もう一度 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Tani Yuuki

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

ねぇ、いつになれば君に会えるの？

Hey, when will I finally get to see you?

ねぇ、いつになれば世界は戻るの？

Hey, when will the world go back to the way it was?

あとどれくらい続いてくのだろう？

How much longer will this last, I wonder?

とても暗い足元の日々よ

It's been such dark days beneath my feet

ごめん、辛い。目に見えぬ恐怖に

Sorry, it's so painful — in the unseen fear

心砕かれて諦めてしまいそう

My heart feels shattered, ready to give up

手を取り合いもう一度

Let's hold hands again

共に夜明けを迎えよう

And greet the dawn together

終わりの無い不安も

All the never-ending worries

戻りはしない時間も

And the time that can never come back

抱きしめて進むから

I'll hold them close and move forward

手を取り合いもう一度

Let's hold hands again

共に願いを叶えよう

And make our wishes come true together

孤独に耐えた日々も誰かのための一歩

The days I endured alone are steps for someone else

あの日の笑顔に会いに行こう

Let's go see the smile from that day

ねぇ、知ってるよ先が見えていないこと

Hey, I know that the future isn't clear

ねぇ、知ってるよ元には戻らないこと

Hey, I know we can't go back to before

あとどれくらい続けられるだろう？

I wonder how much longer I can keep going

声のない心の叫びを

The silent screams of my heart

ごめん、辛い。が浮かばれないでしょ

Sorry, this pain, it’s hard to bear, right?

諦めてしまえばそこで終わりなの

If you give up, that’s where it ends

手を取り合いもう一度

Let's hold hands again

友に願いを捧げよう

Let's dedicate our wishes to our friends

失われた命

Lost lives

この祈りよ永遠に

May this prayer be eternal

忘れずに刻むから

Because I’ll remember and keep it alive

手を取り合いもう一度

Let's hold hands again

僕は誓いを歌うよ

I will sing our vow

次の世代の誰か

For someone in the next generation

僕らの子供達が迷わず歩いて行けるように

So our children can walk without hesitation

手を取り愛をもう一度

Hold hands and love once more

枯れた世界を繋げよう

Let's reconnect this withered world

壊れないように

So it won’t break apart

失くさないように

So we don't lose it

抱きしめて進むから

We'll embrace and move forward

手を取り合いもう一度

Let's hold hands again

僕ら何度も歌うよ

We’ll sing it over and over

世界中のどこか

Somewhere in the world

歌を聴いた君が

You, who hear the song

笑ってくれるように

Will smile for us

もう一度、もう一度

Once more, once more

手を取り愛をもう一度

Hold hands and love again

共に夜明けを迎えよう

Let's greet the dawn together

終わりの無い不安も

All the endless worries

戻りはしない時間も

And the time that won’t come back

抱きしめて進むから

We'll hold on and move forward

手を取り愛をもう一度

Hold hands and love again

共に願いを叶えよう

Let’s make our wishes come true together

孤独に耐えた日々も

The days I endured in loneliness

誰かのための一歩

Are steps for someone else

僕らの明日を迎えに行こう

Let's go welcome our tomorrow

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
会える /a.eru/ A2	verb - to be able to meet
世界 /se.kai/ A1	noun - world
暗い /ku.rai/ A2	adjective - dark
辛い /tsu.ra.i/ B1	adjective - painful, difficult
心 /ko.ko.ro/ A2	noun - heart, mind
不安 /fu.an/ B2	noun - anxiety, unease
願い /ne.gai/ B1	noun - wish, desire
抱きしめる /da.ki.shime.ru/ B2	verb - to hug, to embrace
進む /su.su.mu/ B1	verb - to advance, to proceed
命 /i.me.i/ B2	noun - life, existence
誓い /chi.kai/ B2	noun - oath, vow
子供 /ko.do.mo/ A1	noun - child
笑顔 /e.ga.o/ B1	noun - smile
明日 /a.su.ta/ A1	noun - tomorrow

Key Grammar Structures

• もう一度

  ➔ The phrase 'もう一度' means 'once more' or 'again'.

  ➔ Used to express doing something **again** or **once more**.

• 心砕かれて

  ➔ The passive form of '砕く' (to break), here meaning 'my heart is broken' or 'heart is shattered'.

  ➔ Expresses that the subject **is affected by** the action, often conveying vulnerability or emotional pain.

• 心砕かれて

  ➔ Using the te-form of a verb in Japanese, which connects it to subsequent verbs or phrases, here conveying ongoing or resulting state.

  ➔ The te-form of a verb used to link actions or describe a continuing state, indicating a situation **being affected by** an action.

• 諦めてしまえば

  ➔ Conditional form of '諦める' (to give up), meaning 'if you give up'.

  ➔ Expresses that **if** you decide to give up, then the preceding statement or action is affected.

• 願いを叶えよう

  ➔ Volitional form of '叶える' (to grant/fulfill), here meaning 'let's fulfill'.

  ➔ Expresses a **let's** or **shall** intention to fulfill or realize a wish or goal.

• 世界中のどこか

  ➔ The phrase 'どこか' means 'somewhere', combined with '世界中の' meaning 'throughout the world'.

  ➔ Indicates an unspecified place **somewhere** across the **whole world**.