it is, remaining
kimochi wo ase ni nagashitan da
キモチを汗に流したんだ
I washed these feelings away in my sweat
流した /nagashita/:
washed away
んだ /n da/:
an explanatory emphasis
kimi to natsu no yume mezamete shimattan da
君と夏の夢 目覚めてしまったんだ
The summer dream I shared with you ended up waking
目覚めてしまった /mezamete shimatta/:
ended up waking
んだ /n da/:
an explanatory emphasis
kaze kaoru sora no shita
風薫る空の下
Under the fragrant summer sky
風薫る /kaze kaoru/:
the wind is fragrant
itai no wa ne
痛いのはね
As for pain...
のは /no wa/:
as for the fact that
narekko da yo
慣れっこだよ
I'm used to it
慣れっこ /narekko/:
being used to it