アポリア – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ヨルシカ
• Album: Digital Single「アポリア」

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

描き始めた

I started to draw

あなたは小さく ため息をした

You let out a small sigh

あんなに大きく 波打つ窓の光の束が

The large, rippling beams of light from the window

あなたの横顔に跳ねている

Bounce off your profile

僕の体は雨の集まり

My body is a gathering of rain

貴方の指は春の木漏れ日

Your fingers are the sunlight filtering through spring trees

紙に弾けたインクの影が

The shadows of ink that burst on the paper

僕らの横顔を描写している

Depict our profiles

長い夢を見た

I had a long dream

僕らは気球にいた

We were in a hot air balloon

遠い国の誰かが

Someone from a distant country

月と見間違ったらいい

Would be nice if they mistook it for the moon

あの海を見たら

When I saw that sea

魂が酷く跳ねた

My soul jumped violently

白い魚の群れに

In a school of white fish

あなたは見惚れている

You are captivated

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...

描き始めた

I started to draw

あなたは小さく ため息をした

You let out a small sigh

あんなに大きく 波打つ線やためらう跡が

The large, rippling lines and hesitant traces

あなたの指先を跳ねている

Bounce off your fingertips

長い夢を見た

I had a long dream

僕らの気球が行く

Our hot air balloon is moving

あの星もあの空も

That star and that sky

実はペンキだったらいい

Would be nice if they were actually paint

あの海を見たら

When I saw that sea

魂が酷く跳ねた

My soul jumped violently

水平線の色に

In the color of the horizon

あなたは見惚れている

You are captivated

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...

広い地平を見た

I saw a wide horizon

僕らの気球は行く

Our hot air balloon is moving

この夢があの日に読んだ

This dream was the continuation of

本の続きだったらいい

The book I read that day

あの海を見たら

When I saw that sea

魂が酷く跳ねた

My soul jumped violently

水平線の先を

Beyond the horizon

僕らは知ろうとする

We try to know

白い魚の群れを

The school of white fish

あなたは探している

You are searching for

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
描く (egaku) /e̞ɡäkɯ/ A2	verb - to draw, to paint, to sketch
ため息 (tameiki) /täme̞ːkʲi/ B1	noun - sigh verb - to sigh
波打つ (namiutsu) /nämiɯt͡sɯ/ B2	verb - to ripple, to undulate, to surge
光 (hikari) /çi̥käɾʲi/ A1	noun - light
横顔 (yokogao) /jo̞ko̞ɡäo̞/ B1	noun - profile (of a face)
雨 (ame) /äme̞/ A1	noun - rain
指 (yubi) /jɯ̟ᵝbʲi/ A1	noun - finger
春 (haru) /häɾɯ/ A1	noun - spring (season)
木漏れ日 (komorebi) /ko̞mo̞ɾe̞bi/ B2	noun - sunlight filtering through trees
インク (inku) /iŋkɯ/ A2	noun - ink
影 (kage) /käɡe̞/ A2	noun - shadow
描写 (byousha) /bʲo̞ːɕä/ B2	noun - description, depiction verb - to describe, to depict
夢 (yume) /jɯme̞/ A1	noun - dream
気球 (kikyuu) /kʲikʲɯː/ B1	noun - balloon (air)
海 (umi) /ɯmi/ A1	noun - sea
魂 (tamashii) /tämäɕiː/ B2	noun - soul, spirit
魚 (sakana) /säkänä/ A1	noun - fish
水平線 (suiheisen) /sɯiçise̞ɴ/ B2	noun - horizon
地平 (chihei) /t͡ɕi̥he̞ː/ B2	noun - horizon
探す (sagasu) /säɡäsɯ/ A2	verb - to search

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたは小さくため息をした

  ➔ Use of the topic particle "は" to indicate the topic of the sentence.

  ➔ The particle "は" marks the topic of the sentence, highlighting what the sentence is about.

• 長い夢を見た

  ➔ Use of the direct object marker "を" to indicate the object of the verb.

  ➔ The particle "を" marks the direct object that the verb acts upon.

• あんなに大きく波打つ線やためらう跡が

  ➔ Use of the adjective "大きく" in the adverbial form to modify the verb.

  ➔ The adverbial form "大きく" enhances how the verb is expressed, indicating the extent or manner of the action.

• あの星もあの空も実はペンキだったらいい

  ➔ Use of the conditional "だったら" to express hypothetical or conjectural situations.

  ➔ "だったら" is a conditional form used to speculate or imagine scenarios as if the situation were different.

• 魂が酷く跳ねた

  ➔ Use of the verb "跳ねた" in the past tense to describe a vivid, dynamic action.

  ➔ "跳ねた" is the past tense of "跳ねる", meaning "to jump" or "to bounce", vividly describing an energetic movement.

• 水平線の色にあなたは見惚れている

  ➔ Use of the noun "色" with the particle "に" to indicate the target or focus of the feeling.

  ➔ The particle "に" specifies the target or focus of the verb "見惚れている" (are captivated), highlighting what the subject is focusing on.