ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 忘れてください/Please Forget Me
boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
僕に心を 君に花束を
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
心 /kokoro/:
heart, mind, feelings
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
花束 /hanataba/:
bouquet
yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
揺れる髪だけ靡くままにして
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind
揺れる /yureru/:
to sway, to shake
靡く /nabiku/:
to flutter or stream in the wind
ままにして /mama ni shite/:
leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする
hako no naka no chiisai ie no
箱の中の小さい家の
In the little house inside the box
中 /naka/:
inside, interior
小さい /chiisai/:
small, little
futari de naranda kicchin no
二人で並んだキッチンの
In the kitchen where the two of us stood side by side
二人 /futari/:
two people, the two of us
並んだ /naranda/:
stood or lined up side by side; dictionary form: 並ぶ
komado no kaaten no saki no omoide no niwa ni
小窓のカーテンの先の思い出の庭に
In the garden of memories beyond the little window's curtain
小窓 /komado/:
small window
先 /saki/:
ahead, beyond, the other side
思い
出 /omoide/:
memory, recollection
haru no hizashi wo hitotsu umete
春の日差しを一つ埋めて
Bury a single ray of spring sunshine
日差し /hizashi/:
sunlight, rays of the sun
一つ /hitotsu/:
one; a native Japanese counter
埋めて /umete/:
bury; the て-form of 埋める, linking to the next phrase
tama ni wa sukoshi no mizu wo yatte
たまには少しの水をやって
Give it a little water once in a while
たまには /tama ni wa/:
once in a while, occasionally
少し /sukoshi/:
a little, a small amount
やって /yatte/:
give or water; the て-form of やる, here meaning to water a plant
chiisana biwa ga natta toki wasurete kudasai
小さな枇杷が生ったとき忘れてください
When the little loquat bears fruit, please forget me
小さな /chiisana/:
small, little; used only before a noun
生った /natta/:
bore fruit; past form of 生る
とき /toki/:
when, at the time that
忘れてください /wasurete kudasai/:
please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern
boku ni boku ni boku ni
僕に 僕に 僕に
To me, to me, to me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
僕に心を 君に花束を
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
心 /kokoro/:
heart, mind, feelings
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
花束 /hanataba/:
bouquet
yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
揺れる髪だけ靡くままにして
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind
揺れる /yureru/:
to sway, to shake
靡く /nabiku/:
to flutter or stream in the wind
ままにして /mama ni shite/:
leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする
boku ni kotoba wo kimi no hanauta wo
僕に言葉を 君の鼻歌を
Give me words, and the tune you hum
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
言葉 /kotoba/:
word, words, language
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
鼻歌 /hanauta/:
humming, a hummed tune
nagai nagai meiro no saki ni oite
長い長い迷路の先に置いて
Leave them at the end of a long, long maze
長い /nagai/:
long, lengthy
迷路 /meiro/:
maze, labyrinth
先 /saki/:
ahead, end, destination
置いて /oite/:
put, place, leave; the て-form of 置く
hitotsu hitotsu kazoete mite
一つ一つ数えてみて
Try counting them one by one
一つ
一つ /hitotsu hitotsu/:
one by one, each one
数えてみて /kazoete mite/:
try counting; 数える plus ~てみる, indicating an attempt
anata jishin no jinsei no
あなた自身の人生の
In your own life
自身 /jishin/:
oneself, one's own self
人生 /jinsei/:
life, one's life
anata ga aishitai mono wo
あなたが愛したいものを
The things that you want to love
愛したい /aishitai/:
want to love; 愛する with ~たい, expressing desire
もの /mono/:
thing, something; here, an object of affection
nani mo nai no kai?
何もないのかい?
Is there really nothing at all?
何もない /nani mo nai/:
there is nothing; an interrogative plus も and a negative makes a total negation
umi no soba no chiisai eki wo
海の側の小さい駅を
From the little station by the sea
側 /soba/:
beside, nearby
小さい /chiisai/:
small, little
aruite gofun no kaigan no
歩いて五分の海岸の
On the coast five minutes away on foot
歩いて /aruite/:
walking, on foot; the て-form of 歩く
五分 /gofun/:
five minutes
海岸 /kaigan/:
coast, seashore
boku to mita hisui no iro mo
僕と見た翡翠の色も
Even the jade color you saw with me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
見た /mita/:
saw; past form of 見る
翡翠 /hisui/:
jade; also a jade-like blue-green color
wasurete kudasai
忘れてください
Please forget it too
忘れてください /wasurete kudasai/:
please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern
boku ni boku ni boku ni
僕に 僕に 僕に
To me, to me, to me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
boku ni
僕に
To me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
boku ni
僕に
To me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
boku ni
僕に
To me
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
boku ni kokoro wo kimi ni hanataba wo
僕に心を 君に花束を
Give me your heart, and a bouquet to you
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
心 /kokoro/:
heart, mind, feelings
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
花束 /hanataba/:
bouquet
yureru kami dake nabiku mama ni shite
揺れる髪だけ靡くままにして
Leave only your swaying hair to flutter in the wind
揺れる /yureru/:
to sway, to shake
靡く /nabiku/:
to flutter or stream in the wind
ままにして /mama ni shite/:
leaving something as it is; the て-form of ~ままにする
boku ni kotoba wo kimi no hanauta wo
僕に言葉を 君の鼻歌を
Give me words, and the tune you hum
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
言葉 /kotoba/:
word, words, language
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
鼻歌 /hanauta/:
humming, a hummed tune
nagai nagai meiro no saki ni oite
長い長い迷路の先に置いて
Leave them at the end of a long, long maze
長い /nagai/:
long, lengthy
迷路 /meiro/:
maze, labyrinth
先 /saki/:
ahead, end, destination
置いて /oite/:
put, place, leave; the て-form of 置く
hako no naka no chiisai ie no
箱の中の小さい家の
In the little house inside the box
中 /naka/:
inside, interior
小さい /chiisai/:
small, little
asa no hi ni yureru kaaten wo
朝の日に揺れるカーテンを
The curtain swaying in the morning sun
日 /hi/:
sun, sunlight; here, the morning sun
揺れる /yureru/:
to sway, to shake
aketa shizuka na kyuujitsu no neoki no kimi ga
開けた静かな休日の寝起きの君が
You, just awake on a quiet day off, opened it
開けた /aketa/:
opened; past form of 開ける, here referring to opening the curtain
静かな /shizuka na/:
quiet, peaceful
休日 /kyuujitsu/:
day off, holiday
寝起き /neoki/:
just after waking up
君 /kimi/:
you; an intimate or familiar form of address
neboke manako de suwatta sono
寝ぼけ眼で座ったその
Sat down there with sleepy eyes at that
寝ぼけ
眼 /neboke manako/:
sleepy eyes, a drowsy look just after waking
座った /suwatta/:
sat down; past form of 座る
その /sono/:
that; placed before a noun referring to something known or already mentioned
asa no dainingu teeburu ni
朝のダイニングテーブルに
At the dining table that morning
ダイニングテーブル /dainingu teeburu/:
dining table
boku no kokoro ga atta koto wasurete kudasai
僕の心があったこと 忘れてください
Please forget that my heart was there
僕 /boku/:
I, me; a commonly masculine first-person pronoun
心 /kokoro/:
heart, mind, feelings
あった /atta/:
was, existed; past form of ある
こと /koto/:
fact, matter; nominalizes the preceding clause as 「the fact that...」
忘れてください /wasurete kudasai/:
please forget; 忘れる with ~てください, a polite request pattern