ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - あぶく/Bubble
aa dou shiyou mo nai hodo ni
あぁどうしようもないほどに
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
私に蠢く獣
The beast writhing inside me
蠢く /ugomeku/:
to wriggle; to writhe
獣 /kemono/:
beast; wild animal
suimen ukande ukande wa kieru abuku
水面浮かんで浮かんでは消える あぶく
A bubble that rises to the surface, only to disappear
水面 /suimen/:
water surface
浮かんで /ukande/:
floating; rising (dict. form: 浮かぶ, て-form)
〜ては /te wa/:
whenever; repeatedly doing
消える /kieru/:
to disappear; to go out
aa dou shiyou mo naku kanashii
あぁどうしようもなく悲しい
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)
悲しい /kanashii/:
sad; sorrowful
watashi wo ugokasu kemono
私を動かす獣
The beast that drives me
動かす /ugokasu/:
to move; to drive; to stir
獣 /kemono/:
beast; wild animal
tootorojii nigitta te no abuku
トートロジー握った手のあぶく
A bubble in the hand that grasped a tautology
トートロジー /tootorojii/:
tautology
握った /nigitta/:
grasped (dict. form: 握る, past form)
sugisaru kumo wo omou yori
過ぎ去る雲を思うより
Rather than thinking of the clouds passing away
過ぎ
去る /sugisaru/:
to pass away; to go by
思う /omou/:
to think of; to feel
より /yori/:
rather than; compared with
haruka e touboe
遥かへ遠吠え
Let out a distant howl toward the faraway
遥か /haruka/:
far away; distant
遠吠え /touboe/:
a howl; howling into the distance
iki tsugu hima mo nai hodo
息継ぐ暇もないほど
So much that there is no time even to catch my breath
息継ぐ /iki tsugu/:
to catch one's breath
暇 /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
苦しいあれで
With that painful thing
苦しい /kurushii/:
painful; distressing
あれ /are/:
that; here, a vague reference to a feeling or impulse
yuuyuu yuuyuu yume wo yake
悠々悠々夢を焼け
Calmly, calmly, set your dreams ablaze
悠々 /yuuyuu/:
calmly; leisurely; composed
焼け /yake/:
burn; bake (dict. form: 焼く, imperative)
tamashii no shiroi shiroi iro de
魂の白い白い色で
With the pure white, white color of the soul
魂 /tamashii/:
soul; spirit
yorokobi no hi ni hi wo tsuketai dake
喜びの火に火をつけたいだけ
I only want to set the fire of joy alight
喜び /yorokobi/:
joy; delight
火をつけたい /hi wo tsuketai/:
want to set alight (from 火をつける + 〜たい)
souzou wa sukoshi no abukuzeni
想像は少しの泡銭
Imagination is a little easy money, fleeting as bubbles
想像 /souzou/:
imagination
少し /sukoshi/:
a little; a few
泡銭 /abukuzeni/:
easy money; ill-gotten gains, with an image of fleeting bubbles
samenai kotoba no ryoute de
冷めない言葉の両手で
With both hands of words that never cool
冷めない /samenai/:
not cooling; not fading (dict. form: 冷める, negative)
言葉 /kotoba/:
words; language
両手 /ryoute/:
both hands
moetsukinai mono wo kazoete
燃え尽きないものを数えて
Counting the things that will not burn out
燃え
尽きない /moetsukinai/:
not burning out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, negative)
数えて /kazoete/:
counting (dict. form: 数える, て-form)
sukuitai dake
掬いたいだけ
I only want to scoop them up
掬いたい /sukuitai/:
want to scoop up (dict. form: 掬う)
saa meimei goran asobe
さぁ 銘々ご覧遊べ
Come now, each of you, look and amuse yourselves
銘々 /meimei/:
each; every person
ご
覧 /goran/:
a look; viewing (honorific form related to 見る)
遊べ /asobe/:
play; amuse yourself (dict. form: 遊ぶ, imperative)
watashi no kawaita kemono
私の乾いた獣
My parched beast
乾いた /kawaita/:
dry; parched (dict. form: 乾く, past attributive form)
獣 /kemono/:
beast; wild animal
futsufutsu okotta oto wo narashite
ふつふつ怒った音を鳴らして
Sounding out an angry, simmering noise
怒った /okotta/:
angry (dict. form: 怒る, past form)
鳴らして /narashite/:
making sound; ringing out (dict. form: 鳴らす, て-form)
aa rousoku no hi wo keshite
あぁろうそくの火を消して
Ah, put out the candle flame
消して /keshite/:
putting out; erasing (dict. form: 消す, て-form)
watashi ni nokotta mono wa
私に残ったものは
What remained for me was
残った /nokotta/:
remained; was left (dict. form: 残る, past form)
kokkei na pedanchisumu dake
滑稽なペダンチスムだけ
Nothing but ridiculous pedantry
滑稽な /kokkei na/:
ridiculous; comical
ペダンチスム /pedanchisumu/:
pedantry; pedantism
だけ /dake/:
only; nothing but
sugisaru kumo ni doushite
過ぎ去る雲にどうして
