クスシキ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of 'Kusushiki' to discover the beauty of advanced Japanese vocabulary. This song is a perfect gateway for learners wanting to move beyond casual conversation and explore literary, expressive, and archaic nuances of the Japanese language through captivating melody.

[English]

It’s a profound mystery

Are words truly destiny?

That person who lived a lie

Fell straight down from the heavens

Or so I had heard

But it seems that person

Was actually loved by everyone

The feelings I wish to feel

Are therefore free and unfettered

Transformed from a mystical spell

Into a blissful paradise

"You are here"

Just by that alone, today too

I am reminded of the pain of living

The difference between "I love you" and "I'm sorry"

Is like the moon and the sun

Thinking "it's fine because I'll see you tomorrow"

Even a soul that learns nothing at all

Will think of you again

In this lifetime, too

It's an act of devotion

Rather than saying "I want to do this"

I want to hear "I want you to do this"

More than I realized, it's a world centered on myself

I want to devour a love that has gone around a turn and a half

Where is the medicine that can cure me?

According to the fools

This world is paradise

I can't be honest

Someday, I'm sure

Against that girl who can be so sincere

I'll fall behind and lose everything

The difference between "I love you" and "I like you so much"

Is like the moon and its surface

The words I swallowed again begin to sprout

If they stay inside my body forever

Before I know it, my love life grows complicated

Turning the page to the next chapter

I'll hum your song, even though you've turned to stone

And walk along

I'll smile and say I'm not alone

As I turn the thick pages of the next book

I'll hum my song, even though I've fallen ill

And walk along

Walking through the night all alone

I love you

I'm sorry

Goodbye

It's like a sun in the night

Through the mysterious flow of time

Even a soul that found what is precious

Will think of you again

In the next life, too

[Japanese]

摩訶不思議だ

言霊は誠か

偽ってる彼奴は

天に堕ちていった

って聞いたんだけども

彼奴はどうも

皆に愛されてたらしい

感じたい思いは

故に自由自在だ

奇しき術から転じた

まほろば

「あなたが居る」

それだけで今日も

生きる傷みを思い知らされる

愛してるとごめんねの差って

まるで月と太陽ね

また明日会えるからいいやって

何一つ学びやしない魂も

貴方をまた想う

今世も

奉仕だ

こうしたいとかより

こうして欲しいが聞きたい

思いの外 自分軸の世界

一周半廻った愛を喰らいたい

私に効く薬は何処だ

馬鹿に言わせりゃ

この世は極楽だ

正直になれない

私はいつか

素直になれるあの子にきっと

色々と遅れては奪われる

愛してると大好きの差って

まるで月と月面ね

また呑んだ言葉が芽を出して

身体の中にずっと残れば

気づけば拗れる恋模様

めくれば次の章

石になった貴方の歌を

口ずさんで歩こう

ひとりじゃないって笑おう

分厚めの次の本

病になった私の歌を

口ずさんで歩こう

ひとりの夜を歩こう

愛してるよ

ごめんね

じゃあね

まるで夜の太陽ね

クスシキ時間の流れで

大切を見つけた魂も

貴方をまた想う

来世も

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
摩訶不思議 makafushigi N1	adjective - mysterious / wonderful
言霊 kotodama N1	noun - the power of words
偽る itsuwaru N1	verb - to lie / deceive
彼奴 kyatsu N1	noun - that guy
故に yue ni N2	adverb - therefore / consequently
奇しき kushiki N1	adjective - mysterious / strange
まほろば mahoroba N1	noun - a wonderful place / utopia
魂 tamashii N2	noun - soul / spirit
奉仕 houshi N2	noun - service / devotion
極楽 gokuraku N2	noun - paradise / heaven
素直 sunao N3	adjective - honest / obedient / gentle
奪われる ubawareru N3	verb - to be taken away / snatched
拗れる kojireru N1	verb - to get complicated / worsen
口ずさむ kuchizusamu N2	verb - to hum / sing to oneself
分厚い buatsui N3	adjective - thick