あぶく – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ヨルシカ

Lyrics & Translation

Embark on a unique language learning journey with Yorushika's "あぶく." This song, rich with n-buna's literary lyrics and philosophical depth, offers a chance to explore complex Japanese concepts like 'tautology' through evocative imagery and transparent vocals. Its connection to the psychological anime 'LIAR GAME' adds an intriguing layer of context, making it a special piece for understanding nuanced Japanese expressions and the band's distinctive artistic world.

[English]

I’m so moved I can’t even explain it

Sleep drifts in, appears, then fades away

…

I’m helpless—something inside me keeps stirring

And I clutched

the trembling hand

Even the next child leaves, more than I expected

It hurts so badly I have no time to even pause

That…

Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, the dream that’s on fire

I just want to set the day of joy ablaze with a white light

Words that never cool in the wind, burning out in both hands

Counting the things that don’t exist

All I want is to save them

My cute little plaything

Ring out after it awakens

When the day fades, the only thing left for me is

Just piling up the empty promises of a distant land

Why do I, like a passing cloud,…

…feel such sorrow that there’s no time even to be sad

…

Yes, yes, yes—just one thing: a lonely sun for me

Light the day with joy, set it on fire

A little more wind, my hands burning without end

Counting the things that never come

Just like a wife’s lingering sigh

I need the sun, the half‑light of streaming hope

Set me alight even more, let me exhale it all

Whether it’s a talent, a creation, or reality itself

Set me on fire again, make me spin

Burn, burn, the dream

…that’s why I want to light a white, white day of joy

I want to set it alight

Holding onto imagined words that can’t be embraced, both hands burning

Everything that’s been consumed by flame

I just want to save it all

[Japanese]

どうしようもないほどに私に動め物を

睡眠浮かんで浮かんでは消えるく

は

どうしようもな。私を動かすけもの

と握っ

た手のアく

次去る子も思よりはかへとえ

行き継ぐ暇もないほど苦しい

あれで

ゆゆゆゆゆゆ夢を焼けましい

白い色で喜びの日に火をつけたいだけ外

少し風に冷めない言葉の両手で燃え尽き

ないもの数えて

救いたいだけめ

遊ぶ私の可愛い物

起こった後を鳴らして

の日を消して私に残ったものは

国かけなペランチ積むだけ

過ぎ去る雲にどうして私は

悲しむ暇もないほど悲し上げ

て

そうそうそうそれ1つだけ寂しい私に太陽

喜びに日を火をつけておれ

も少し風に苦し私の両手で燃えつきない

もの数えて

妻みたいだけ

配信半義の満添いで太陽が欲しいだから

もっと私に火をつけて吐き出して

能力も創作物でも現実としても

もっと私に火をつけて私を振わせて

ゆゆ夢

を焼けたの白い白いので喜びの日に

をつけたい

想像の女の上を受けめない言葉の両手で

燃え尽きたものも全て

救いたい

Key Grammar Structures

• どうしようもないほどに私に動め物を

  ➔ Adverbial phrase modifying the verb, expressing degree.

  ➔ The phrase "どうしようもないほどに" (dō shiyō mo nai hodo ni) means 'to an extent that there's nothing I can do'. It intensifies the feeling of being moved by something. The particle 'に' indicates the degree.

• 睡眠浮かんで浮かんでは消えるく

  ➔ Repetitive verb form (浮かんでは消える) indicating a recurring action.

  ➔ "浮かんでは消える" (ukande wa kieru) means 'appearing and disappearing'. The "～では" construction indicates that the actions of appearing and disappearing happen repeatedly, one after the other.

• 行き継ぐ暇もないほど苦しい

  ➔ Negative potential form + adverbial phrase (暇もないほど).

  ➔ "行き継ぐ暇もない" (iki tsugeru hima mo nai) means 'there isn't even time to continue going'. "暇もないほど" (hima mo nai hodo) means 'to the extent that there's no time'. The potential form '行き継ぐ' implies the ability to continue, but it's negated.

• 少し風に冷めない言葉の両手で燃え尽き

  ➔ Relative clause modifying '言葉' (kotoba) and use of '両手で' (ryōte de) indicating means.

  ➔ "少し風に冷めない言葉" (sukoshi kaze ni samenai kotoba) means 'words that don't cool in the wind'. The relative clause describes the type of words. "両手で燃え尽き" (ryōte de moe tsuki) means 'burn out with both hands', implying a desperate effort.

• 配信半義の満添いで太陽が欲しいだから

  ➔ Use of 'だから' (dakara) as a reason/cause marker, and complex noun phrases.

  ➔ The phrase "配信半義の満添いで" (haishin han'i no mansoi de) is quite abstract and difficult to translate directly. It suggests a feeling of incompleteness or artificiality in connection with something being 'delivered' or 'provided'. "太陽が欲しいだから" (taiyō ga hoshii dakara) means 'because I want the sun'.