Why, at the clouds passing away
過ぎ
去る /sugisaru/:
to pass away; to go by
watashi wa touboe
私は遠吠え
Do I howl
遠吠え /touboe/:
a howl; here used to evoke the act of howling
kanashimu hima mo nai hodo
悲しむ暇もないほど
So sad there is not even time to grieve
悲しむ /kanashimu/:
to grieve; to feel sad
暇 /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
悲しいあれで
With that sorrowful thing
悲しい /kanashii/:
sad; sorrowful
あれ /are/:
that; here, a vague reference to a feeling
sou sou souzou de hitotsu dake
想想想像で一つだけ
With ima-ima-imagination, just one thing
想像 /souzou/:
imagination; the opening syllable is repeated rhythmically
一つ /hitotsu/:
one; one thing
sabishii watashi ni taiyou wo
寂しい私に太陽を
Give the lonely me a sun
寂しい /sabishii/:
lonely; desolate
yorokobi ni hi wo, hi wo tsukete okure
喜びに火を、火をつけておくれ
Please set joy alight, set it alight for me
喜び /yorokobi/:
joy; delight
火をつけて /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
焦燥も少しの泡銭
Impatience too is a little easy money, fleeting as bubbles
焦燥 /shousou/:
impatience; anxiety
少し /sukoshi/:
a little; a few
泡銭 /abukuzeni/:
easy money; ill-gotten gains, with an image of fleeting bubbles
kurushii watashi no ryoute de
苦しい私の両手で
With both hands of my suffering self
苦しい /kurushii/:
painful; distressing
両手 /ryoute/:
both hands
moetsukinai mono wo kazoete
燃え尽きないものを数えて
Counting the things that will not burn out
燃え
尽きない /moetsukinai/:
not burning out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, negative)
数えて /kazoete/:
counting (dict. form: 数える, て-form)
tsumamitai dake
摘みたいだけ
I only want to pluck them
摘みたい /tsumamitai/:
want to pluck or pick up (dict. form: 摘む)
hanshin hangi no manshin soui de nao
半信半疑の満身創痍で尚
Half in doubt and wounded all over, and still
半信半疑 /hanshin hangi/:
half-believing and half-doubting
満身創痍 /manshin soui/:
covered in wounds; badly battered
尚 /nao/:
still; nevertheless
taiyou ga hoshii
太陽が欲しい
I want the sun
欲しい /hoshii/:
wanted; desired
dakara motto watashi ni hi wo tsukete
だからもっと私に火をつけて
So set me alight even more
だから /dakara/:
so; therefore
もっと /motto/:
more; even more
火をつけて /hi wo tsukete/:
setting alight (dict. form: 火をつける, て-form)
hakidashite
吐き出して
Spit it all out
吐き
出して /hakidashite/:
spitting or pouring out (dict. form: 吐き出す, て-form)
chounouryoku demo sousakubutsu demo genjitsu touhi demo ii
超能力でも創作物でも現実逃避でもいい
Superpowers, a creative work, or escapism—anything is fine
超能力 /chounouryoku/:
superpower; psychic ability
創作物 /sousakubutsu/:
creative work; created work
現実逃避 /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
もっと私に火をつけて
Set me alight even more
もっと /motto/:
more; even more
火をつけて /hi wo tsukete/:
setting alight (dict. form: 火をつける, て-form)
watashi wo furuwasete
私を震わせて
Make me tremble
震わせて /furuwasete/:
making tremble (dict. form: 震わせる, て-form)
yuu yuu yuu yuu yuu, me wo yake
夕夕夕夕夕、目を焼け
Eve, eve, eve, eve, eve—sear your eyes
夕 /yuu/:
evening; repeated here also as a homophone of 悠々
焼け /yake/:
burn; sear (dict. form: 焼く, imperative)
tamashii no shiroi shiroi iro de
魂の白い白い色で
With the pure white, white color of the soul
魂 /tamashii/:
soul; spirit
yorokobi no hi ni hi wo tsuketai dake
喜びの火に火をつけたいだけ
I only want to set the fire of joy alight
喜び /yorokobi/:
joy; delight
火をつけたい /hi wo tsuketai/:
want to set alight (from 火をつける + 〜たい)
souzou no zujou no ue wo yuke
想像の頭上の上を行け
Go above and beyond the heights of imagination
想像 /souzou/:
imagination
頭上 /zujou/:
overhead; above one's head
上 /ue/:
above; higher place
行け /yuke/:
go; move onward (dict. form: 行く, imperative)
samenai kotoba no ryoute de
冷めない言葉の両手で
With both hands of words that never cool
冷めない /samenai/:
not cooling; not fading (dict. form: 冷める, negative)
言葉 /kotoba/:
words; language
両手 /ryoute/:
both hands
moetsukita mono mo subete
燃え尽きたものも全て
Even all the things that have burned out
燃え
尽きた /moetsukita/:
burned out (dict. form: 燃え尽きる, past form)
全て /subete/:
all; everything
sukuitai dake
掬いたいだけ
I only want to scoop them up
掬いたい /sukuitai/:
want to scoop up (dict. form: 掬う)