Lemon – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: STRAY SHEEP

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

夢ならばどれほどよかったでしょう

How wonderful it would have been if it were just a dream

未だにあなたのことを夢にみる

I still see you in my dreams

忘れた物を取りに帰るように

Like going back to retrieve something forgotten

古びた思い出の埃を払う

I brush off the dust of old memories

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戻らない幸せがあることを

There are happinesses that won't return

最後にあなたが教えてくれた

You taught me that in the end

言えずに隠してた昏い過去も

The dark past I couldn't speak of

あなたがいなきゃ永遠に昏いまま

Would remain forever dark without you

きっともうこれ以上傷つくことなど

I know for sure that I won't be hurt anymore

ありはしないとわかっている

I understand that now

あの日の悲しみさえ あの日の苦しみさえ

Even the sadness of that day, even the pain of that day

そのすべてを愛してた あなたとともに

I loved all of it, together with you

胸に残り離れない 苦いレモンの匂い

The bitter scent of lemon lingers in my heart

雨が降り止むまでは帰れない

I can't go home until the rain stops

今でもあなたはわたしの光

Even now, you are my light

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暗闇であなたの背をなぞった

In the darkness, I traced your back

その輪郭を鮮明に覚えている

I vividly remember that outline

受け止めきれないものと出会うたび

Every time I encounter something I can't handle

溢れてやまないのは涙だけ

What overflows is only tears

何をしていたの 何を見ていたの

What were you doing? What were you looking at?

わたしの知らない横顔で

With a profile I don't know

どこかであなたが今

Somewhere, if you are now

わたしと同じ様な

In a similar state of

涙にくれ淋しさの中にいるなら

Tears and loneliness, then please forget about me

わたしのことなどどうか忘れてください

I wish for that from the bottom of my heart

そんなことを心から願うほどに

Even now, you are my light

今でもあなたはわたしの光

今でもあなたはわたしの光

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自分が思うより 恋をしていたあなたに

You were in love more than you thought

あれから思うように 息ができない

Since then, I can't breathe as I wish

あんなに側にいたのに まるで嘘みたい

Even though you were so close, it feels like a lie

とても忘れられない それだけが確か

I can't forget it, that's the only certainty

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あの日の悲しみさえ あの日の苦しみさえ

Even the sadness of that day, even the pain of that day

そのすべてを愛してた あなたとともに

I loved all of it, together with you

胸に残り離れない苦いレモンの匂い

The bitter scent of lemon lingers in my heart

雨が降り止むまでは帰れない

I can't go home until the rain stops

切り分けた果実の片方の様に

Like one half of a divided fruit

今でもあなたはわたしの光

Even now, you are my light

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
夢 /mu/ A2	noun - dream
幸せ /shiawase/ A2	noun - happiness
過去 /kako/ B1	noun - past
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tears
光 /hikari/ A2	noun - light
苦しみ /kurushimi/ B1	noun - suffering
匂い /nioi/ B1	noun - smell
果実 /kajitsu/ B2	noun - fruit
思い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - memory
側 /gawa/ B2	noun - side
悲しみ /kanashimi/ B1	noun - sadness
切り分ける /kiriwakeru/ B2	verb - to divide
忘れる /wasureru/ A2	verb - to forget
帰る /kaeru/ A2	verb - to return
教える /oshieru/ A2	verb - to teach
思う /omou/ A2	verb - to think
傷つく /kizutsuku/ B2	verb - to get hurt

Key Grammar Structures

• 夢ならばどれほどよかったでしょう

  ➔ Conditional form with ば (if) and conjectural でしょう (probably)

  ➔ Expresses a hypothetical or wishful scenario, with ば indicating 'if' and でしょう adding uncertainty or conjecture.

• 未だにあなたのことを夢にみる

  ➔ Use of に to indicate the target of the verb みる (to see/dream).

  ➔ The particle に marks the noun that is the object of dreaming or seeing.

• 古びた思い出の埃を払う

  ➔ Use of を to mark the direct object of the transitive verb 払う (to sweep/clean).

  ➔ を marks the direct object that is being cleaned or removed.

• 古びた思い出の埃を払う

  ➔ Use of the possessive の to indicate 'of' in compound nouns.

  ➔ の indicates possession or a relationship between nouns, meaning 'of'.

• あなたがいなきゃ永遠に昏いまま

  ➔ Conditional form with きゃ (if you don't), contraction of いなければ (if not).

  ➔ A colloquial contraction of いなければ (if you don't), expressing a condition of absence.

• 胸に残り離れない 苦いレモンの匂い

  ➔ Use of に to indicate the location of remaining (胸に), and の to modify nouns (レモンの匂い).

  ➔ に indicates the place where something remains, and の connects nouns to describe the lemon scent.

• 雨が降り止むまでは帰れない

  ➔ Use of までは to denote 'until', showing the boundary of an action.

  ➔ までは indicates 'until' a certain point in time or condition, defining the limit for an action.