春泥棒 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: ヨルシカ
• Album: 創作

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the poetic world of Japanese music with Yorushika's "Haru Dorobou." This song offers a beautiful opportunity to learn Japanese through its lyrical metaphors, where cherry blossoms represent life and the spring wind is a 'thief' of time. Its narrative depth and emotional resonance make it a special piece for appreciating the subtle expressions in the Japanese language.

[English]

Passing through the overpass

A glimpse of blue through the gaps in the clouds

Lately, it’s been so hot

Just waiting for the breeze to blow

Sitting in the shade of a tree

Something’s on my cheek

Looking up, I see flowers blooming and falling above

Falling softly, we forget to breathe

Even blinking feels like a chore

Come on, even today and tomorrow will turn into the past

Just waiting for the wind

So we’ve already forgotten our voices

Even saying goodbye feels like a burden

Just flowers falling down

Clear skies now, spring snowstorm

Waiting for the next day too

The cherry blossom viewers have decreased

The scent of spring is fading away

Will summer come again this year?

Passing through the overpass

I saw you peeking ahead on the road

How many remain?

How many springs will I get to see you?

A hill beside the river

Sitting in the shade of a tree

Today blooms again just like yesterday

Flowers,

We forget to breathe again

Even blinking feels like a chore

Scatter the flowers, this storm blowing now

That’s spring thief after all

Today, time flows with the wind again

Just finding it cumbersome to stand

The sky between the flowers,

Scattering away

Still, spring snowstorm

I’ll go meet you again today

Sitting in the shade of a tree

Sighing softly

Flowers are almost gone too

I’ll go meet you again tomorrow

Spring is ending after all

Time disperses like remnants

Singing love feels insufficient words

Even rhyming feels like a burden

Can words describe now, when flowers bloom?

Falling softly, we forget our voices again

Even blinking feels like a chore

Only the two of us viewing the cherry blossoms

Don’t fall yet, spring snowstorm

Just a little more

Only a few more to count

Just two flowers left

Only one flower remaining

Only leaves remain now

Falling softly, spring ends now

[Japanese]

高架橋を抜けたら

雲の隙間に青が覗いた

最近どうも暑いから

ただ風が吹くのを待ってた

木陰に座る

何か頬に付く

見上げれば頭上に咲いて散る

はらり、僕らもう息も忘れて

瞬きさえ億劫

さぁ、今日さえ明日過去に変わる

ただ風を待つ

だから僕らもう声も忘れて

さよならさえ億劫

ただ花が降るだけ

晴れり　今、春吹雪

次の日も待ち合わせ

花見の客も少なくなった

春の匂いはもう止む

今年も夏が来るのか

高架橋を抜けたら

道の先に君が覗いた

残りはどれだけかな

どれだけ春に会えるだろう

川沿いの丘

木陰に座る

また昨日と変わらず今日も咲く

花に、

僕らもう息も忘れて

瞬きさえ億劫

花散らせ今吹くこの嵐は

まさに春泥棒

風に今日ももう時が流れて

立つことさえ億劫

花の隙間に空、

散れり

まだ、春吹雪

今日も会いに行く

木陰に座る

溜息を吐く

花ももう終わる

明日も会いに行く

春がもう終わる

名残るように時間が散っていく

愛を歌えば言葉足らず

踏む韻さえ億劫

花開いた今を言葉如きが語れるものか

はらり、僕らもう声も忘れて

瞬きさえ億劫

花見は僕らだけ

散るなまだ、春吹雪

あともう少しだけ

もう数えられるだけ

あと花二つだけ

もう花一つだけ

ただ葉が残るだけ

はらり　今春仕舞い

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
高架橋 /こうかきょう/ B2	noun - elevated bridge
雲 /くも/ A1	noun - cloud
青 /あお/ A1	noun - blue
風 /かぜ/ A1	noun - wind
花 /はな/ A1	noun - flower
座る /すわる/ A2	verb - to sit
咲く /さく/ A2	verb - to bloom
忘れる /わすれる/ B1	verb - to forget
流れる /ながれる/ B1	verb - to flow
時 /とき/ A1	noun - time
春 /はる/ A1	noun - spring
声 /こえ/ A2	noun - voice
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
言葉 /ことば/ B1	noun - word
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
嵐 /あらし/ B2	noun - storm

Key Grammar Structures

• ただ風が吹くのを待ってた

  ➔ Particle 'の' as a nominalizer

  ➔ 'の' turns a verb phrase into a noun, making it a subject or object of a sentence.

• 花見の客も少なくなった

  ➔ Particle 'も' indicating 'also' or 'even'

  ➔ 'も' adds the idea of 'also' or 'even' to the noun, showing inclusion or emphasis.

• 花に、僕らもう息も忘れて

  ➔ Particle 'に' indicating target or location

  ➔ 'に' marks the target of the action or the location where the action occurs.

• 花散らせ今吹くこの嵐は

  ➔ Imperative form of '散らせ' (scatter, disperse)

  ➔ '散らせ' is the imperative form, giving a command to disperse or scatter.

• 名残るように時間が散っていく

  ➔ Verb '散っていく' (scatter, disperse) in compound form indicating an ongoing process

  ➔ '散っていく' combines the verb for scattering with 'いく' to express ongoing or future dispersion.