ファンファーレ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: sumika
• Album: 春夏秋冬

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of J-Pop with sumika's "ファンファーレ"! This uplifting track, the opening theme for the acclaimed anime "I Want to Eat Your Pancreas," offers a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in Japanese language and culture. Through its cheerful melody and empowering lyrics, you can learn inspiring vocabulary related to overcoming adversity and embracing change. Discover how sumika beautifully weaves words to create a song that encourages listeners to step forward and welcome every aspect of life, making it a special piece for language learners and music enthusiasts alike.

[English]

Crossing the night

Through the darkness

Let's go be with you

Even shining mornings

Rain and rainbows too

I’ll come and get everything now

Creating a dark, dark room

If you cover your eyes, you won’t notice

Pinpricks, pinpricks, the heart won’t get hurt

Blinding, blinding light, blocking the way

What opens the curtains is

None other than me, trembling hands included

Thinking it’s better not to know,

I’ll stop running away now

The ugliness and helplessness,

Illuminate them, then drink it all up

And you'll become someone new

Crossing the night

Through the darkness

Let’s go be with you

Even seas of wounds, forests of worries,

I won't mind them

Drinking poison,

Crossing the night

Through the darkness

Let’s go be with you

In the shining morning, don’t turn away from it

Right now, blinking repeatedly

When you peek into the clouds that bring rain,

The pain strikes your eyes

Feet sinking into mud,

If you’re scared, run away,

If you hesitate, look down,

Miss the fleeting moment of the highest rainbow,

Crossing the night

Through the darkness

Let’s go be with you

Even seas of wounds and forests of worries,

I won't mind them

Drinking poison,

Come on, crossing the night

Through the darkness

Let’s go be with you

In the shining morning, don’t turn away from it

Now, blinking repeatedly,

I’ll come to get you again and again

[Japanese]

夜を越えて

闇を抜けて

迎えにゆこう

光る朝も

雨も虹も

今から全て迎えにゆくよ

暗い暗い暗い部屋を作って

目を塞げば気付かない

チクチクチクチク 心は傷まない

眩しい眩しい光遮る

カーテン開くのは

他ならぬ僕だ 震えた僕の手だ

知らなけりゃ良い事だと

逃げるのはもうやめ

醜さも不甲斐なさも

照らして 飲み干したら

新しい自分だろう

夜を越えて

闇を抜けて

迎えにゆこう

傷の海も 悩む森も

厭わない

毒を飲んでさ

夜を越えて

闇を抜けて

迎えにゆこう

光る朝に 目背けずに

今 瞬きを繰り返すのさ

雨降らす雲を覗けば

目を打つは痛み

泥濘む足元

怖気付いたら 逃げ出したら

怯んだら 俯いたら

至高の一瞬の 虹を逃すんだ

夜を越えて

闇を抜けて

迎えにゆこう

傷の海も 悩む森も

厭わない

毒を飲んで

さあ 夜を越えて

闇を抜けて

迎えにゆこう

光る朝に 目背けずに

今 瞬きを繰り返して

何度でも迎えにゆくよ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夜 /や/ A1	noun - night
闇 /やみ/ A2	noun - darkness
光 /ひかり/ A1	noun - light
迎える /むかえる/ B1	verb - to welcome
傷 /きず/ B1	noun - wound
海 /うみ/ A2	noun - sea
森 /もり/ A2	noun - forest
新しい /あたらしい/ A2	adjective - new
痛み /いたみ/ B1	noun - pain
逃げる /にげる/ B1	verb - to escape
毒 /どく/ B2	noun - poison
瞬き /まばたき/ B2	noun - blink
怖気付く /おびえづく/ C1	verb - to become frightened
至高 /しこう/ C2	adjective - supreme
虹 /にじ/ A2	noun - rainbow

Key Grammar Structures

• 夜を越えて

  ➔ て form + 越える (こえる)

  ➔ The て form of a verb is used to connect actions or indicate a continuous state, combined with 越える to mean 'to cross over' or 'to overcome'.

• 闇を抜けて

  ➔ を + 抜ける (ぬける)

  ➔ The particle を marks the direct object, and 抜ける (ぬける) means 'to pass through' or 'to come out of'.

• 迎えにゆこう

  ➔ に + 行く (ゆく) / しむ / ことにする

  ➔ The に particle indicates the purpose or destination, combined with 行く (ゆく) to mean 'to go to'.

• 傷の海も 悩む森も

  ➔ も (mo) + noun + も (mo)

  ➔ The particle も is used after nouns to indicate 'also' or 'even', emphasizing inclusion of multiple elements.

• 新しい自分だろう

  ➔ だろう (darou) - probably / I suppose

  ➔ The だろう form expresses conjecture or assumption, equivalent to 'probably' or 'I suppose'.

• 何度でも迎えにゆくよ

  ➔ でも (demo) + used for emphasis or 'even for' / よ (yo) - sentence final particle for emphasis

  ➔ であることの繰り返しや強調を表し、よは話し手が情報を強調するために使う終助詞。