春雷 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: BOOTLEG

Lyrics & Translation

Explore the passionate world of first love with 米津玄師's "春雷." This song offers a unique opportunity to learn Japanese through its vivid imagery and emotional depth, capturing the overwhelming feelings of love with poetic expressions and cultural nuances. Discover how spring and thunder become metaphors for a life-changing experience.

[English]

It appeared right in the middle of spring, shining without words.

No words, no gestures can seem enough.

Since that day, a storm has settled in my heart and won't leave.

It's a thunderbolt with blue eyes, borrowed from people's voices.

While dancing, her black hair swayed, more graceful than anything else.

It suited her perfectly, her pure white skin, seeming about to vanish.

I wanted to know how you see the colors of this world, so I reached out to your cheek now.

I was just scared, afraid it might break.

Everything was as you wished, even the sad, scattered feelings—all of it.

The gift you gave me.

Swaying, lost in deep confusion, pain, longing, love.

Trying to put it into words or shape, neither of which felt stable.

All I did was gaze into your eyes, and then you softly smiled.

My hoarse heart and trembling secrets, before I knew it, shattered into pieces.

In an instant, a love that felt like pain raced through my body.

...

Deep confusion, pain, longing—repeated endlessly, and suddenly it was spring.

Leaving behind sweet scents, shadows of love, I fell deeper into doubt.

When the petals fall, I say goodbye to you. So, won’t you dance with me?

The flowers dancing in the air seem somehow like you, and I am captivated.

And soon again, in the midst of spring, it’s a place filled with warm sunlight.

My body can’t shake off that storm anymore.

I still can't go back in my heart. Please, tell me sweet lies with your small voice.

Until I am completely dried out.

Swaying, leaving behind fragrant sweetness, shadows, and illusions.

So many words I want to hear, feelings I want to say, I could even laugh.

Yet, when I face you, I find I can't say anything.

Even the searing pain and piercing numbness, I understand I’ve kept silent about love.

I realized it’s a crucial thunderstorm that builds a bridge to your heart.

...

Please, lie to me, call it ‘love’ and smile.

Until the day it disappears, stay just as you are.

Please, lie to me, call it ‘love’ and smile.

Until the day it disappears, stay just as you are.

Please, lie to me, call it ‘love’ and smile.

Until the day it disappears, stay just as you are.

Please, lie to me, call it ‘love’ and smile.

Until the day it disappears, stay just as you are.

Even the words I want to say and the feelings I want to shape are unstable.

All I did was gaze into your eyes, and then you gently smiled.

My hoarse heart and trembling secrets, before I knew it, shattered into pieces.

In an instant, a love resembling pain coursed through my body.

...

[Japanese]

現れたそれは春の真っ最中 えも言えぬまま輝いていた

どんな言葉もどんな手振りも足りやしないみたいんだ

その日から僕の胸には嵐が 住み着いたまま離れないんだ

人の声を借りた 蒼い眼の落雷だ

揺れながら踊るその髪の黒が 他のどれより嫋やかでした

すっと消えそうな 真っ白い肌によく似合ってました

あなたにはこの世界の彩りが どう見えるのか知りたくて今

頬に手を伸ばした 壊れそうでただ怖かった

全てはあなたの思い通り 悲しくって散らばった思いも全て

あなたがくれたプレゼント

ゆらゆら吹かれて深い惑い 痛み 憂い 恋しい

言葉にするのも 形にするのも そのどれもが覚束なくって

ただ目を見つめた するとあなたはふっと優しく笑ったんだ

嗄れた心も さざめく秘密も 気がつけば粉々になって

刹那の間に 痛みに似た恋が体を走ったんだ

深い惑い痛み憂い繰り返し いつの間にか春になった

甘い香り残し陰り恋焦がし 深く深く迷い込んだ

花びらが散ればあなたとおさらば それなら僕と踊りませんか

宙を舞う花がどうもあなたみたいで参りました

やがてまた巡りくる春の最中 そこは豊かなひだまりでした

身をやつしてやまない あんな嵐はどこへやら

まだまだ心は帰れない その細い声でどうか騙しておくれ

カラカラに枯れ果てるまで

ふらふら揺られて甘い香り 残し 陰り 幻

聞きたい言葉も 言いたい想いも 笑うくらい山ほどあって

それでもあなたを前にすると 何にも出てはこないなんて

焦げ付く痛みも 刺し込む痺れも 口をつぐんだ恋とわかって

あなたの心に 橋をかける大事な雷雨だと知ったんだ

どうか騙しておくれ 「愛」と笑っておくれ

いつか消える日まで そのままでいて

どうか騙しておくれ 「愛」と笑っておくれ

いつか消える日まで そのままでいて

どうか騙しておくれ 「愛」と笑っておくれ

いつか消える日まで そのままでいて

どうか騙しておくれ 「愛」と笑っておくれ

いつか消える日まで そのままでいて

言葉にするのも 形にするのも そのどれもが覚束なくって

ただ目を見つめた するとあなたはふっと優しく笑ったんだ

嗄れた心も さざめく秘密も 気がつけば粉々になって

刹那の間に 痛みに似た恋が体を走ったんだ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
春 /shun/ A1	noun - spring
嵐 /arashi/ B1	noun - storm
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice
痛み /itami/ B2	noun - pain
恋 /koi/ B1	noun - love
秘密 /himitsu/ B2	noun - secret
笑う /warau/ A2	verb - to laugh
心 /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
肌 /hada/ B1	noun - skin
思い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought
道 /michi/ A2	noun - way
彩り /irodori/ B2	noun - coloring
深い /fukai/ B1	adjective - deep
優しい /yasashii/ B1	adjective - gentle
騙す /damasu/ B2	verb - to deceive

Key Grammar Structures

• その日から僕の胸には嵐が住み着いたまま離れないんだ

  ➔ ～まま (mama) to indicate 'remaining as is' or 'still in that state'

  ➔ The phrase signifies that the storm has remained with me since that day, continuing without change.

• 全てはあなたの思い通り

  ➔ ～は (topic marker) + の (possessive marker) + ～通り (meaning 'as per' or 'according to')

  ➔ The phrase signifies 'everything is as per your wishes or the way you want.'

• 壊れそうでただ怖かった

  ➔ ～そうで (sōde) expresses 'seems to be' or 'appear to be' + adjective; ただ (tada) means 'just' or 'only'

  ➔ The phrase indicates that it appeared to be about to break but only felt fear.

• あなたにはこの世界の彩りがどう見えるのか知りたくて今

  ➔ ～が (subject marker) + どう (how) + verb in 形 (forme) + か (question particle) + 知りたくて (want to know)

  ➔ The phrase expresses the desire to know how the world’s colors appear to the person addressed.

• あなたの心に橋をかける大事な雷雨だと知ったんだ

  ➔ ～だと (copula + to) indicates a reported thought or realization

  ➔ The phrase means 'I understood that this is an important storm that builds a bridge in your heart.'

• 何にも出てはこないなんて焦げ付く痛みも

  ➔ は (topic marker) + こない (negative form of 出る, 'to come out') indicating 'nothing comes out'

  ➔ The phrase conveys that both have no words coming out and the burning pain does not emerge.

• ただ目を見つめた するとあなたはふっと優しく笑ったんだ

  ➔ ～た (past tense) + すると (then, as a result)

  ➔ The pattern indicates that after gazing into eyes, the person smiled gently.