海の声 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 浦島太郎（桐谷健太）

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

♪　空の声が　聞きたくて

I want to hear the voice of the sky

♪　風の声に　耳すませ

Listening carefully to the voice of the wind

♪　海の声が　知りたくて

I want to know the voice of the sea

♪　君の声を　探してる

I'm searching for your voice

♪　会えない　そう思うほどに

The more I think I can't see you

♪　会いたい　が大きくなってゆく

The more I want to see you grows stronger

♪　川のつぶやき　山のささやき

The murmuring of the river, the whisper of the mountains

♪　君の声のように　感じるんだ

I feel like it's your voice

♪　目を閉じれば　聞こえてくる

When I close my eyes, I can hear it

♪　君のコロコロした　笑い声

Your cheerful, rolling laughter

♪　声に出せば　届きそうで　今日も　歌ってる

If I sing out loud, I feel it might reach you—so today, I keep singing

♪　海の声にのせて

Carried by the voice of the sea

♪　空の声が　聞きたくて

I want to hear the voice of the sky

♪　風の声に　耳すませ

Listening carefully to the voice of the wind

♪　海の声が　知りたくて

I want to know the voice of the sea

♪　君の声を　探してる

I'm searching for your voice

浦島太郎「乙ちゃーん！！」

Urashima Taro: "Otsu-chan!"

♪　たとえ僕が　おじいさんになっても

Even if I become an old man

♪　ここで　歌ってる

I'll be singing here

♪　君だけを想って

Thinking only of you

♪　海の声よ　風の声よ

Oh voice of the sea, voice of the wind

♪　空の声よ　太陽の声よ

Oh voice of the sky, voice of the sun

♪　川の声よ　山の声よ

Oh voice of the river, voice of the mountains

♪　僕の声を　乗せてゆけ

Carry my voice on

桃太郎「届くといいね」

Momotaro: "Hope it reaches you"

金太郎「うん」

Kintaro: "Yeah"

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
声 /koe/ A1	noun - voice
海 /umi/ A1	noun - sea
空 /sora/ A1	noun - sky
風 /kaze/ A1	noun - wind
探す /sagasu/ A2	verb - to search
聞く /kiku/ A2	verb - to listen
感じる /kanjiru/ B1	verb - to feel
大きい /ookii/ A2	adjective - big
思う /omou/ A2	verb - to think
歌う /utau/ A2	verb - to sing
届く /todoku/ B1	verb - to reach
想う /omou/ B1	verb - to think, to feel
君 /kimi/ A1	noun - you (informal)
川 /kawa/ A1	noun - river
山 /yama/ A1	noun - mountain
今日 /kyou/ A1	noun - today

Key Grammar Structures

• ～たくて

  ➔ Expressing a strong desire or wish to do something; 'want to' or 'long to'

  ➔ '知りたくて' means 'want to know', indicating a desire to learn or understand something.

• ～のように

  ➔ Like; used to compare one thing to another, indicating similarity

  ➔ In '君の声のように', it compares 'your voice' to something else, illustrating similarity or a metaphor.

• ～にのせて

  ➔ To ride on, to be carried by; indicates something being conveyed by or associated with something else

  ➔ In '海の声にのせて', it means 'carrying' or 'conveyed by' the sound of the sea, implying message or emotion carried by the sound.

• ～と

  ➔ Quotation particle; used to indicate quoting or addressing someone

  ➔ In '浦島太郎「乙ちゃーん！！」', the と indicates that he is calling out to乙ちゃん, addressing someone.

• ～ても

  ➔ Even if; expresses a concession or hypothetical situation

  ➔ In 'たとえ僕が おじいさんになっても', even if I become old, I will keep singing.