Hazy Moon – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Hatsune Miku

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the profound emotional depth of Vocaloid music with 'Hazy Moon.' This song, originally titled *Oborozuki*, offers a wonderful opportunity to learn Japanese vocabulary and poetic imagery related to nature and emotion, particularly the beauty and melancholy associated with the 'hazy spring moon.' The subtle, mature tone of Miku's Dark Append voice will introduce you to the full emotional range and technical complexity of the Vocaloid software.

[English]

The spring moon veiled in haze

Let these feelings scatter on the wind

Faintly melting away in the evening sky

Countless memories

Dreams drift into a daze, pulling me along

A room with no time, just staring ahead

Even so, I’m worn out from grieving

Lips murmur an unreachable voice

The spring moon veiled in haze

Let these feelings scatter on the wind

Faintly melting away in the evening sky

Countless memories

Dreams drift into a daze, pulling me along

A room with no time, just staring ahead

Even so, I’m worn out from grieving

Lips murmur an unreachable voice

Chasing a fleeting warmth

In a world that still runs amok

Just seeking a way to escape

Lonely stardust

If there’s a road that lasts forever

There’s no reason to wait forever

Trampled dust and snow, turning to dust

And someday bloom once more in full splendor

That colors your heart

Can I become a cherry blossom?

Dew-like droplets seep into my heart

The stain remains, not yet washed away

To love anyone else,

Only the times when there is no one to love pass by

Floating in the evening sky, lonely

A hazy moon shining softly

[Japanese]

朧に霞む春の月

この想い風と舞い散れ

宵の空に淡く融けて消え行く

数多の追憶

夢 微睡んで誘い込まれ行く

時の無い部屋 ただ見つめるだけ

哀しむ事に疲れ果てて尚

届かぬ声を呟く唇

朧に霞む春の月

この想い風と舞い散れ

宵の空に淡く融けて消え行く

数多の追憶

夢 微睡んで誘い込まれ行く

時の無い部屋 ただ見つめるだけ

哀しむ事に疲れ果てて尚

届かぬ声を呟く唇

儚い熱を追い求めては

今も乱れるこの世に

逃れる術を捜すばかり

の孤独な星屑

永久に続く道なら

いつまでも待つ訳も無く

塵雪踏まれ塵となって

も 何時かまた咲き誇れ

あなたの胸を彩る

桜になれますか

滲み渡る心の雫

穢れはまだ取れぬままで

他の誰を愛する事

も無き時だけが過ぎ去る

宵の空に浮かび寂しげ

に輝いた朧月

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
霞む /kasumu/ B2	verb - to become hazy
舞い散る /mai-chiru/ B2	verb - to scatter in the wind
融ける /tokeru/ B2	verb - to melt
追憶 /tsuuioku/ C1	noun - recollection
微睡む /amaku-nemuru/ C1	verb - to doze off
哀しむ /kanashimu/ B2	verb - to grieve
届かぬ /todo-kanu/ B2	adjective - unreaching
儚い /hakanai/ C1	adjective - fleeting
乱れる /midareru/ B2	verb - to be disordered
星屑 /hoshikuzu/ C1	noun - stardust
永久 /eikyuu/ C1	noun - eternity
塵 /chiri/ B2	noun - dust
咲き誇る /saki-hokoru/ C1	verb - to bloom proudly
彩る /irodoru/ B2	verb - to color
滲み渡る /shimi-wataru/ C1	verb - to permeate
寂しげ /sabishige/ B2	adjective - lonely-looking
朧 /oboro/ C1	adjective - hazy

Key Grammar Structures

• 朧に霞む春の月

  ➔ Adverbial particle に attaching to a verb to express manner.

  ➔ The verb "霞む" is modified by the adverbial "に" to mean “to become hazy” – "朧に霞む" = “to fade into a hazy spring moon”.

• この想い風と舞い散れ

  ➔ Imperative form of a verb (舞い散れ) used poetically to issue a command or strong wish.

  ➔ The verb "舞い散れ" is the imperative of "舞い散る"; here it urges the feelings to "scatter with the wind".

• 宵の空に淡く融けて消え行く

  ➔ Verb て-form + 行く to express a progressive or continuing action (「融けて消え行く」).

  ➔ The sequence "融けて消え行く" links two verbs with the て‑form and adds 行く to show that the moon "melts away and keeps disappearing".

• 時の無い部屋 ただ見つめるだけ

  ➔ Use of だけ after a verb phrase to express “only” or “just”.

  ➔ The phrase "見つめるだけ" uses "だけ" after the verb "見つめる" to mean “just stare (and nothing else)”.

• 疲れ果てて尚

  ➔ Verb‑て + 果てる expresses a state of complete exhaustion; 尚 (なお) as a conjunction meaning “still”.

  ➔ "疲れ果てて" combines the て‑form of "疲れる" with "果てる" to mean “completely exhausted”, and "尚" adds the nuance “still”.

• 届かぬ声を呟く唇

  ➔ Classical negative ending ぬ attached to the 未然形 of a verb (届く → 届かぬ) meaning “cannot reach”.

  ➔ "届かぬ" is the classical negative of "届く"; it means “unreached” or “cannot reach”.

• 逃れる術を捜すばかり

  ➔ Verb + ばかり indicating “nothing but” or “only doing”.

  ➔ "捜すばかり" uses ばかり after the verb "捜す" to convey “only searching” or “nothing but searching”.

• 永久に続く道なら

  ➔ Conditional なら attached to a plain form (道なら) to express “if it is …”.

  ➔ "道なら" uses the conditional なら after the noun "道" to mean “if it is a road that continues forever”.

• 踏まれ塵となって

  ➔ Passive まれる + て‑form linking to another verb (となる) to show a change of state.

  ➔ "踏まれ" is the passive of "踏む"; combined with "塵となって" it means “being stepped on and turning into dust”.