あたらよ (Atarayo) - 明け方の夏/Summer at Dawn



akegata no umi nagame nagara
Gazing at the sea at dawn

  • がた /akegata/:
    dawn, daybreak
  • うみ /umi/:
    sea
  • ながめ /nagame/:
    to gaze at
  • ながら /nagara/:
    while (doing)

namida shita ano koro no futari ni wa
with the two of us back then who shed tears

  • なみだした /namida shita/:
    shed tears
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • ころ /koro/:
    time, period
  • 2人ふたり /futari/:
    two people

kitto modorenai modorenai
surely we can't go back, can't go back

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, certainly
  • もどれない /modorenai/:
    cannot return


sakura ame wa sugisatte
The cherry-blossom rain has passed

  • 桜雨さくらあめ /sakura ame/:
    rain falling during cherry-blossom season
  • って /sugisatte/:
    to pass by, to go away

shoka no kaze ga hoo wo nadeta
The early-summer breeze brushed my cheek

  • 初夏しょか /shoka/:
    early summer
  • かぜ /kaze/:
    wind, breeze
  • ほお /hoo/:
    cheek
  • でた /nadeta/:
    to stroke, to caress

kimi kara moratta yubiwa wa
The ring I received from you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • もらった /moratta/:
    to receive
  • 指輪ゆびわ /yubiwa/:
    ring

imada suterarezu ni
I still can't throw it away

  • いまだ /imada/:
    still, yet
  • てられずに /suterarezu ni/:
    without being able to throw away

tebanasenai mono bakari
Things I can't let go of

  • 手放てばなせない /tebanasenai/:
    cannot let go of
  • もの /mono/:
    thing
  • ばかり /bakari/:
    only, nothing but

fuete shimatta boku dakara
have only increased for me, so

  • えて /fuete/:
    to increase
  • しまった /shimatta/:
    ended up (with regret)
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)
  • だから /dakara/:
    so, therefore

mata hitori omoide no naka de iki wo shite iru
Once again, alone, I breathe inside my memories

  • また /mata/:
    again
  • 1人ひとり /hitori/:
    alone
  • おも /omoide/:
    memory
  • なか /naka/:
    inside, within
  • いき /iki/:
    breath
  • している /shite iru/:
    is doing

kore ga subete yume naraba to
Wishing that all of this were a dream

  • これ /kore/:
    this
  • すべて /subete/:
    all, everything
  • ゆめ /yume/:
    dream
  • ならば /naraba/:
    if it were

sou negau yoru ga fueta
such nights have grown more frequent

  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • ねがう /negau/:
    to wish, to pray
  • よる /yoru/:
    night
  • えた /fueta/:
    increased

kaze kaoru kioku no naka
Within memories where the breeze carries fragrance

  • 風薫かぜかおる /kaze kaoru/:
    the breeze carries a sweet fragrance (of early summer)
  • 記憶きおく /kioku/:
    memory
  • なか /naka/:
    inside, within

wake mo naku
For no reason

  • わけ /wake/:
    reason
  • なく /naku/:
    without

akegata no umi nagame nagara
Gazing at the sea at dawn

  • がた /akegata/:
    dawn, daybreak
  • うみ /umi/:
    sea
  • ながめ /nagame/:
    to gaze at
  • ながら /nagara/:
    while (doing)

namida shita ano koro no futari ni wa
with the two of us back then who shed tears

  • なみだした /namida shita/:
    shed tears
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • ころ /koro/:
    time, period
  • 2人ふたり /futari/:
    two people

kitto modorenai modorenai
surely we can't go back, can't go back

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, certainly
  • もどれない /modorenai/:
    cannot return


mesen no saki no shioreta hana
A wilted flower ahead of my gaze

  • 目線めせん /mesen/:
    line of sight, gaze
  • さき /saki/:
    ahead, the point in front
  • しおれた /shioreta/:
    wilted
  • はな /hana/:
    flower

sore sae mo boku no namida de
Even that, with my tears

  • それ /sore/:
    that
  • さえ /sae/:
    even
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)
  • なみだ /namida/:
    tears

sukueru sonna ki ga shite
I felt I could somehow save it

  • すくえる /sukueru/:
    can save
  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • がして /ki ga shite/:
    to feel as if

aozora no samishisa ni
The loneliness of the blue sky—

  • 青空あおぞら /aozora/:
    blue sky
  • さみしさ /samishisa/:
    loneliness

kizuita no wa itsu datta kana
when was it that I noticed it, I wonder

  • づいた /kizuita/:
    noticed, realized
  • いつ /itsu/:
    when
  • だった /datta/:
    was
  • かな /kana/:
    I wonder

