星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 光の跡/Traces of Light

星野源 (Hoshino Gen) - 光の跡/Traces of Light

星野源 (Hoshino Gen)


hito wa yagate
People will eventually

  • 人ひと /hito/：
    person; people
  • やがて /yagate/：
    before long; eventually
kiesaru no
vanish completely

  • 消きえ去さる /kiesaru/：
    to disappear completely; to vanish
subete wo nokosazu ni
without leaving anything behind

  • すべて /subete/：
    everything; all
  • 残のこさずに /nokosazu ni/：
    from nokosu; without leaving
kirei ni inakunari
ceasing to exist without a trace

  • 綺麗きれいに /kirei ni/：
    cleanly; neatly; without a trace
  • いなくなり /inakunari/：
    from inaku naru; to be gone, in continuative form
ai mo kizu mo
both love and wounds

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    love
  • 傷きず /kizu/：
    wound; hurt
umi no suna ni mazari
mixing into the sand by the sea

  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • 砂すな /suna/：
    sand
  • 混まざり /mazari/：
    from mazaru; to mix or blend, in continuative form
kirakira namima ni hansha suru
glittering as they reflect between the waves

  • 波間なみま /namima/：
    between the waves; trough of the waves
  • 反射はんしゃする /hansha suru/：
    to reflect
ima no uchi ni
while we still can

  • 今いまのうちに /ima no uchi ni/：
    while there is still time; while the current state lasts
tabi wo shiyou bokura wa
let us go on a journey

  • 旅たび /tabi/：
    journey; trip
  • しよう /shiyou/：
    volitional form of suru; let us do
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
kanashimi ni hirahira to te wo furu
we gently wave goodbye to sorrow

  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness; sorrow
  • 手てを振ふる /te wo furu/：
    to wave one's hand; to wave goodbye
mado wo akete kaze ni emi
opening the window, smiling into the wind

  • 窓まど /mado/：
    window
  • 開あけて /akete/：
    from akeru; opening, in te-form
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    wind
  • 笑えみ /emi/：
    smile, a literary noun
imi naku ikite wa
living without any particular meaning

  • 意味いみなく /imi naku/：
    meaninglessly; for no particular reason
  • 生いきて /ikite/：
    from ikiru; living, in te-form
  • 〜ては /te wa/：
    connective form describing a repeated or continuing state here
hizashi wo abite iru
basking in the sunlight

  • 陽射ひざし /hizashi/：
    sunlight; rays of the sun
  • 浴あびている /abite iru/：
    from abiru; to be bathing in or exposed to
kako sena ni ame
the past behind us, rain upon our backs

  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    the past
  • 背せな /sena/：
    back; a literary form of se
  • 雨あめ /ame/：
    rain
me no mae ni wa
and before our eyes lies

  • 目めの前まえ /me no mae/：
    before one's eyes; right in front
mada shiranu keshiki
scenery we have yet to know

  • まだ /mada/：
    still; yet
  • 知しらぬ /shiranu/：
    from shiru; literary negative meaning unknown
  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery; view
hikareau no wa naze
why are we drawn to each other?

  • 惹ひかれ合あう /hikareau/：
    to be mutually drawn to each other
  • 〜のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and marks it as the topic
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
tada mite kirei da to te wo hiita
I simply said, “Look, it’s beautiful,” and took your hand

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; just
  • 見みて /mite/：
    from miru; te-form used here as “look”
  • 綺麗きれい /kirei/：
    beautiful; pretty; clean
  • 〜だと /da to/：
    quotation pattern used after a nominal or adjectival statement
  • 手てを引ひいた /te wo hiita/：
    from te wo hiku; took someone by the hand
umi ni yureru hikari no ato
traces of light wavering on the sea

  • 海うみ /umi/：
    sea; ocean
  • ゆれる /yureru/：
    to sway; to shimmer; usually written 揺れる
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light; radiance
  • 跡あと /ato/：
    trace; mark
kiete yuku no ni naze
though they will fade away, why

  • 消きえてゆく /kiete yuku/：
    from kieru; to go on fading away
  • 〜のに /no ni/：
    although; even though
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
tada wasuretakunai omoide wo
do we simply keep making memories we do not want to forget

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; just
  • 忘わすれたくない /wasuretakunai/：
    from wasureru; do not want to forget
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory; recollection
fuyasu no darou
why do we keep adding more?

