ギラギラ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Ado
• Album: 狂言

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese with Ado's “Gira Gira” offers a unique window into expressive and emotional language. The song uses vivid and metaphorical lyrics, like comparing one's face to a left-handed drawing by God, to explore deep feelings of inadequacy and defiance. This makes it a great song to learn how onomatopoeia (like 'gira gira') and figurative language are used in modern Japanese music to convey powerful emotions and a compelling story of self-acceptance.

[English]

Ah, what a truly wonderful world

And today, once again, I’m lost in my own ugliness

Yet the feeling of loving someone

Is still there, so I must be tormented

Ugly, to be honest, my face is

Like something drawn by God with His left hand

Inevitably, none of the love songs in this world

Are meant for me, that’s for sure

A kiss with no purpose, wanting pity as I please

I protect myself with a sequin scab

It’s just that I’m not loved

Glaring brightly, I swallow the night

Rap-tap-tap-tap

Just wait and see this Love

What stings the eyes is 1mg of fireworks

Drag on, Drag on

How funny, this world is bizarre

Glaring, glaring, glaring

...

Unknown, even the Buddha doesn’t know

It seems I was already healthily insane

Is it the world or is it me?

Coexistence is impossible from the start

The counterfeit is truly sad, running wildly

Before the strong acidic rain washes it away

Embracing fluorescent bruises

Flaming fiercely, I am the wolf of the night

Rap-tap-tap-tap

So watch this dance

Be strong, with your own makeup

Flap up, Flap up

Suddenly anxious

Loneliness is gasoline, walking through a humble town

Close your eyes, is it okay now? Is it okay now?

If only God were left-handed, how happy I could be

...

Glaring brightly, I swallow the night

Rap-tap-tap-tap

Just wait and see this Love

What stings the eyes is 1mg of fireworks

Drag on, Drag on

How funny, this world is bizarre

Glaring, glaring, glaring, glaring

Give love, the flowers are in full bloom (glaring)

I can’t just be myself, neither can anyone else

What a wonderful world it is!

I’ll keep glaring

...

[Japanese]

あーもう本当になんて素晴らしき世界

んで今日もまた己の醜悪さに惑う

だのに人を好きって思う気持ちだけは

一丁前にあるから悶えてるんでしょう

Ugly 正直言って私の顔は

そう神様が左手で描いたみたい

必然 この世にあるラブソングはどれひとつ

絶対 私向けなんかじゃないでしょう

使い道のないくちづけ 憐みを欲しいままに

スパンコールの瘡蓋で身を守る

愛されないくらいなんだ

ギラギラ輝いて私は夜を呑み

Rap-tap-tap-tap

今に見てろこの Love

目に染みるは1mgの花火

Drag on, Drag on

なんてファニー この世はビザール

ギラ ギラギラ ギラ

Unknown お釈迦様も存ぜぬうちに

もう健やかに狂っていたみたい

それは世界の方かそれとも私の方ですか？

共生は端からムリでしょう

マガイモノこそかなしけれ 無我夢中疾る疾る

強い酸性雨が洗い流す前に

蛍光色の痣抱いて

メラメラ火を噴いて私は夜の狼

Rap-tap-tap-tap

そこで見てろこの乱舞

強くおなり あなたなりのメイクアップで

Flap up, Flap up

不意に不安に

孤独はガソリン 卑屈な町を行く

目を閉じて もういいかい もういいかい

もしも神様が左利きならどんなに幸せか知れない

ギラギラ輝いて私は夜を呑み

Rap-tap-tap-tap

今に見てろこの Love

目に染みるは1mgの花火

Drag on, Drag on

なんてファニー この世はビザール

ギラ ギラギラ ギラ ギラギラ

Give love 花は満ちて（ギラギラ）

ありのまんまじゃいられない 誰も彼も

なんて素晴らしき世界だ！

ギラついてこう

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
世界 /seɪ.kai/ A2	noun - world
醜悪さ /shuuakusa/ C1	noun - ugliness
愛 /ai/ A1	noun - love
夜 /yo/ A1	noun - night
花火 /hanabi/ B1	noun - fireworks
孤独 /kodoku/ B2	noun - loneliness
強い /tsuyoi/ A2	adjective - strong
狂っている /kurutteiru/ B2	verb - to be crazy
輝く /kagayaku/ B1	verb - to shine
欲しい /hoshii/ A2	adjective - want
不安 /fuan/ B2	noun - anxiety
素晴らしい /subarashii/ B1	adjective - wonderful
描く /kaku/ B1	verb - to draw
欲しいまま /hoshiimama/ C1	phrase - as one wishes
ビザール /biza-ru/ B2	adjective - bizarre

Key Grammar Structures

• だのに人を好きって思う気持ちだけは

  ➔ だけは ( dake wa ): emphasizes contrast or exception

  ➔ "だけは" is used to emphasize that among everything, this particular thing remains true or significant despite others.

• 必然 この世にあるラブソングはどれひとつ

  ➔ 必然 (hitsuzen): necessarily, inevitably

  ➔ "必然" expresses that something is inevitable or bound to happen.

• 目に染みるは1mgの花火

  ➔ は (wa): topic particle, marking "花火" as the topic

  ➔ "は" is a topic particle used to highlight "花火" (fireworks) as the topic of the sentence.

• ありのまんまじゃいられない 誰も彼も

  ➔ じゃいられない (jai rarenai): cannot remain as; can't be

  ➔ "じゃいられない" indicates that someone or something cannot continue to be in a certain state or form.

• 夜の狼

  ➔ の (no): possessive or descriptive particle, linking "夜" and "狼"

  ➔ The particle "の" links "夜" (night) and "狼" (wolf), forming a possessive or descriptive phrase "night wolf".

• 強い酸性雨が洗い流す前に

  ➔ 前に (mae ni): before; prior to

  ➔ "前に" indicates an action occurring prior to another event, in this case, before the acid rain washes everything away.