季路 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Aimer
• Album: Walpurgis

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the lyrical beauty of Aimer's "季路"! This captivating song, rich with poetic imagery of changing seasons and human emotions, offers a wonderful opportunity to immerse yourself in the Japanese language. You can explore nuanced expressions related to nature, time, and inner feelings, as well as common vocabulary used in emotional ballads. Aimer's distinct vocal style and the song's connection to the popular "Mo Dao Zu Shi" anime make it a special and memorable piece for language learners to discover.

[English]

Gray, cloudy sky

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

The time we spent together is bound by an unbreakable magic

I learned about the season that was lost

Even my sighs turn white as they dye the air

The song in the shade of the trees, still lost

Did you see the sunset fade away?

The clock's hands strike at my heart

Time passing by traces its own path

Again and again, carrying the same scenery

Let's dream a faint dream

Even gentle words I do not know

Fragments of the freezing night

Holding tightly to buds soaked in tears

Waiting for that spring

Weaving the splendid colors of time

The crimson that falls into the closed world

Guides me back along the seasonal path

Dye the whisper in blue,

While dreaming of a golden sky

Even the warmth seemed distant,

The clock's hands move without hesitation

Fragments of spring passing by

Sensing a faint scent of midsummer

Floating gently, swaying softly

Gentle autumn comes unannounced

Clad in the shadow of a freezing winter

Holding tight to buds soaked in tears

Just waiting for spring again

Now, within the spiral

The seasons keep turning

Following, getting lost,

Stumbling again and again

All to deliver the same flower

The clock's hands strike at my heart

Fragments of spring passing by

Sensing a faint scent of midsummer

Floating gently, swaying softly

Gentle autumn comes unannounced

Clad in the shadow of a freezing winter

Holding tight to buds soaked in tears

Waiting once again for spring

Within that spiral

[Japanese]

灰色　曇り空

溶けない白さは　愛した二月の色

重ねる時間は　解けない魔法で

失くした季節を知った

溜息も白く染めて

木陰の歌　失くしたままで

暮れる空を君は見たか？

時計の針が心を打つ

過ぎ行く時が辿る路も

何度も同じ景色を携え

淡い夢を見よう

優しい言葉さえ知らない　

凍てつく夜の欠片たちよ

涙に濡れた蕾を抱きしめ

その春を待っていた

編む　時間の絢

閉ざした世界に落とした紅色が

導く　季節の帰路

囁きを藍く染めて　

黄金の空　夢見たままで

温もりまで遠く見えた

時計の針は戸惑いなく　

過ぎ行く春の欠片たちよ

かすかに香る真夏の気配に

ふわり揺れながら

優しい秋は前触れなく

凍てつくような冬の影まとい

涙にぬれた蕾を抱きしめ　

ただ春を待っていた

今　螺旋の中

季節は巡る

辿って　迷って　

何度も躓いては

同じ花届けるために

時計の針が心を打つ

過ぎ行く春の欠片たちよ

かすかに香る真夏の気配に

ふわり揺れながら

優しい秋は前触れなく

凍てつくような冬の影まとい

涙にぬれた蕾を抱きしめ

また春を待っていた

あの　螺旋の中

Key Vocabulary

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)

Key Grammar Structures

• 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."