King Gnu - Prayer X

King Gnu - Prayer X

King Gnu


afuredashita namida no you ni
Like tears that came overflowing out

  • 溢あふれ出だした /afuredashita/：
    overflowed, came pouring out (dictionary form: 溢れ出す; past tense)
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear, tears
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if (marks a comparison)
hitotoki no kirameku inochi naraba
If life is but a fleeting sparkle

  • ひととき /hitotoki/：
    a moment, a brief time; also written 一時
  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle, to glitter
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; if that is the case (conditional)
deai to wakare wo kurikaesu hibi no naka de
Amid days of repeated meetings and farewells

  • 出逢であい /deai/：
    meeting, encounter; commonly also written 出会い
  • 別わかれ /wakare/：
    parting, farewell
  • 繰くり返かえす /kurikaesu/：
    to repeat
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day after day
  • 中なかで /naka de/：
    amid, in the midst of
ittai zentai
Just what on earth

  • 一体全体いったいぜんたい /ittai zentai/：
    what on earth; an emphatic form of 一体
nani wo shinjireba ii?
What should I believe in?

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 信しんじれば /shinjireba/：
    if one believes (dictionary form: 信じる; ～ば conditional)
  • ～ばいい /ba ii/：
    it would be good to; in a question, what one should do
umareochita sono toki ni wa nakiwameite ita
At the moment I was born, I was wailing

  • 生うまれ落おちた /umareochita/：
    was born (dictionary form: 生まれ落ちる; past tense)
  • その時とき /sono toki/：
    at that time, at that moment
  • 泣なき喚わめいていた /nakiwameite ita/：
    was crying and wailing (dictionary form: 泣き喚く; past progressive)
ubawarenai you ni kutabaranai you ni
So I will not be robbed of it, so I will not drop dead

  • 奪うばわれない /ubawarenai/：
    not be taken away (dictionary form: 奪う; negative passive)
  • ～ないように /nai you ni/：
    so as not to; in order to avoid
  • くたばらない /kutabaranai/：
    not die or collapse (dictionary form: くたばる, a rough expression)
ikiru no ga seiippai da
It takes everything I have just to stay alive

  • 生いきる /ikiru/：
    to live, to stay alive
  • ～のが /no ga/：
    nominalizes the preceding action and marks it as the subject
  • 精一杯せいいっぱい /seiippai/：
    with all one's might; the best one can do
mune ni sasatta naifu wo nukezuni iru no
I remain unable to pull out the knife lodged in my chest

  • 胸むね /mune/：
    chest; heart
  • 刺ささった /sasatta/：
    stuck into, lodged (dictionary form: 刺さる; past form modifying ナイフ)
  • ナイフ /naifu/：
    knife (from English: knife)
  • 抜ぬけずにいる /nukezuni iru/：
    remain unable to pull out (抜ける is the potential of 抜く; ずに marks a continuing negative state)
  • ～の /no/：
    sentence-ending explanatory or confessional tone
nuita sono shunkan shibuki wo agete
The instant I pull it out, a spray will burst forth

  • 抜ぬいた /nuita/：
    pulled out (dictionary form: 抜く; past form modifying 瞬間)
  • その瞬間しゅんかん /sono shunkan/：
    at that very instant
  • 飛沫しぶき /shibuki/：
    spray, splash
  • あげて /agete/：
    raise, send up (dictionary form: あげる; 飛沫をあげる means to send up a spray)
namida ga fukidasu deshou?
Then the tears will come gushing out, won't they?

  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tears; here the image also overlaps with blood from the previous line
  • 噴ふき出だす /fukidasu/：
    to spurt out, to gush out
  • でしょう /deshou/：
    probably; will ..., right? (seeking agreement)
afuredashita namida no you ni
Like tears that came overflowing out

  • 溢あふれ出だした /afuredashita/：
    overflowed, came pouring out (dictionary form: 溢れ出す; past tense)
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear, tears
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if (marks a comparison)
hitotoki no kirameku inochi naraba
If life is but a fleeting sparkle

  • 一時ひととき /hitotoki/：
    a moment, a brief time; read hitotoki here
  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle, to glitter
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; if that is the case (conditional)
deai to wakare wo kurikaesu hibi no naka de
Amid days of repeated meetings and farewells

  • 出逢であい /deai/：
    meeting, encounter; commonly also written 出会い
  • 別わかれ /wakare/：
    parting, farewell
  • 繰くり返かえす /kurikaesu/：
    to repeat
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day after day
  • 中なかで /naka de/：
    amid, in the midst of
ittai zentai
Just what on earth

  • 一体全体いったいぜんたい /ittai zentai/：
    what on earth; an emphatic form of 一体
nani wo shinjireba ii?
What should I believe in?

