ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 太陽/Sun

ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 太陽/Sun

ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


utsukushii chou no hane wo mita
I saw the wings of a beautiful butterfly

  • 美うつくしい /utsukushii/：
    beautiful
  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    wing; feather
  • 見みた /mita/：
    saw; past tense of 見る, to see
namae mo shirazu ni
Without even knowing its name

  • 名前なまえ /namae/：
    name
  • 知しらずに /shirazu ni/：
    without knowing; from 知る, with ずに meaning without doing something
sabaku no sakyuu wo nomihoshite mitai
I want to try drinking the desert dunes dry

  • 砂漠さばく /sabaku/：
    desert
  • 砂丘さきゅう /sakyuu/：
    sand dune
  • 飲のみ干ほして /nomihoshite/：
    drinking up completely; te-form of 飲み干す
  • 〜てみたい /te mitai/：
    want to try doing; てみる expresses an attempt and たい expresses desire
kawaki no hitotsu mo shirazu ni
Without knowing even the slightest thirst

  • 乾かわき /kawaki/：
    thirst; dryness; from 乾く, to become dry
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    one; a single thing
  • 一ひとつも〜ない /hitotsu mo nai/：
    not even one; not in the slightest; here the negative is 知らずに
  • 知しらずに /shirazu ni/：
    without knowing; from 知る, with ずに equivalent to ないで
utsukushii chou no hane wo watashi ni tsukete
Attach the wings of a beautiful butterfly to me

  • 美うつくしい /utsukushii/：
    beautiful
  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    wing; feather
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • つけて /tsukete/：
    attach; te-form of つける
yuruyaka na sokudo de oinuite yuku
It gradually passes me at a gentle pace

  • 緩ゆるやかな /yuruyaka na/：
    gentle; gradual; slow
  • 速度そくど /sokudo/：
    speed; pace
  • 追おい抜ぬいて /oinuite/：
    overtaking; te-form of 追い抜く
  • 〜てゆく /te yuku/：
    to continue doing; to do while going away; ゆく is a literary form of いく
yukkuri yukkuri to akubi no karusa de
Slowly, slowly, with the lightness of a yawn

  • ゆっくり /yukkuri/：
    slowly; leisurely
  • あくび /akubi/：
    yawn
  • 軽かるさ /karusa/：
    lightness; the noun formed from 軽い with the suffix さ
ittari kitari wo kurikaeshi nagara
While repeating its comings and goings

  • 行いったり来きたり /ittari kitari/：
    going back and forth; from 行く and 来る
  • 〜たり〜たり /tari tari/：
    lists representative or alternating actions, such as doing this and that
  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/：
    repeating; continuative form of 繰り返す, to repeat
  • 〜ながら /nagara/：
    while doing; indicates two simultaneous actions
utsukushii chou no hane wo mita
I saw the wings of a beautiful butterfly

  • 美うつくしい /utsukushii/：
    beautiful
  • 蝶ちょう /chou/：
    butterfly
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    wing; feather
  • 見みた /mita/：
    saw; past tense of 見る, to see
minikui watashi wo shirazu ni
Without knowing the ugly me

  • 醜みにくい /minikui/：
    ugly; unsightly
  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 知しらずに /shirazu ni/：
    without knowing; from 知る, with ずに equivalent to ないで
unabara wo sen mo nomihoshite iku
It goes on drinking even a thousand seas dry

  • 海原うなばら /unabara/：
    the open sea; the ocean expanse
  • 千せん /sen/：
    one thousand; here an exaggeration for a vast number
  • 飲のみ干ほして /nomihoshite/：
    drinking up completely; te-form of 飲み干す
  • 〜ていく /te iku/：
    to continue doing; to proceed or change onward
sukoshi mo michiru wo shirazu ni
Without knowing the slightest sense of fullness

  • 少すこしも〜ない /sukoshi mo nai/：
    not at all; not in the slightest; used with a negative form
  • 満みちる /michiru/：
    to become full; to be fulfilled
  • 満みちるを知しらず /michiru wo shirazu/：
    not knowing fullness; a poetic omission of こと in 満ちることを知らず
  • 知しらずに /shirazu ni/：
    without knowing; from 知る, with ずに equivalent to ないで
utsukushii rin no kona yo chihei wo somete
Beautiful scale dust, dye the horizon

