バラード – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ケツメイシ

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

涙も乾かぬ　二人なら

If the two of us are crying without even drying our tears

いっそ　君を強く抱いて

Maybe I should hold you tightly instead

夜風に二人　溶け合うまで

Until the night breeze melts us together

黙ったまま　愛を伝えたい

I want to tell you my love in silence

別れた　その夜　また夢に戻ろう

That night we said goodbye, let’s go back into our dreams again

心ゆくまでも　二人で踊ろう

Let’s dance together as much as we want

一人きりは寂しすぎて

Being alone feels too lonely

どうしようもなく　君が好きで

I love you more than I can help

部屋に残る　君の香りが

Your scent lingering in the room

寂しさを増す　君去った後には

Makes my loneliness grow after you’ve gone

だから「次は君の家で」

So I keep saying in my heart, 'Next time, at your place'

なんて言葉　胸の中　秘めて

Hiding those words inside my chest

逢えない夜を数えて

Counting the nights we can’t meet

切なさのグラスに愛を注いで

Pouring love into this glass of longing

こんなにも愛しく想えたのは君だけ

The only one I could ever love this much is you

僕が「逢いたい」と言ったら

When I say 'I want to see you'

もしも　僕がそう言っていいなら

If I could say that honestly

でも　壊れてしまうの恐くて

But I’m scared it might break everything

臆病な僕はそらす目

Fearful, I avert my eyes

離れれば　離れる程に

The more I stay apart

気持ちは溢れ　流れるように

The feelings overflow and flow like a stream

逢えない夜をいくつ越えて

How many nights must pass without seeing you

この気持ちは　いつ　君に届ける

Before I can truly send this feeling to you

ガラス越しに眠れない街並み

The city beyond the glass is restless

こんな夜は君に逢いたい

On nights like this, I just want to see you

また静けさに　寄り添う程に

As I curl up in silence again

追いかける　甘いキスの余韻

Chasing the lingering sweetness of your kiss

記憶を越え　響くあの声

Your voice echoes beyond my memories

小さく遠く夜空に溶け

Fading into the distant night sky

ため息まじりのバラードじゃ踊れない

I can't dance to this bluesy ballad of sighs

君への想い　今届けたい

I want to send my love to you now

一人きりより　二人寄り添い

Instead of being alone, let's stay close together

一人きりの日には　電話するよ

On lonely days, I’ll call you

寂しいくせに　何食わぬ顔で

Even though I’m lonely, I act like I’m fine

僕を見送る君が愛しくて

Your farewell, so adorable

逢えない夜を数えて

Counting the nights we can't meet

切なさのグラスに愛を注いで

Pouring love into this glass of longing

こんなにも愛しく想えたのは君だけ

The only one I could ever love this much is you

君と出逢ってから僕は

Ever since I met you, I’ve felt true sadness

本当の切なさ覚えたよ

I tremble because I want to see you

逢いたくて震える

While I hold your shadow

肩を今　押さえながら

If I hold you tight now...

君の影を抱きしめたなら…

I’d lose myself in you

一人酔いしれる

Drunk all alone

鳴らないケイタイのそば

Next to my silent phone

逢えない夜を数えて

Counting the nights we can’t meet

切なさのグラスに愛を注いで

Pouring love into this glass of longing

こんなにも愛しく想えたのは君だけ

The only one I could ever love this much is you

今も心の中で

Even now, deep in my heart

電話を切ると静寂の雨

When I hang up the phone, silence falls like rain

「またね」と何度も響く夜の果て

Over and over, 'See you again' echoes into the night

寂しさ隠して　何も言わず

Hiding my loneliness, saying nothing

無邪気な声には心が痛む

That innocent voice cuts my heart

逢いたくても　逢えなくて

Even though I want to meet, I can't

この想いは晴れなくて

And these feelings won’t clear up

あぁ　夜空の向こうの神様

Ah, oh God beyond the night sky,

時を戻して　本物の愛なら

If only you could turn back time, and if it’s true love...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
涙 /なみだ/ A2	noun - tear
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart/mind
夜 /よる/ A1	noun - night
夢 /ゆめ/ A2	noun - dream
寂しさ /さびしさ/ B1	noun - loneliness
想い /おもい/ B1	noun - thought/feeling
抱く /だく/ B1	verb - to embrace
伝える /つたえる/ B1	verb - to convey
切なさ /せつなさ/ B2	noun - painful feeling of longing
愛しい /いとしい/ B2	adjective - dear/loved
壊れる /こわれる/ B2	verb - to break
影 /かげ/ B2	noun - shadow
静寂 /せいじゃく/ C1	noun - silence
神様 /かみさま/ C1	noun - god/deity

Key Grammar Structures

• いっそ　君を強く抱いて

  ➔ Expressing a decisive or final action using "いっそ" to indicate doing something perhaps more radically.

  ➔ Used to suggest that doing something radically or suddenly is preferable.

• 別れた　その夜　また夢に戻ろう

  ➔ Using the volitional form "戻ろう" to express the speaker's intention or suggestion to return to a dream.

  ➔ The volitional form "戻ろう" indicates the speaker's desire or suggestion to do something, here to return to a dream.

• 寂しいくせに　何食わぬ顔で

  ➔ Using "くせに" to indicate contradiction or that someone does something despite being a certain way.

  ➔ The pattern "くせに" expresses a contradiction, meaning the person acts a certain way despite having that characteristic.

• 夜空の向こうの神様

  ➔ Using "の" as a possessive or descriptive particle to connect nouns, indicating "God beyond the night sky".

  ➔ The particle "の" connects nouns to show possession or description, here linking "夜空" and "神様" to mean "God beyond the night sky."