ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - あぶく/Bubble

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - あぶく/Bubble





aa dou shiyou mo nai hodo ni
Ah, to such a helpless extent

  • どうしようもない /dou shiyou mo nai/:
    helpless; there is nothing one can do
  • ほどに /hodo ni/:
    to the extent that

watashi ni ugomeku kemono
The beast writhing inside me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 蠢うごめく /ugomeku/:
    to wriggle; to writhe
  • 獣けもの /kemono/:
    beast; wild animal

suimen ukande ukande wa kieru abuku
A bubble that rises to the surface, only to disappear

  • 水面すいめん /suimen/:
    water surface
  • 浮うかんで /ukande/:
    floating; rising (dict. form: 浮かぶ, て-form)
  • 〜ては /te wa/:
    whenever; repeatedly doing
  • 消きえる /kieru/:
    to disappear; to go out
  • あぶく /abuku/:
    bubble; foam

aa dou shiyou mo naku kanashii
Ah, helplessly sad

  • どうしようもなく /dou shiyou mo naku/:
    helplessly (adverbial form of どうしようもない)
  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/:
    sad; sorrowful

watashi wo ugokasu kemono
The beast that drives me

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 動うごかす /ugokasu/:
    to move; to drive; to stir
  • 獣けもの /kemono/:
    beast; wild animal

tootorojii nigitta te no abuku
A bubble in the hand that grasped a tautology

  • トートロジー /tootorojii/:
    tautology
  • 握にぎった /nigitta/:
    grasped (dict. form: 握る, past form)
  • 手て /te/:
    hand
  • あぶく /abuku/:
    bubble; foam

sugisaru kumo wo omou yori
Rather than thinking of the clouds passing away

  • 過すぎ去さる /sugisaru/:
    to pass away; to go by
  • 雲くも /kumo/:
    cloud
  • 思おもう /omou/:
    to think of; to feel
  • より /yori/:
    rather than; compared with

haruka e touboe
Let out a distant howl toward the faraway

  • 遥はるか /haruka/:
    far away; distant
  • 遠吠とうぼえ /touboe/:
    a howl; howling into the distance

iki tsugu hima mo nai hodo
So much that there is no time even to catch my breath

  • 息いき継つぐ /iki tsugu/:
    to catch one's breath
  • 暇ひま /hima/:
    free time; spare moment
  • 〜もない /mo nai/:
    not even; there is no ... either
  • ほど /hodo/:
    to the extent that

kurushii are de
With that painful thing

  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/:
    painful; distressing
  • あれ /are/:
    that; here, a vague reference to a feeling or impulse

yuuyuu yuuyuu yume wo yake
Calmly, calmly, set your dreams ablaze

  • 悠々ゆうゆう /yuuyuu/:
    calmly; leisurely; composed
  • 夢ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • 焼やけ /yake/:
    burn; bake (dict. form: 焼く, imperative)

tamashii no shiroi shiroi iro de
With the pure white, white color of the soul

  • 魂たましい /tamashii/:
    soul; spirit
  • 白しろい /shiroi/:
    white
  • 色いろ /iro/:
    color

yorokobi no hi ni hi wo tsuketai dake
I only want to set the fire of joy alight

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/:
    joy; delight
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire; flame
  • 火ひをつけたい /hi wo tsuketai/:
    want to set alight (from 火をつける + 〜たい)
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just

souzou wa sukoshi no abukuzeni
Imagination is a little easy money, fleeting as bubbles

