虹 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 菅田将暉
• Album: COLLAGE

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

泣いていいんだよ そんなひとことに

You can cry, just say that word

僕は救われたんだよ ホントにありがとう

And I’m saved, really, thank you

情けないけれど だらしないけれど

It’s pathetic, clumsy maybe

君を想うことだけで 明日が輝く

But just thinking of you makes tomorrow shine

ありのままの2人でいいよ

It’s okay to be just as we are

陽だまり見つけて遊ぼうよ

Let’s find a sunbeam and play

ベランダで水をやる君の足元に小さな虹

A small rainbow by your feet as you water the plants on the balcony

一生そばに居るから 一生そばに居て

I’ll be by your side forever, stay with me

一生離れないように 一生懸命に

Never leave me for a lifetime, with all your heart

キツく結んだ目がほどけないように

So your tightly tied eyes won’t come apart

硬く繋いだ手を離さないから

I won’t let go of our firmly held hands

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ママの優しさと パパの泣き虫は

Mom’s gentle kindness, Dad’s tears

まるで僕らのようでさ未来が愛おしい

They’re just like us, and I love our future so much

大きな夢じゃなくていいよ

It’s okay not to have big dreams

自分らしくいれたらいいよ

As long as you can be yourself

ひとりぼっち迷った時は

When you’re lost and alone

あの頃を思い出して

Remember those days

寂しい夜を半分僕に預けて欲しい

I want you to entrust me with your lonely nights

嬉しい日々は充分に笑いあっていたい

Let’s laugh through every happy day

どんな言葉でも足りないのが

Maybe words aren’t enough

君の温もりにふれたせいかな

Because I touched your warmth

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家族や友達のこと こんな僕のこと

About family and friends, about someone like me

いつも大事に笑うから泣けてくるんだよ

You always smile, and that’s what makes me cry

なんにも無かった空に ポツンと輝いていた

It shone alone in the empty sky

ありがとうに変わる言葉

Words that turn into thank you

ずっと探していたんだ

I’ve been searching for them

一生そばに居るから 一生そばに居て

I’ll be by your side forever, stay with me

一生離れないように 一生懸命に

Never leave me for a lifetime, with all your heart

キツく結んだ目がほどけないように

So your tightly tied eyes won’t come apart

硬く繋いだ手を離さないから

I won’t let go of our firmly held hands

離さないから

I won’t let go

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
救う /sukuu/ B1	verb - to save
明日 /ashita/ A1	noun - tomorrow
輝く /kagayaku/ B2	verb - to shine
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
温もり /nukumori/ B1	noun - warmth
家族 /kazoku/ A1	noun - family
友達 /tomodachi/ A1	noun - friend
言葉 /kotoba/ B1	noun - word
嬉しい /ureshii/ A2	adjective - happy
寂しい /sabishii/ B1	adjective - lonely
未来 /mirai/ A2	noun - future
遊ぶ /asobu/ A2	verb - to play
探す /sagasu/ B1	verb - to search
結ぶ /musubu/ B2	verb - to tie
離れる /hanareru/ B1	verb - to separate

Key Grammar Structures

• 泣いていいんだよ

  ➔ The use of the ～ていい (te ii) form to express permission or allowance.

  ➔ The pattern ～ていい is used after a verb to mean "may" or "can" do something.

• 君を想うことだけで明日が輝く

  ➔ The use of の after 想う to nominalize the verb, turning it into a noun phrase.

  ➔ の is used here to turn the verb 想う (to think/feel) into a noun, forming 'thinking about you,' which is the subject of the sentence.

• 一生そばに居るから

  ➔ The use of から to express reason or cause; 'because'.

  ➔ から is a conjunction that means 'because' or 'since,' connecting the reason for the promise.

• 離さないから

  ➔ The negative form of 離す (to let go), combined with から to indicate reason or assurance.

  ➔ 離さない is the negative form of 離す, meaning 'will not let go,' emphasizing the firm commitment.

• 硬く繋いだ手を離さないから

  ➔ The use of 繋いだ (past tense of 繋ぐ) to describe a 'held hand,' combined with 離さない to emphasize 'not letting go.'

  ➔ 繋いだ is the past tense of 繋ぐ (to connect, to tie), describing a held hand, and 離さない emphasizes the act of not letting go.