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 信しんじれば /shinjireba/：
    if one believes (dictionary form: 信じる; ～ば conditional)
  • ～ばいい /ba ii/：
    it would be good to; in a question, what one should do
kuttaku no nai egao no ura kakushite ita
I kept it hidden behind a carefree smile

  • 屈託くったくのない /kuttaku no nai/：
    carefree, without worry; a set expression
  • 笑顔えがお /egao/：
    smile, smiling face
  • 裏うら /ura/：
    back, behind; what lies beneath the surface
  • 隠かくしていた /kakushite ita/：
    kept hidden (dictionary form: 隠す; past progressive state)
ikiru tame no uso ga mohaya hontou ka uso ka wakaranakute
The lies I told to survive—I can no longer tell whether they are truth or lies

  • 生いきるため /ikiru tame/：
    in order to live; verb dictionary form + ため expresses purpose
  • 嘘うそ /uso/：
    lie, falsehood
  • 最早もはや /mohaya/：
    already, no longer; often used with a negative expression
  • 本当ほんとう /hontou/：
    truth, reality; true
  • ～か～か /ka ka/：
    whether ... or ...; presents two uncertain alternatives
  • わからなくて /wakaranakute/：
    not know, cannot tell (dictionary form: わかる; negative て-form)
jibun no ibasho de sae mo miushinatteru no
I have even lost sight of where I belong

  • 自分じぶん /jibun/：
    oneself, myself
  • 居場所いばしょ /ibasho/：
    a place where one belongs, one's place
  • でさえも /de sae mo/：
    even; emphasizes an extreme example
  • 見失みうしなってる /miushinatteru/：
    have lost sight of (dictionary form: 見失う; contraction of 見失っている)
  • ～の /no/：
    sentence-ending explanatory or confessional tone
ikari ni nomarete hikari ni akogarete
Swallowed by anger, longing for the light

  • 怒いかり /ikari/：
    anger, rage
  • 飲のまれて /nomarete/：
    being swallowed or overwhelmed (dictionary form: 飲む; passive て-form)
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light
  • 憧あこがれて /akogarete/：
    longing for, admiring (dictionary form: 憧れる; て-form)
kyou mo sora wo nagameru no deshou
And today again, I suppose I will gaze at the sky

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    today
  • 空そら /sora/：
    sky
  • 眺ながめる /nagameru/：
    to gaze at, to look out over
  • ～のでしょう /no deshou/：
    probably will; の adds explanation and でしょう expresses conjecture
kono jinsei ni imi ga aru no nara oshiete yo
If there is meaning to this life, then tell me

  • この /kono/：
    this; placed before a noun
  • 人生じんせい /jinsei/：
    life, one's life
  • 意味いみ /imi/：
    meaning, significance
  • あるのなら /aru no nara/：
    if there is; の nominalizes/adds explanation and なら marks a condition
  • 教おしえて /oshiete/：
    tell me (dictionary form: 教える; て-form used as a request)
moroku hakanai hibi no naka de
Amid these fragile, fleeting days

  • 脆もろく /moroku/：
    fragile, frail (dictionary form: 脆い; adverbial/continuative く-form)
  • 儚はかない /hakanai/：
    fleeting, transient, ephemeral
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day after day
  • 中なかで /naka de/：
    amid, in the midst of
itami ya kanashimi sae nomihoshita ima bokura wa
Now that we have drunk down even pain and sorrow to the last drop, we...

  • 痛いたみ /itami/：
    pain, hurt
  • 悲かなしみ /kanashimi/：
    sadness, sorrow
  • さえ /sae/：
    even; emphasizes an extreme example
  • 飲のみ干ほした /nomihoshita/：
    drank to the last drop (dictionary form: 飲み干す; past tense)
  • 今いま /ima/：
    now; here, now that the preceding action has happened
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    we, us; ら marks the plural
ittai zentai
Just what on earth

  • 一体全体いったいぜんたい /ittai zentai/：
    what on earth; an emphatic form of 一体
nani wo shinjireba ii?
What should I believe in?

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 信しんじれば /shinjireba/：
    if one believes (dictionary form: 信じる; ～ば conditional)
  • ～ばいい /ba ii/：
    it would be good to; in a question, what one should do
afuredashita namida no you ni
Like tears that came overflowing out

  • 溢あふれ出だした /afuredashita/：
    overflowed, came pouring out (dictionary form: 溢れ出す; past tense)
  • 涙なみだ /namida/：
    tear, tears
  • ように /you ni/：
    like; as if (marks a comparison)
hitotoki no kirameku inochi naraba
If life is but a fleeting sparkle

  • 一時ひととき /hitotoki/：
    a moment, a brief time; read hitotoki here
  • 煌きらめく /kirameku/：
    to sparkle, to glitter
  • 命いのち /inochi/：
    life
  • ならば /naraba/：
    if it is; if that is the case (conditional)
deai to wakare wo kurikaesu hibi no naka de
Amid days of repeated meetings and farewells

  • 出逢であい /deai/：
    meeting, encounter; commonly also written 出会い
  • 別わかれ /wakare/：
    parting, farewell
  • 繰くり返かえす /kurikaesu/：
    to repeat
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days, day after day
  • 中なかで /naka de/：
    amid, in the midst of
ittai zentai
Just what on earth

  • 一体全体いったいぜんたい /ittai zentai/：
    what on earth; an emphatic form of 一体
nani wo shinjireba ii?
What should I believe in?

  • 何なに /nani/：
    what
  • 信しんじれば /shinjireba/：
    if one believes (dictionary form: 信じる; ～ば conditional)
  • ～ばいい /ba ii/：
    it would be good to; in a question, what one should do