花に亡霊

• By: ヨルシカ
• Album: 盗作

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

もう忘れてしまったかな

Have I already forgotten?

夏の木陰に座ったまま、氷菓を口に放り込んで風を待っていた

Sitting in the summer shade, I tossed a popsicle into my mouth and waited for the wind.

もう忘れてしまったかな 世の中の全部嘘だらけ

Have I already forgotten? The world is full of lies.

本当の価値を二人で探しに行こうと笑ったこと

We laughed about going to search for true value together.

忘れないように 色褪せないように

So I won't forget, so it won't fade away.

形に残るものが全てじゃないように

Not everything that remains in form is all there is.

言葉をもっと教えて 夏が来るって教えて

Teach me more words, tell me that summer is coming.

僕は描いてる 眼に映ったのは夏の亡霊だ

I'm drawing; what I see is the ghost of summer.

風にスカートが揺れて 想い出なんて忘れて

The wind sways my skirt, forgetting memories.

浅い呼吸をする、汗を拭って夏めく

Taking shallow breaths, wiping sweat, feeling the summer.

もう忘れてしまったかな

Have I already forgotten?

夏の木陰に座った頃、遠くの丘から顔出した雲があったじゃないか

Back when I sat in the summer shade, there was a cloud peeking out from a distant hill.

君はそれを掴もうとして、馬鹿みたいに空を切った手で

You tried to grasp it, cutting the air with your foolish hands.

僕は紙に雲一つを描いて、笑って握って見せて

I drew a single cloud on paper, laughed, and showed you my grip.

忘れないように 色褪せないように

So I won't forget, so it won't fade away.

歴史に残るものが全てじゃないから

Not everything that goes down in history is all there is.

今だけ顔も失くして

For now, I've lost my face.

言葉も全部忘れて

I've forgotten all the words.

君は笑ってる

You are smiling.

夏を待っている僕ら亡霊だ

We are the ghosts waiting for summer.

心をもっと教えて

Teach me more about your heart.

夏の匂いを教えて

Teach me the scent of summer.

浅い呼吸をする

Taking shallow breaths.

忘れないように 色褪せないように

So I won't forget, so it won't fade away.

心に響くものが全てじゃないから

Not everything that resonates in the heart is all there is.

言葉をもっと教えて

Teach me more words.

さよならだって教えて

Teach me even how to say goodbye.

今も見るんだよ

I still see it.

夏に咲いてる花に亡霊を

The ghost blooming in the summer flowers.

言葉じゃなくて時間を

Not words, but time.

時間じゃなくて心を

Not time, but the heart.

浅い呼吸をする、汗を拭って夏めく

Taking shallow breaths, wiping sweat, feeling the summer.

夏の匂いがする

It smells like summer.

もう忘れてしまったかな

Have I already forgotten?

夏の木陰に座ったまま、氷菓を口に放り込んで風を待っていた

Sitting in the summer shade, I tossed a popsicle into my mouth and waited for the wind.

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
忘れる /wasure.ru/ B1	verb - to forget
夏 /natsu/ A1	noun - summer
心 /kokoro/ B1	noun - heart; mind
教える /oshieru/ B1	verb - to teach; to inform
想い出 /omoide/ B2	noun - memory; recollection
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind
雲 /kumo/ A2	noun - cloud
座る /suwaru/ A2	verb - to sit
描く /kaku/ B1	verb - to draw; to paint
色褪せる /iroaseru/ B2	verb - to fade (color); to lose brightness
歴史 /rekishi/ B2	noun - history
匂い /nioi/ B1	noun - smell; scent
汗 /ase/ A2	noun - sweat
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower
亡霊 /bōrei/ B2	noun - ghost; spirit
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand

Grammar:

• もう忘れてしまったかな

  ➔ volitional + しまう

  ➔ The phrase "忘れてしまった" expresses a sense of regret or the completion of forgetting.

• 色褪せないように

  ➔ Negative form + ように

  ➔ This construction expresses a wish or intention to keep something from fading.

• 形に残るものが全てじゃない

  ➔ Noun + が + じゃない

  ➔ The phrase uses the casual negative form じゃない to negate the predicate, meaning "not everything is ..."

• 夏の木陰に座ったまま

  ➔ Noun + に + ただける

  ➔ This structure indicates staying in the same state or position without change.

• 風にスカートが揺れて

  ➔ Noun + に + Verb (te-form) + いる

  ➔ The phrase indicates that the skirt is moving or swaying, emphasizing the ongoing action.

• 言葉をもっと教えて

  ➔ Verb + て + ほしい

  ➔ This construction expresses the speaker's desire for someone to do an action.

• 今も見るんだよ

  ➔ Verb dictionary form + んだ + よ

  ➔ The form んだ is used to provide explanation or emphasis, with よ adding a soft assertion.