季路

• By: Aimer
• Album: Walpurgis

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

灰色　曇り空

Gray, cloudy sky

溶けない白さは　愛した二月の色

The unmelting whiteness is the color of that February when I loved you

重ねる時間は　解けない魔法で

The time we spent together is bound by an unbreakable magic

失くした季節を知った

I learned about the season that was lost

溜息も白く染めて

Even my sighs turn white as they dye the air

木陰の歌　失くしたままで

The song in the shade of the trees, still lost

暮れる空を君は見たか？

Did you see the sunset fade away?

時計の針が心を打つ

The clock's hands strike at my heart

過ぎ行く時が辿る路も

Time passing by traces its own path

何度も同じ景色を携え

Again and again, carrying the same scenery

淡い夢を見よう

Let's dream a faint dream

優しい言葉さえ知らない　

Even gentle words I do not know

凍てつく夜の欠片たちよ

Fragments of the freezing night

涙に濡れた蕾を抱きしめ

Holding tightly to buds soaked in tears

その春を待っていた

Waiting for that spring

編む　時間の絢

Weaving the splendid colors of time

閉ざした世界に落とした紅色が

The crimson that falls into the closed world

導く　季節の帰路

Guides me back along the seasonal path

囁きを藍く染めて　

Dye the whisper in blue,

黄金の空　夢見たままで

While dreaming of a golden sky

温もりまで遠く見えた

Even the warmth seemed distant,

時計の針は戸惑いなく　

The clock's hands move without hesitation

過ぎ行く春の欠片たちよ

Fragments of spring passing by

かすかに香る真夏の気配に

Sensing a faint scent of midsummer

ふわり揺れながら

Floating gently, swaying softly

優しい秋は前触れなく

Gentle autumn comes unannounced

凍てつくような冬の影まとい

Clad in the shadow of a freezing winter

涙にぬれた蕾を抱きしめ　

Holding tight to buds soaked in tears

ただ春を待っていた

Just waiting for spring again

今　螺旋の中

Now, within the spiral

季節は巡る

The seasons keep turning

辿って　迷って　

Following, getting lost,

何度も躓いては

Stumbling again and again

同じ花届けるために

All to deliver the same flower

時計の針が心を打つ

The clock's hands strike at my heart

過ぎ行く春の欠片たちよ

Fragments of spring passing by

かすかに香る真夏の気配に

Sensing a faint scent of midsummer

ふわり揺れながら

Floating gently, swaying softly

優しい秋は前触れなく

Gentle autumn comes unannounced

凍てつくような冬の影まとい

Clad in the shadow of a freezing winter

涙にぬれた蕾を抱きしめ

Holding tight to buds soaked in tears

また春を待っていた

Waiting once again for spring

あの　螺旋の中

Within that spiral

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
灰色 /はいろ/ A2	noun - gray color
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
時間 /じかん/ A1	noun - time
涙 /なみだ/ A2	noun - tears
春 /はる/ A1	noun - spring
夢 /ゆめ/ A2	noun - dream
影 /かげ/ B1	noun - shadow
道 /みち/ A2	noun - path/way
歌 /うた/ A1	noun - song
季節 /きせつ/ B1	noun - season
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart/mind
冬 /ふゆ/ A1	noun - winter
空 /そら/ A1	noun - sky
色 /いろ/ A1	noun - color
道 /みち/ A2	noun - road/path
蕾 /つぼみ/ B2	noun - bud (of a flower)

Grammar:

• 溶けない白さは　愛した二月の色

  ➔ The use of the negative form "ない" with a verb (溶けない) to indicate negation or absence.

  ➔ "ない" is a negative suffix used to negate verbs in Japanese, indicating 'not' or 'cannot'.

• 暮れる空を君は見たか？

  ➔ The use of the question particle "か" at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.

  ➔ "か" is a question particle used in Japanese to turn statements into questions.

• 時計の針が心を打つ

  ➔ The use of the subject particle "が" to mark the subject of the sentence.

  ➔ "が" is a subject marker in Japanese, indicating the topic or subject of the sentence.

• 季節は巡る

  ➔ The use of the verb "巡る" (meguru) to mean "to cycle" or "to go around" (in this case, seasons).

  ➔ "巡る" (meguru) means "to turn around" or "to circulate," used here metaphorically for the cycle of seasons.

• 涙に濡れた蕾を抱きしめ

  ➔ The use of the passive or descriptive phrase "に濡れた" to describe a state of being wet or soaked by tears.

  ➔ "に濡れた" literally means "wet with," describing something soaked or covered with tears.

• 優しい秋は前触れなく

  ➔ The phrase "前触れなく" uses "なく" to express "without" or "absence of" preceding something.

  ➔ "なく" is a classical negative form used here with "前触れ" (mae-sure), meaning "without warning" or "unexpectedly."