  • 増ふやす /fuyasu/：
    to increase; to add more
  • 〜のだろう /no darou/：
    explanatory and conjectural form, here expressing a wondering question
hora owari wa
look, every ending is

  • 終おわり /owari/：
    end; ending
mirai da
the future

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future
tsunagu sono te
that hand we hold

  • 繋つなぐ /tsunagu/：
    to connect; to join; to hold
  • その /sono/：
    that; the
  • 手て /te/：
    hand
yagate hodokeyuku
will eventually come apart

  • やがて /yagate/：
    before long; eventually
  • 解ほどけゆく /hodokeyuku/：
    to gradually come loose; poetic contraction of hodokete yuku
ashiato wa itsushika
our footprints, before we know it,

  • 足跡あしあと /ashiato/：
    footprint; trace of one's path
  • いつしか /itsushika/：
    before one knows it; at some point
tomaru hazu
are bound to stop

  • 止とまる /tomaru/：
    to stop; to come to a halt
  • はず /hazu/：
    should; ought to; be expected to
sore wa marude
that is just like

  • それ /sore/：
    that; it
  • まるで /marude/：
    just like; as if; entirely
wake mo naku kagayaku
shining for no reason

  • 訳わけもなく /wake mo naku/：
    for no reason; without cause
  • 輝かがやく /kagayaku/：
    to shine; to sparkle
anata no egao no imi to shiru
I realize that is the meaning of your smile

  • 貴方あなた /anata/：
    you, written in a literary or formal style
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smiling face; smile
  • 意味いみ /imi/：
    meaning; significance
  • 〜と知しる /to shiru/：
    to learn or realize that something is so
kata yoseta mama
with our shoulders nestled together

  • 肩かた /kata/：
    shoulder
  • 寄よせた /yoseta/：
    from yoseru; brought close, in past form
  • 〜たまま /ta mama/：
    remaining in the state produced by an action
negau koto wa
what we wish for

  • 願ねがう /negau/：
    to wish; to hope; to pray for
  • 〜こと /koto/：
    nominalizes the preceding verb; the act or matter of doing
tasogare no naka ni
within the twilight

  • 黄昏たそがれ /tasogare/：
    twilight; dusk
  • 中なか /naka/：
    inside; within
dakishimeru no wa naze
why do we hold each other tight?

  • 抱だきしめる /dakishimeru/：
    to hug tightly; to embrace
  • 〜のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and marks it as the topic
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
tada hozon dekinai kokorogoto
simply to take in the whole heart that cannot be preserved

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; just
  • 保存ほぞんできない /hozon dekinai/：
    cannot preserve or save
  • 心こころごと /kokorogoto/：
    the whole heart and all; together with one's heart
tsutsumikomu you ni
as if wrapping it all in an embrace

  • 包つつみ込こむ /tsutsumikomu/：
    to wrap completely; to envelop
  • 〜ように /you ni/：
    as if; in such a way that
hora keshiki ga
look, the scenery

  • 景色けしき /keshiki/：
    scenery; view
fueta
has grown richer

  • 増ふえた /fueta/：
    from fueru; increased or became more
mitsumeau
we gaze at each other

  • 見みつめ合あう /mitsumeau/：
    to gaze at each other
mui ga odoru
purposelessness dances

  • 無為むい /mui/：
    inaction; aimlessness; letting things be
  • 踊おどる /odoru/：
    to dance
te wo tsunagu
we hold hands

  • 手てを繋つなぐ /te wo tsunagu/：
    to hold hands
waraiau no wa naze
why do we laugh together?

  • 笑わらい合あう /waraiau/：
    to laugh together; to smile at each other
  • 〜のは /no wa/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and marks it as the topic
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
tada kuchiru shika nai kono toki wo
simply because this moment can only decay

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; just
  • 朽くちる /kuchiru/：
    to decay; to rot; to fade away
  • 〜しかない /shika nai/：
    can only; have no choice but to
  • この /kono/：
    this
  • 時とき /toki/：
    time; moment
bokura moeru inochi no ato
we burn—the traces of our lives

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we; us
  • 燃もえる /moeru/：
    to burn; to blaze
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • 跡あと /ato/：
    trace; mark
kiete yuku no ni naze
though they will fade away, why

  • 消きえてゆく /kiete yuku/：
    from kieru; to go on fading away
  • 〜のに /no ni/：
    although; even though
  • なぜ /naze/：
    why
tada wasuretakunai omoide wo
do we simply keep making memories we do not want to forget

  • ただ /tada/：
    simply; just
  • 忘わすれたくない /wasuretakunai/：
    from wasureru; do not want to forget
  • 思おもい出で /omoide/：
    memory; recollection
fuyasu no darou
why do we keep adding more?

  • 増ふやす /fuyasu/：
    to increase; to add more
  • 〜のだろう /no darou/：
    explanatory and conjectural form, here expressing a wondering question
hora deai wa
look, every encounter is

  • 出会であい /deai/：
    encounter; meeting
mirai da
the future

  • 未来みらい /mirai/：
    future