  • 想像そうぞう /souzou/:
    imagination
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little; a few
  • 泡銭あぶくぜに /abukuzeni/:
    easy money; ill-gotten gains, with an image of fleeting bubbles

samenai kotoba no ryoute de
With both hands of words that never cool

  • 冷さめない /samenai/:
    not cooling; not fading (dict. form: 冷める, negative)
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words; language
  • 両手りょうて /ryoute/:
    both hands

moetsukinai mono wo kazoete
Counting the things that will not burn out

  • 燃もえ尽つきない /moetsukinai/:
    not burning out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, negative)
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; object
  • 数かぞえて /kazoete/:
    counting (dict. form: 数える, て-form)

sukuitai dake
I only want to scoop them up

  • 掬すくいたい /sukuitai/:
    want to scoop up (dict. form: 掬う)
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just


saa meimei goran asobe
Come now, each of you, look and amuse yourselves

  • 銘々めいめい /meimei/:
    each; every person
  • ご覧らん /goran/:
    a look; viewing (honorific form related to 見る)
  • 遊あそべ /asobe/:
    play; amuse yourself (dict. form: 遊ぶ, imperative)

watashi no kawaita kemono
My parched beast

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 乾かわいた /kawaita/:
    dry; parched (dict. form: 乾く, past attributive form)
  • 獣けもの /kemono/:
    beast; wild animal

futsufutsu okotta oto wo narashite
Sounding out an angry, simmering noise

  • 怒おこった /okotta/:
    angry (dict. form: 怒る, past form)
  • 音おと /oto/:
    sound; noise
  • 鳴ならして /narashite/:
    making sound; ringing out (dict. form: 鳴らす, て-form)

aa rousoku no hi wo keshite
Ah, put out the candle flame

  • ろうそく /rousoku/:
    candle
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire; flame
  • 消けして /keshite/:
    putting out; erasing (dict. form: 消す, て-form)

watashi ni nokotta mono wa
What remained for me was

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 残のこった /nokotta/:
    remained; was left (dict. form: 残る, past form)
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; what

kokkei na pedanchisumu dake
Nothing but ridiculous pedantry

  • 滑稽こっけいな /kokkei na/:
    ridiculous; comical
  • ペダンチスム /pedanchisumu/:
    pedantry; pedantism
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; nothing but

sugisaru kumo ni doushite
Why, at the clouds passing away

  • 過すぎ去さる /sugisaru/:
    to pass away; to go by
  • 雲くも /kumo/:
    cloud
  • どうして /doushite/:
    why; how

watashi wa touboe
Do I howl

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 遠吠とうぼえ /touboe/:
    a howl; here used to evoke the act of howling

kanashimu hima mo nai hodo
So sad there is not even time to grieve

  • 悲かなしむ /kanashimu/:
    to grieve; to feel sad
  • 暇ひま /hima/:
    free time; spare moment
  • 〜もない /mo nai/:
    not even; there is no ... either
  • ほど /hodo/:
    to the extent that

kanashii are de
With that sorrowful thing

  • 悲かなしい /kanashii/:
    sad; sorrowful
  • あれ /are/:
    that; here, a vague reference to a feeling

sou sou souzou de hitotsu dake
With ima-ima-imagination, just one thing

  • 想像そうぞう /souzou/:
    imagination; the opening syllable is repeated rhythmically
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/:
    one; one thing
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just

sabishii watashi ni taiyou wo
Give the lonely me a sun

  • 寂さびしい /sabishii/:
    lonely; desolate
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/:
    sun

yorokobi ni hi wo, hi wo tsukete okure
Please set joy alight, set it alight for me

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/:
    joy; delight
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire; flame
  • 火ひをつけて /hi wo tsukete/:
    setting alight (dict. form: 火をつける, て-form)
  • おくれ /okure/:
    please do ... for me; a softer, somewhat old-fashioned form of くれ

shousou mo sukoshi no abukuzeni
Impatience too is a little easy money, fleeting as bubbles

  • 焦燥しょうそう /shousou/:
    impatience; anxiety
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/:
    a little; a few
  • 泡銭あぶくぜに /abukuzeni/:
    easy money; ill-gotten gains, with an image of fleeting bubbles

kurushii watashi no ryoute de
With both hands of my suffering self

  • 苦くるしい /kurushii/:
    painful; distressing
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 両手りょうて /ryoute/:
    both hands

moetsukinai mono wo kazoete
Counting the things that will not burn out

  • 燃もえ尽つきない /moetsukinai/:
    not burning out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, negative)
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; object
  • 数かぞえて /kazoete/:
    counting (dict. form: 数える, て-form)

tsumamitai dake
I only want to pluck them

  • 摘つまみたい /tsumamitai/:
    want to pluck or pick up (dict. form: 摘む)
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just


hanshin hangi no manshin soui de nao
Half in doubt and wounded all over, and still

