アルビレオ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

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Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

側にいても　離れたまま

Even when I'm beside you, we remain apart

ひとつになれない連星

A pair of stars that can't become one

アルビレオ

Albireo

ああ君が思うよりも

Ah, more than you think I do

僕は君でいっぱいだ

My heart is full of you

流星みたいな移ろいを

Like a shooting star, changing swiftly

片時も離さず見ていたいの

I want to watch over every fleeting moment

ああ僕が思うよりも

Ah, more than I thought

君はずっとずっと遠い

You feel so distant, so far away

重なったように見える仕草

Your gestures that seem to overlap

苦しくなるほどに美しいな

They become so beautiful, it hurts

君が好きって感情が

The feeling of loving you

残らず夜空を飾っている

Decorates the night sky without leaving a trace

心が余った言い訳を

Excuses leftover in my heart

愛だなんて呼びたくない

I don't want to call it love

君は藍に浮かんだアルビレオ

You are Albireo, floating in indigo

この心を奪ったまま

Still holding my heart captive

いらないのなら返してよ

If you don't want it, just give it back

他に置き場もないけどさ

I don't have a place for it elsewhere, but

いまもアイミスユーの切れ端が

Even now, shards of I Miss You burn in the stratosphere

成層圏で燃えて

Burning brightly

側にいても　離れたまま

Even when I'm beside you, we stay apart

ひとつになれない連星

A pair of stars that can't become one

アルビレオ

Albireo

何光年先で輝いてる

Shining countless light-years away

君に君に恋をしたんだ

I fell in love with you

何光年先か測れぬほど

From so far away that I can't measure how many light-years

君の光が眩しすぎたから　嗚呼

Your light was just too dazzling — ah

君が好きって感情で

The feeling of loving you

それだけで星が周っている

Just that makes the stars revolve

明日を生きる言い訳を

I want to find an excuse to live tomorrow

愛だなんて呼んでみたい

I want to call it love

君は藍に浮かんだアルビレオ

You are Albireo, floating in indigo

この心を奪ったまま

Still holding my heart captive

いらないのなら返してよ

If you don't want it, just give it back

他に置き場もないけどさ

I don't have a place for it elsewhere, but

いまもアイミスユーの切れ端が

Even now, shards of I Miss You burn in the stratosphere

成層圏で燃えて

Burning brightly

側にいても　離れたまま

Even when I'm beside you, we stay apart

ひとつになれない連星

A pair of stars that can't become one

君は愛の色したアルビレオ

You are Albireo, shining with the color of love

この心焦がすほどの

So intense it burns my heart

誰より近く恋してた

I loved you more closely than anyone else

届くわけもないのにさ

Even though it's impossible for it to reach

いまも温度を超えた高鳴りが

Even now, my heightened heartbeat surpasses temperature

君を好きと叫ぶ

Shouting that I love you

離れてても　消えないまま

Even if we're apart, it won't fade

ふたつにならない二重星

A double star that won't become two

アルビレオ

Albireo

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
側 (Soba) /soba/ A2	noun - side, nearby, close
離れる (Hanareru) /hanaɾeɾɯ/ A2	verb - to separate, to part from, to leave
連星 (Rensei) /ɾenseː/ B2	noun - binary star
思う (Omou) /omou/ A2	verb - to think, to feel, to consider
いっぱい (Ippai) /ippai/ A2	adjective - full, crowded
流星 (Ryūsei) /ɾʲɯːseː/ B1	noun - meteor, shooting star
移ろい (Utsuroi) /ɯt͡sɯɾoi/ B2	noun - change, transition
遠い (Tōi) /toːi/ A2	adjective - far, distant
仕草 (Shigusa) /ʃiɡɯsa/ B2	noun - gesture, behavior
苦しい (Kurushii) /kɯɾɯʃii/ A2	adjective - painful, difficult, distressing
感情 (Kanjō) /kand͡ʑoː/ B1	noun - emotion, feeling
夜空 (Yozora) /jozoɾa/ B1	noun - night sky
飾る (Kazaru) /kazaɾɯ/ B1	verb - to decorate, to adorn
愛 (Ai) /ai/ A2	noun - love
藍 (Ai) /ai/ B2	noun - indigo (dye)
奪う (Ubau) /ɯbau/ B1	verb - to snatch, to steal
返す (Kaesu) /kaesu/ A2	verb - to return (something)
輝く (Kagayaku) /kaɡajakɯ/ B1	verb - to shine, to glitter
眩しい (Mabushii) /mabɯʃii/ B2	adjective - dazzling, radiant
焦がす (Kogasu) /koɡasu/ B2	verb - to burn, to scorch

Key Grammar Structures

• ひとつになれない連星

  ➔ Noun + に + なる (できる/なる) to express becoming or inability to become

  ➔ The phrase uses "に" with "なる" to express the state of "becoming" or "unable to become" a certain way.

• 君が思うよりも

  ➔ よりも (yori mo) used after the comparative form to indicate "more than" or "rather than"

  ➔ It emphasizes that the second statement is more significant or true than the first.

• ああ君が思うよりも

  ➔ Expression of emotion + よりも to intensify or compare emotional states

  ➔ It conveys that the speaker's feelings are more intense than what might be expected.

• この心を奪ったまま

  ➔ Verb + 〜たまま (ta mama) to indicate remaining in a state after an action

  ➔ This pattern indicates that the situation remains unchanged after the action is completed.

• 燃えて

  ➔ て-form of the verb "燃える" (to burn), used to connect clauses or describe ongoing action

  ➔ The て-form allows the verb to connect to other clauses or describe an ongoing action like burning.

• 側にいても　離れたまま

  ➔ ても (te mo) to mean "even if" or "despite" with verbs

  ➔ The phrase shows a contrast or concession, meaning "even if" the person stays nearby, the separation continues.