ハルジオン – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: YOASOBI

Lyrics & Translation

Learning Japanese with YOASOBI's 'Halzion' offers a unique opportunity to connect with the emotional depth of the language. The song's narrative lyrics, based on a novel, allow learners to explore storytelling through music and understand how subtle expressions of longing and hope are conveyed. Its catchy J-pop melody makes it an enjoyable and memorable way to pick up new vocabulary and phrasing related to memories and personal growth.

[English]

Vocal: Ikura

Music & Words: Ayase

Illustrator: Yuta Kuniyasu

Director: Toshitaka Shinoda

YOASOBI / Harujion

In the passing time

I remember you

Two people reflected on the screen, gazing with a sense of melancholy

We were laughing

To the point I don't want to know

Knowing too much

I was swallowed by the days that just pass by

Still, I just want to see you one more time

The me who nodded and believed in your words

Time passes, leaving me behind alone

What should have been visible

The future slipped through my fingers

The fragments of days I can't return to

And your presence

I still search for it now

I’m still reaching out to the two of us from that day

I drew the boundary line myself

Pretending not to see 'the reality'

In such a state

I can't see, I can't see

Blooming beyond the boundary line

The vivid flowers

Even though I could see them

Unknowingly

I locked the door of my worn-out heart

There, only the absence of beauty remained

I was the only one left

My eyes stained by the overly blue sky

I’m going back to retrieve the scenery from that day

The me you told you loved

Without showing it to anyone

The feelings I hid with these hands

Are still alive within me

If I close my eyes

The scenery vividly revives even now

What the fragments of days I can't return to reflected

Is a future trapped in a bud

I will draw it out once more

The words of you from that day

And the beautiful time

The scenery we spent together

Connecting the feelings I had forgotten

And the future I thought I had lost

I will walk on with the continuation of the days I can't return to

From now on, even if you're not here

If I wave to the two of us from that day

Surely, it started to move

Towards the future

Halzion

Subtitled: χ-ryu

[Japanese]

𝚅𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 : 𝚒𝚔𝚞𝚛𝚊

𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌＆𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 : 𝙰𝚢𝚊𝚜𝚎

𝙸𝚕𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛: 𝚈𝚞𝚝𝚊 𝙺𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚢𝚊𝚜𝚞

𝙳𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛: 𝚃𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚊 𝚂𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚊

𝚈𝙾𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙱𝙸 /ハルジオン (𝚈𝙾𝙰𝚂𝙾𝙱𝙸/𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚞𝚓𝚒𝚘𝚗)

過ぎてゆく時間の中 (Sugite yuku toki no naka)

あなたを思い出す (Anata o omoidasu)

物憂げに眺める画面に映った二人 （Monouge ni nagameru gamen ni utsutta futari）

笑っていた (Waratteita)

知りたくないほど (Shiritakunai hodo)

知りすぎてくこと (Shiri sugite ku koto)

ただ過ぎる日々に呑み込まれたの (Tada sugiru hibi ni nomikoma reta no)

それでもただもう一度だけ会いたくて (Soredemo tada mōichido dake aitakute)

あなたの言葉に頷き信じた私を (Anata no kotoba ni Unazuki shinjita watashi o)

一人置き去りに時間は過ぎる (Hitori okizari ni toki wa sugiru)

見えていたはずの (Miete ita hazu no)

未来も指の隙間をすり抜けた (Mirai mo yubi no sukima o surinuketa)

戻れない日々の欠片と (Modorenai hibi no kakera to)

あなたの気配を (Anata no kehai o)

今でも探してしまうよ (Ima demo sagashite shimauyo)

まだあの日の二人に手を伸ばしてる (Mada anohi no futari ni te o nobashi teru)

境界線は自分で引いた (Kyōkaisen wa jibun de hiita)

「現実は」って見ないフリをしていた (‘‘Genjitsu wa'‘ tte minai furi o shite ita)

そんな私じゃ (Son'na watashi ja)

見えない見えない (Mienai Mienai)

境界線の向こうに咲いた (Kyōkaisen no mukō ni saita)

鮮烈な花達も (Senretsuna hana-tachi mo)

本当は見えてたのに (Hontōha mie tetanoni)

知らず知らずの内に （Shirazushirazu no uchi ni）

擦り減らした心の扉に鍵をかけたの (Suri herashita kokoro no tobira ni kagi o kaketa no)