kimi kara moratta tegami wa
The letter I received from you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • もらった /moratta/:
    to receive
  • 手紙てがみ /tegami/:
    letter

imada suterarezu ni
I still can't throw it away

  • いまだ /imada/:
    still, yet
  • てられずに /suterarezu ni/:
    without being able to throw away

hora dakara itta janai ka
See, that's why I told you, didn't I

  • ほら /hora/:
    look, see
  • だから /dakara/:
    so, that's why
  • った /itta/:
    said
  • じゃないか /janai ka/:
    didn't I / isn't it

aichaku waite shimau mae ni
Before attachment wells up

  • 愛着あいちゃく /aichaku/:
    attachment, fondness
  • いて /waite/:
    to well up
  • しまう /shimau/:
    to end up (doing)
  • まえに /mae ni/:
    before

sutete shimaeba yokatta
I should have just thrown it away

  • てて /sutete/:
    to throw away
  • しまえば /shimaeba/:
    if (I) had ended up doing
  • よかった /yokatta/:
    should have / it would have been good

wake mo naku
For no reason

  • わけ /wake/:
    reason
  • なく /naku/:
    without

akegata no umi nagame nagara
Gazing at the sea at dawn

  • がた /akegata/:
    dawn, daybreak
  • うみ /umi/:
    sea
  • ながめ /nagame/:
    to gaze at
  • ながら /nagara/:
    while (doing)

namida shita ano koro no futari ni wa
with the two of us back then who shed tears

  • なみだした /namida shita/:
    shed tears
  • あの /ano/:
    that
  • ころ /koro/:
    time, period
  • 2人ふたり /futari/:
    two people

kitto modorenai modorenai
surely we can't go back, can't go back

  • きっと /kitto/:
    surely, certainly
  • もどれない /modorenai/:
    cannot return


itsu datte sou datta
It was always like that

  • いつだって /itsu datte/:
    always, no matter when
  • そう /sou/:
    so, like that
  • だった /datta/:
    was

kimi wa boku no mae de wa
In front of me, you

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)
  • まえ /mae/:
    front, before

tsuyogatte warau nda
would act tough and laugh

  • つよがって /tsuyogatte/:
    to act tough, to put on a brave front
  • わらう /warau/:
    to laugh, to smile
  • んだ /nda/:
    (emphatic / explanatory ending)

kimi no mae ja nakenai yo nante
"I can't cry in front of you," you'd say

  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • まえ /mae/:
    front, before
  • じゃ /ja/:
    colloquial form of では
  • けない /nakenai/:
    cannot cry
  • なんて /nante/:
    such as, things like

sonna kimi ga nikukatta nda
I hated you for being like that

  • そんな /sonna/:
    such, like that
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • にくかった /nikukatta/:
    was hateful
  • んだ /nda/:
    (emphatic / explanatory ending)

zuruku mieta
It looked like cunning

  • ずるく /zuruku/:
    cunningly, slyly
  • えた /mieta/:
    looked, seemed

yurusenakatta nda
I couldn't forgive it

  • ゆるせなかった /yurusenakatta/:
    could not forgive
  • んだ /nda/:
    (emphatic / explanatory ending)

jaa boku wa
So then, I

  • じゃあ /jaa/:
    well then, so
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)

jaa kimi wa
So then, you

  • じゃあ /jaa/:
    well then, so
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you

nara bokura
Then we

  • なら /nara/:
    then, if so
  • ぼくら /bokura/:
    we

tomo ni aruke wa shinai ne
can't walk together, can we

  • ともに /tomo ni/:
    together
  • あるけはしない /aruke wa shinai/:
    cannot walk (emphatic negative)
  • ね /ne/:
    isn't it / right

datte boku wa kimi wo hitori de nakasete shimau ndaro
Because I'll end up making you cry all alone, right

  • だって /datte/:
    because, after all
  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ひとりで /hitori de/:
    alone, by oneself
  • かせて /nakasete/:
    to make (someone) cry
  • しまう /shimau/:
    to end up (doing)
  • んだろ /ndaro/:
    I suppose / right (conjecture)

boku no namida ga kimi wo hitori ni saseta nda ne
My tears were what left you all alone

  • ぼく /boku/:
    I (male)
  • なみだ /namida/:
    tears
  • きみ /kimi/:
    you
  • ひとりに /hitori ni/:
    to become alone
  • させた /saseta/:
    made (someone do)
  • んだね /nda ne/:
    isn't it (confirming)