  • 半信半疑はんしんはんぎ /hanshin hangi/:
    half-believing and half-doubting
  • 満身まんしん創痍そうい /manshin soui/:
    covered in wounds; badly battered
  • 尚なお /nao/:
    still; nevertheless

taiyou ga hoshii
I want the sun

  • 太陽たいよう /taiyou/:
    sun
  • 欲ほしい /hoshii/:
    wanted; desired

dakara motto watashi ni hi wo tsukete
So set me alight even more

  • だから /dakara/:
    so; therefore
  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 火ひをつけて /hi wo tsukete/:
    setting alight (dict. form: 火をつける, て-form)

hakidashite
Spit it all out

  • 吐はき出だして /hakidashite/:
    spitting or pouring out (dict. form: 吐き出す, て-form)

chounouryoku demo sousakubutsu demo genjitsu touhi demo ii
Superpowers, a creative work, or escapism—anything is fine

  • 超能力ちょうのうりょく /chounouryoku/:
    superpower; psychic ability
  • 創作物そうさくぶつ /sousakubutsu/:
    creative work; created work
  • 現実げんじつ逃避とうひ /genjitsu touhi/:
    escapism; escape from reality
  • 〜でも〜でも /demo demo/:
    whether ... or ...; listing alternatives
  • いい /ii/:
    good; fine; acceptable

motto watashi ni hi wo tsukete
Set me alight even more

  • もっと /motto/:
    more; even more
  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 火ひをつけて /hi wo tsukete/:
    setting alight (dict. form: 火をつける, て-form)

watashi wo furuwasete
Make me tremble

  • 私わたし /watashi/:
    I; me
  • 震ふるわせて /furuwasete/:
    making tremble (dict. form: 震わせる, て-form)


yuu yuu yuu yuu yuu, me wo yake
Eve, eve, eve, eve, eve—sear your eyes

  • 夕ゆう /yuu/:
    evening; repeated here also as a homophone of 悠々
  • 目め /me/:
    eye; eyes
  • 焼やけ /yake/:
    burn; sear (dict. form: 焼く, imperative)

tamashii no shiroi shiroi iro de
With the pure white, white color of the soul

  • 魂たましい /tamashii/:
    soul; spirit
  • 白しろい /shiroi/:
    white
  • 色いろ /iro/:
    color

yorokobi no hi ni hi wo tsuketai dake
I only want to set the fire of joy alight

  • 喜よろこび /yorokobi/:
    joy; delight
  • 火ひ /hi/:
    fire; flame
  • 火ひをつけたい /hi wo tsuketai/:
    want to set alight (from 火をつける + 〜たい)
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just

souzou no zujou no ue wo yuke
Go above and beyond the heights of imagination

  • 想像そうぞう /souzou/:
    imagination
  • 頭ず上じょう /zujou/:
    overhead; above one's head
  • 上うえ /ue/:
    above; higher place
  • 行ゆけ /yuke/:
    go; move onward (dict. form: 行く, imperative)

samenai kotoba no ryoute de
With both hands of words that never cool

  • 冷さめない /samenai/:
    not cooling; not fading (dict. form: 冷める, negative)
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/:
    words; language
  • 両手りょうて /ryoute/:
    both hands

moetsukita mono mo subete
Even all the things that have burned out

  • 燃もえ尽つきた /moetsukita/:
    burned out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, past form)
  • もの /mono/:
    thing; object
  • 全すべて /subete/:
    all; everything

sukuitai dake
I only want to scoop them up

  • 掬すくいたい /sukuitai/:
    want to scoop up (dict. form: 掬う)
  • だけ /dake/:
    only; just