Garden – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: May J.
• Album: Silver Lining

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into May J.'s vibrant urban-pop track, "Garden," a cover song that became a major hit in Japan. This uplifting anthem, featuring rich R&B and dance elements, offers a beautiful message of hope, unity, and overcoming challenges to find joy. Through its collaborative artistry and heartfelt lyrics, "Garden" is a wonderful song to explore Japanese music and cultural expressions of positivity and connection.

[English]

Come on everyone, here in the garden of love

Through the endless darkness

The clouds speak to nameless flowers

Come on everyone, just feel it here, yeah

Up above, where the big blue skies

But sometimes somebody makes you lonely

But it'll be alright, it'll be alright

Over bridges and sighs

Embraced by the sunlight that fills the moment - La-la, that song is whispering

Oh, the sadness sown in that sky will surely bloom far away

Oh yeah, it illuminates the path walking towards the future

One Love

So that sadness can eventually turn into joy

One Peace

The wind, water, and sun converse, envisioning a circle of hands

Yes, in this gentle sunny garden - let's talk about that dream again

The joy held in my heart someday will melt the cold tears

Oh yeah, it will become a river flowing towards tomorrow

Come on everyone, here in the garden of love

Through the endless darkness

The clouds speak to nameless flowers

Come on everyone, just feel it here, yeah

The color of eyes and skin doesn't matter here, nothing at all

Just deeply, deeply connect, yes - this is a place in the sun, right?

While bathing in thousands of lights

La-la, let's play that song together, oh oh

Yo, towards the sound of hands, yes, towards the sound of hands

Listen closely, ten years later, still now

Flowers bloom, birds sing, a melody in orange

Let's pass the baton of love - (Guess who's back!)

Now throw away sighs and anger here

I want to be free, take your hand and look up at the sky

Once again, somewhere in the world, a newborn cry resounds

Stand up in the crowd - try it when you come around

Tough life, take your time, feel the right sound

Easily crumbling, so unstable sky

Tear it apart, apply the mind to find it, don't turn around

Liberty, a song for liberty

Just set you free, come on, sing, you yet unseen

Draw it, visualize a beautiful name

Searching for somebody, like a dream traveler, so

With a big wing soaring into the sky in my heart

If I could cross the distant land with you

Come on everyone, here in the garden of love

Through the endless darkness

The nameless flowers and the wind dance

Come on everyone, just feel it here

Come on everyone, here in the garden of love

The endless light of life

The nameless flowers and the clouds speak

Come on everyone, just feel it here, yeah

Up above, where the big blue skies

But sometimes somebody makes you lonely

But it'll be alright, it'll be alright

Over bridges and sighs

[Japanese]

さあ みんなここに愛の庭に

終わりのない闇を抜けて

名も無い花に雲は語る

さあ みんなここで感じたままで Yeah

Up above,where the big blue skys

But Somebody make you lonely sometimes

But it'll be alright　It'll be alright

Over bridges and sighs

今を満たす 日差しに抱かれて La-la あの唄が 囁いている

Oh あの空に蒔いた悲しみは遠く花になるでしょう

Oh Yeah それは未来へと歩いてゆく道を照らし出す

One Love

悲しみもやがて 喜びに変えていけるように

One Peace

風と水と陽が会話 イメージ手と手の輪

そう 穏やかな 日溜りの庭で あの夢をまた語り合いましょう

いつか胸に抱いた喜びは 冷たい涙溶かすでしょう

Oh Yeah それは明日へと流れてゆく河となるから

さあ みんなここに愛の庭に

終わりのない闇を抜けて

名も無い花に雲は語る

さあ みんなここで感じたままで Yeah

瞳の色も 肌の色も ここじゃ関係ないよ 何もかも

ただ深く深く 結びつく そう ここは陽のあたる場所 right ？

幾千もの 光浴びながら

La-laあの唄を奏で合おうよ Oh Oh

yo 手のなるほう そうさ 手のなるほう

耳澄ましな 10年後 今も尚

花は咲き 鳥歌う メロディー オレンジ色

愛のバトンを回そう (Guess who's back！)

ため息と怒りを今ここで捨て

I want to be free,キミの手を取り空仰ぐ

また世界中のどこかで産声が轟く

Stand up in the crowd 試してみな when you come around

タフな Life 時間かけろ Feel the right sound

崩れ易く So 不安定な空

引き裂いて Apply the mind to find it　Don't turn around

Liberty A song for liberty

Just set you free さあ歌えよ未だ見ぬ君

描け Visualize a beautiful name

探してる Somebody 夢旅人のように So

空に舞い上がる 大きな羽を心に

はるかな大地をあなたと越えてゆけたら

さあ みんなここに愛の庭に

終わりのない闇を抜けて

名も無い花と風は踊る

さあ みんなここで感じたままで

さあ みんなここに愛の庭に

終わりのない 命の灯よ

名もない花と雲は語る

さあ みんなここで感じたままで Yeah

Up above,where the big blue skys

But Somebody make you lonely sometimes

But it'll be alright　It'll be alright

Over bridges and sighs

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
庭 /niwa/ A1	noun - garden
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
悲しみ /kanashimi/ B1	noun - sadness
喜び /yorokobi/ B1	noun - joy
道 /michi/ A2	noun - path
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
水 /mizu/ A1	noun - water
光 /hikari/ A2	noun - light
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
涙 /namida/ B1	noun - tear
自由 /jiyū/ B2	noun - freedom
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
道 /michi/ A2	noun - way
時 /toki/ A1	noun - time

Key Grammar Structures

• 終わりのない闇を抜けて

  ➔ The phrase uses the te-form "抜けて" to connect actions, indicating the action of passing through or exiting.

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• 名も無い花に雲は語る

  ➔ Uses the に particle to indicate the indirect object "flower" that is being spoken about by "cloud".

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• 未来へと歩いてゆく道を照らし出す

  ➔ The verb "照らし出す" is in the causative form, implying causing something to be illuminated or revealed.

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• Try to be free,キミの手を取り空仰ぐ

  ➔ Uses the imperative "Try to be free" and the verb "取り" in the te-form "取り" to connect actions of holding and gazing.

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• 花は咲き 鳥歌う メロディー オレンジ色

  ➔ Multiple nouns in sequence without particles, implying a poetic list or simultaneous depiction.

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• とても大切な人と共に生きる

  ➔ Uses the particle "と" to mean "with", expressing companionship or living together.

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• 描け Visualize a beautiful name

  ➔ Combines a Japanese verb "描け" in the imperative form with the English "Visualize", creating a command or encouragement.

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