そこにはただ美しさの無い (Soko ni wa tada utsukushi-sa no nai)

私だけが残されていた (Watashi dake ga nokosarete ita)

青過ぎる空に目の奥が染みた (Ao sugiru sora ni me no oku ga shimita)

あの日の景色に取りに帰るの (Anohi no keshiki ni tori ni kaeru no)

あなたが好きだと言ってくれた私を (Anata ga sukida to itte kureta watashi o)

誰にも見せずに (Darenimo misezuni)

この手で隠した想いが (Konote de kakushita omoi ga)

今も私の中で生きている (Ima mo watashi no naka de ikite iru)

目を閉じてみれば (Me o tojite mireba)

今も鮮やかに蘇る景色と (Ima mo azayaka ni yomigaeru keshiki to)

戻れない日々の欠片が映し出したのは (Modorenai hibi no kakera ga Utsushidashita no wa)

蕾のまま閉じ込めた未来 (Tsubomi no mama tojikometa mirai)

もう一度描き出す (Mōichido egakidasu)

あの日のあなたの言葉と (Anohi no anata no kotoba to)

美しい時間と (Utsukushī toki to)

二人で過ごしたあの景色が (Futari de sugoshita ano keshiki ga)

忘れてた想いと (Wasureteta omoi to)

失くしたはずの未来を繋いでいく (Nakushita hazu no mirai o tsunaide iku)

戻れない日々の続きを歩いていくんだ (Modorenai hibi no tsudzuki o aruite iku nda)

これからも、あなたがいなくても (Korekara mo, anata ga inakute mo)

あの日の二人に手を振れば (Anohi no futari ni te o fureba)

確かに動き出した (Tashika ni ugokidashita)

未来へ (𝗠𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗶 𝗵𝗲)

𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚣𝚒𝚘𝚗

𝚂𝚞𝚋𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚍:χ-𝚛𝚢𝚞

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
思い出す /おもいだす/ B1	verb - to remember
未来 /みらい/ A2	noun - future
気配 /けはい/ B2	noun - sign, indication
美しい /うつくしい/ B1	adjective - beautiful
手 /て/ A1	noun - hand
景色 /けしき/ B2	noun - scenery, view
動き出す /うごきだす/ B2	verb - to start moving
欠片 /かけら/ B2	noun - fragment, piece
探す /さがす/ A2	verb - to search, to look for
戻れない /もどれない/ B2	verb - cannot return
鍵 /かぎ/ A1	noun - key
花 /はな/ A1	noun - flower
日々 /ひび/ A2	noun - days, daily life
想い /おもい/ B1	noun - thought, feeling
確か /たしか/ B1	adjective - certain, sure

Key Grammar Structures

• 過ぎてゆく時間の中

  ➔ The verb 過ぎる (sugiru) is used with the te-form て (te) plus ゆく (yuku) to indicate the continuation or progression of an action over time.

  ➔ The phrase describes the passage of **time** that continues onward.

• 知らず知らずの内に

  ➔ 知らず知らずの内に (shirazushirazu no uchi ni) is a fixed phrase meaning 'unconsciously' or 'without realizing' during a period of time.

  ➔ It expresses doing something **without realizing** or unconsciously.

• 未来も指の隙間をすり抜けた

  ➔ The verb すり抜ける (surinukeru) is used in the past tense た (ta) form to indicate that something slipped through or passed by (in this case, future).

  ➔ It describes future **slipping away** through gaps or cracks.

• 心の扉に鍵をかけた

  ➔ The structure に (ni) is used to indicate the target or location where the action is directed, and to put or lock a lock on the 'door of the heart'.

  ➔ It shows locking or **securing** the 'door of the heart'.

• 忘れてた想いと

  ➔ The verb 忘れてた (wasureteta) is the past tense of 忘れる (wasureru), meaning 'forgot'.

  ➔ It indicates that the **feelings** or thoughts were forgotten in the past.

• 確かに動き出した

  ➔ The adverb 確かに (tashika ni) means 'certainly' or 'indeed', and 動き出した (ugokidashita) is the past tense of 動き出す (ugoki dasu), meaning 'started to move'.

  ➔ It emphasizes that something has **indeed started to move** or progress.