  • 美うつくしい /utsukushii/：
    beautiful
  • 鱗りん /rin/：
    scale; here, the tiny scales on butterfly wings
  • 粉こな /kona/：
    powder; with 鱗, the scale dust on butterfly wings
  • 地平ちへい /chihei/：
    the horizon; a poetic shortening of 地平線
  • 染そめて /somete/：
    dye; color; te-form of 染める, here used as a request or command
arienai sokudo de oinuite yuke
Go and overtake at an impossible speed

  • あり得えない /arienai/：
    impossible; unbelievable; negative of あり得る
  • 速度そくど /sokudo/：
    speed; pace
  • 追おい抜ぬいて /oinuite/：
    overtaking; te-form of 追い抜く
  • ゆけ /yuke/：
    go; imperative of ゆく, the literary form of いく
hirari hirari to komore no hikari de
In the light filtering softly through the trees

  • 木こ洩もれ /komore/：
    sunlight filtering through trees; usually seen in 木漏れ日, here written 木洩れ before 光
  • 光ひかり /hikari/：
    light; glow
ittari kitari wo kurikaeshi nagara
While repeating its comings and goings

  • 行いったり来きたり /ittari kitari/：
    going back and forth; from 行く and 来る
  • 〜たり〜たり /tari tari/：
    lists representative or alternating actions, such as doing this and that
  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/：
    repeating; continuative form of 繰り返す, to repeat
  • 〜ながら /nagara/：
    while doing; indicates two simultaneous actions
watashi ga aruita michi mo, watashi no ashi mo
Both the road I walked and my feet

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 歩あるいた /aruita/：
    walked; past tense of 歩く
  • 道みち /michi/：
    road; path
  • 私わたしが歩あるいた道みち /watashi ga aruita michi/：
    the road I walked; the past-tense verb phrase directly modifies 道
  • 足あし /ashi/：
    foot; leg
watashi ga sawatta hana mo, watashi no yubi mo
Both the flowers I touched and my fingers

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 触さわった /sawatta/：
    touched; past tense of 触る
  • 花はな /hana/：
    flower
  • 私わたしが触さわった花はな /watashi ga sawatta hana/：
    the flowers I touched; 触った directly modifies 花
  • 指ゆび /yubi/：
    finger
watashi ga shinu hi no asa mo, sono hoka no hibi mo
Both the morning of the day I die and all the other days

  • 私わたし /watashi/：
    I; me
  • 死しぬ /shinu/：
    to die
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    day
  • 私わたしが死しぬ日ひ /watashi ga shinu hi/：
    the day I die; 死ぬ directly modifies 日
  • 朝あさ /asa/：
    morning
  • その他ほか /sono hoka/：
    the rest; the others
  • 日々ひび /hibi/：
    days; day after day; 々 marks repetition of the kanji
yuruyaka na sokudo de oinuite yuku
It gradually passes them all at a gentle pace

  • 緩ゆるやかな /yuruyaka na/：
    gentle; gradual; slow
  • 速度そくど /sokudo/：
    speed; pace
  • 追おい抜ぬいて /oinuite/：
    overtaking; te-form of 追い抜く
  • 〜てゆく /te yuku/：
    to continue doing; to do while going away; ゆく is a literary form of いく
yukkuri yukkuri to akubi no karusa de
Slowly, slowly, with the lightness of a yawn

  • ゆっくり /yukkuri/：
    slowly; leisurely
  • あくび /akubi/：
    yawn
  • 軽かるさ /karusa/：
    lightness; the noun formed from 軽い with the suffix さ
ittari kitari wo kurikaeshi nagara
While repeating its comings and goings

  • 行いったり来きたり /ittari kitari/：
    going back and forth; from 行く and 来る
  • 〜たり〜たり /tari tari/：
    lists representative or alternating actions, such as doing this and that
  • 繰くり返かえし /kurikaeshi/：
    repeating; continuative form of 繰り返す, to repeat
  • 〜ながら /nagara/：
    while doing; indicates two simultaneous actions
yukkuri yukkuri to kanata e
Slowly, slowly, toward the distance

  • ゆっくり /yukkuri/：
    slowly; leisurely
  • 彼方かなた /kanata/：
    the distance; beyond; a literary expression
  • 彼方かなたへ /kanata e/：
    toward the distance; へ marks direction
osoru osoru to hane wo hiroge nagara
While timidly spreading its wings

  • 恐おそる恐おそる /osoru osoru/：
    timidly; fearfully; with great caution
  • 羽はね /hane/：
    wing; feather
  • 広ひろげながら /hiroge nagara/：
    while spreading; from 広げる, with ながら indicating a simultaneous action