MO-EH-YO – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Fujii Kaze

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

しょげた顔をひっさげて

Carrying a downcast face

石ころを蹴っ飛ばして

Kicking stones away

太陽が泣いてるよ

The sun is crying

ほら見上げてみて

Look up and see

ほんとは君の中で

Actually, deep inside you

くすぶる熱い光

There’s a smoldering, hot light

太陽に叫ぼうよ

Let’s shout to the sun

ほら見上げてみて

Look up and see

燃えよ

Burn

あの空に燃えよ

Burn in that sky

明日なんか来ると思わずに燃えよ

Don’t think tomorrow will come, just burn

クールなフリ、もうええよ

Enough with the cool act

強がりも、もうええよ

Enough with pretending to be strong

汗かいてもええよ、

It’s okay to sweat,

恥かいてもええよ

It’s okay to be embarrassed

簡単じゃないかもね

It might not be easy

でも難しくはない

But it’s not that hard

迷いながら探すの

Searching while being lost

それはみんな同じ

That’s the same for everyone

燃えよ

Burn

あの空に燃えよ

Burn in that sky

明日なんか来ると、思わずに燃えよ

Don’t think tomorrow will come, just burn

クールなフリ、もうええよ

Enough with the cool act

強がりも、もうええよ

Enough with pretending to be strong

汗かいてもええよ

It’s okay to sweat

恥かいてもええよ

It’s okay to be embarrassed

確かなものにはKeep, hold on

For certain things, keep, hold on

なら明日のことなどNo, no baby

Then don’t think about tomorrow, no, no baby

今日だけ見つめてPlease stay strong

Just focus on today, please stay strong

毎日がBirthday, we are babies

Every day is a birthday, we are babies

あぁマジで何も怖くない

Ah, I’m really not afraid of anything

この風のって進め先へ

Ride this wind and move forward

燃えよ

Burn

あの空に燃えよ

Burn in that sky

明日なんか来ると、思わずに燃えよ

Don’t think tomorrow will come, just burn

クールなフリ、もうええよ

Enough with the cool act

強がりも、もうええよ

Enough with pretending to be strong

汗かいてもええよ

It’s okay to sweat

恥かいてもええよ

It’s okay to be embarrassed

あの空に燃えよ

Burn in that sky

燃えよ…

Burn...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
顔 /kao/ A1	noun - face
太陽 /taiyō/ A1	noun - sun
光 /hikari/ A2	noun - light
叫ぶ /sakebu/ B1	verb - to shout
燃える /moeru/ B1	verb - to burn
強がり /tsuyogari/ B2	noun - pretending to be strong
汗 /ase/ A2	noun - sweat
恥 /haji/ B1	noun - shame
簡単 /kantan/ A2	adjective - easy
難しい /muzukashii/ B1	adjective - difficult
迷う /mayou/ B2	verb - to hesitate
探す /sagasu/ B1	verb - to search
確か /tashika/ B2	adjective - certain
進む /susumu/ B1	verb - to advance
今日 /kyō/ A1	noun - today
明日 /ashita/ A1	noun - tomorrow
風 /kaze/ A2	noun - wind

Key Grammar Structures

• ～ている

  ➔ Present continuous tense (e.g., '泣いてる')

  ➔ Used to express an ongoing action happening now or in the near future.

• ～ながら

  ➔ While doing something (e.g., '迷いながら')

  ➔ Expresses doing two things simultaneously, often contrasted or implying coordination.

• ～ように

  ➔ In order to / so that (e.g., '燃えように')

  ➔ Indicates purpose or intention, expressing what one hopes to achieve.

• ～じゃないか

  ➔ Expressing invitation or suggestion (e.g., '燃えよ' implied 'Let's burn!')

  ➔ Used to make a suggestion or invitation, often implying shared enthusiasm or encouragement.

• ～てもいい

  ➔ Permission or allowance (e.g., '汗かいてもいい')

  ➔ Expresses permission or that it is acceptable to do something.

• ～から

  ➔ Because / from (e.g., '難しくはないから')

  ➔ Indicates a reason or cause for something.

• ～だけ

  ➔ Only / just (e.g., '今日だけ')

  ➔ Emphasizes exclusivity or limit to a certain extent based on time or quantity.