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

• By: sumika
• Album: 春夏秋冬

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

夜を越えて

Crossing the night

闇を抜けて

Through the darkness

迎えにゆこう

Let's go be with you

光る朝も

Even shining mornings

雨も虹も

Rain and rainbows too

今から全て迎えにゆくよ

I’ll come and get everything now

暗い暗い暗い部屋を作って

Creating a dark, dark room

目を塞げば気付かない

If you cover your eyes, you won’t notice

チクチクチクチク 心は傷まない

Pinpricks, pinpricks, the heart won’t get hurt

眩しい眩しい光遮る

Blinding, blinding light, blocking the way

カーテン開くのは

What opens the curtains is

他ならぬ僕だ 震えた僕の手だ

None other than me, trembling hands included

知らなけりゃ良い事だと

Thinking it’s better not to know,

逃げるのはもうやめ

I’ll stop running away now

醜さも不甲斐なさも

The ugliness and helplessness,

照らして 飲み干したら

Illuminate them, then drink it all up

新しい自分だろう

And you'll become someone new

夜を越えて

Crossing the night

闇を抜けて

Through the darkness

迎えにゆこう

Let’s go be with you

傷の海も 悩む森も

Even seas of wounds, forests of worries,

厭わない

I won't mind them

毒を飲んでさ

Drinking poison,

夜を越えて

Crossing the night

闇を抜けて

Through the darkness

迎えにゆこう

Let’s go be with you

光る朝に 目背けずに

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

今 瞬きを繰り返すのさ

Right now, blinking repeatedly

雨降らす雲を覗けば

When you peek into the clouds that bring rain,

目を打つは痛み

The pain strikes your eyes

泥濘む足元

Feet sinking into mud,

怖気付いたら 逃げ出したら

If you’re scared, run away,

怯んだら 俯いたら

If you hesitate, look down,

至高の一瞬の 虹を逃すんだ

Miss the fleeting moment of the highest rainbow,

夜を越えて

Crossing the night

闇を抜けて

Through the darkness

迎えにゆこう

Let’s go be with you

傷の海も 悩む森も

Even seas of wounds and forests of worries,

厭わない

I won't mind them

毒を飲んで

Drinking poison,

さあ 夜を越えて

Come on, crossing the night

闇を抜けて

Through the darkness

迎えにゆこう

Let’s go be with you

光る朝に 目背けずに

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

今 瞬きを繰り返して

Now, blinking repeatedly,

何度でも迎えにゆくよ

I’ll come to get you again and again

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。