オリオン – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: YOASOBI
• Album: THE BOOK for,

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the beautiful world of Japanese through 'Orion.' This song is perfect for learners looking to master emotive vocabulary and poetic phrasing, offering a window into how Japanese artists express profound longing and cosmic wonder through melody.

[English]

Lyrics: Ayase

Composition: Ayase

Casual things / Impossible things

Trivial things / Non-negotiable things

It's not funny, it's not funny

Before I knew it, so much has...

...

Two people who want to change / but can't

Without understanding / without knowing

Passing each other by, tangling together

Two fixed stars

Carrying their own destinies

...

I don't know 'bout everything

If you carry guilt or sin

Resolutions aren't in me

But I can see

Ties that bind us won't astray

Knowin' deep inside your veins

Tell me how'd it break away?

...

This ridiculous future

Is there no salvation?

A cruel apocalypse

Hey, why...

This kind of ending?

It's not what I wanted

I know

I realized it

Just like those stars

Nestled side by side in the night sky

Surely, surely

The truth is, the two of us

For so long, for so long

Were always caring for each other

...

No matter how much time passes

No matter how far apart we may be

The days I lived with you still shine

Like a star in the far distance

...

I won't show any more tears

I'll become stronger than anyone else

So that someday, under a clear sky

We can laugh together again

...

Hey, do you remember?

Back when I was a crybaby as a child

How you held me

In a tight embrace

...

Hey, do you remember?

That even if we were eventually separated

You told me

That you would definitely come back

...

I don't know 'bout everything

If you carry guilt or sin

Resolutions aren't in me

But I can see

Ties that bind us won't astray

Knowin' deep inside your veins

Tell me how'd it break away?

Still, I could say...

...

We don't know 'bout everything

We differ in how we think

Somethin' that'll always be

Remember these

Ties that bind us won't astray

Isolation, no, we gleam

Constellation, like a dream

...with you and me

...

You've been carrying it all by yourself, haven't you?

Through everything

Hey, please don't forget

No matter where you are

That there is someone thinking of you

Even if you lose your way

In a dark night so black you can't see tomorrow

Look, I promise

I will find you

...

You are not alone

A strong, straight line tied together

Breaking through the घेरा (encirclement)

Yes, no matter how many times we're apart

I believed that

We would meet here again

Those clouds that covered this city

We will pierce through them together

Hey, someday

Surely, surely

Just like those stars

Nestled side by side

...

No matter how much time passes

No matter how far apart we may be

You are not all alone

Look, if you trace them with your fingertips

...

I won't show any more tears

I'll become stronger than anyone else

On the day this sky finally clears

We can laugh together again

That's what I believe

[Japanese]

作词 : Ayase

作曲 : Ayase

何気ない / あり得ない こと

くだらない / 譲れない から

笑えない 笑えない

いつの間に こんなに

変わりたい / 変われない 二人

分からない / 解らない まま

すれ違い もつれ合う

二つの恒星

背負った運命

I don't know 'bout everything

If you carry guilt or sin

Resolutions aren't in me

But I can see

Ties that bind us won't astray

Knowin' deep inside your veins

Tell me how'd it break away?

こんな馬鹿らしい未来

救いはないの？

残酷な黙示録

ねえ どうして

こんな結末を

望んでなんかいないよ

知ってる

私 気付いてた

夜空に寄り添い並ぶ

あの星のように

きっときっと

本当は二人

ずっとずっと

想い合っていたのに

どれだけ時が過ぎても

たとえ どれだけ離れていても

君と生きたあの日々は今でも

遥か先の星のようにキラキラ

私 もう涙見せないから

私 誰より強くなるから

いつか 晴れた空の下で ほら

また一緒に笑い合いたいから

ねえ君は覚えている？

幼い頃の泣き虫だった

私のこと ぎゅっと

抱きしめてくれたこと

ねえ君は覚えている？

いつか離れ離れになったって

必ず帰ってくるって

言ってくれたこと

I don't know 'bout everything

If you carry guilt or sin

Resolutions aren't in me

But I can see

Ties that bind us won't astray

Knowin' deep inside your veins

Tell me how'd it break away?

Still, I could say...

We don't know 'bout everything

We differ in how we think

Somethin' that'll always be

Remember these

Ties that bind us won't astray

Isolation, no, we gleam

Constellation, like a dream

...with you and me

一人 背負い続けてきたんだよね

どんな時も

ねえ 忘れないで

どこに居ても

君のことを想う人がいること

明日が見えないほどの闇夜に

迷い込んでしまっても

ほらね 必ず

見つけ出すから

一人じゃないよ

強く結んだ一直線

飛び出した包囲網

そう 何度離れても

また此処で会えると

信じていたよ

この街を覆ったあの雲を

一緒に穿つんだ

ねえ いつの日か

きっときっと

寄り添い並ぶ

あの星のように

どれだけ時が過ぎても

たとえ どれだけ離れていても

君は 一人きりじゃないんだよ

かざす指先でほら なぞれば

私 もう涙見せないから

私 誰より強くなるから

いつかこの空が晴れた日には

また一緒に笑い合える

そう信じてる

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
恒星 kousei N1	noun - fixed star
運命 unmei N3	noun - fate, destiny
残酷 zankoku N2	adjective - cruel, brutal
黙示録 mokushiroku N1	noun - apocalypse, revelation
結末 ketsumatsu N3	noun - end, conclusion
寄り添う yorisou N2	verb - to nestle close to, to cuddle
遥か haruka N2	adjective - far away, distant
幼い osanai N3	adjective - very young, childish
泣き虫 nakimushi N3	noun - crybaby
抱きしめる dakishimeru N3	verb - to hug, to hold in one's arms
闇夜 yamiyo N2	noun - dark night
一直線 icchokusen N2	noun - straight line
包囲網 houimou N1	noun - siege, dragnet
穿つ ugatsu N1	verb - to pierce, to penetrate
指先 yubisaki N3	noun - fingertip

Key Grammar Structures

• 望んでなんかいないよ

  ➔ Emphasis via 'nanka'

  ➔ The particle "nanka" adds a tone of denial, minimizing or dismissing the previous action, implying 'not at all'.

• 本当は二人 ずっとずっと 想い合っていたのに

  ➔ Concessive 'noni'

  ➔ The conjunction "noni" indicates that the actual result is contrary to what was expected, often expressing regret or dissatisfaction.

• どれだけ時が過ぎても

  ➔ Concessive conditional 'tote/temo'

  ➔ The form "-te mo" means 'even if', used here to emphasize that time passing will not change the situation.

• 私 誰より強くなるから

  ➔ Reason/Cause 'kara'

  ➔ In this context, "kara" indicates the reason for a subsequent action or determination, linking it to the future outcome.

• 必ず帰ってくるって言ってくれたこと

  ➔ Quotative 'tte'

  ➔ The colloquial particle "tte" functions as a contraction of "to", used to quote what someone said.

• 君は一人きりじゃないんだよ

  ➔ Explanatory 'n da yo'

  ➔ The ending "n da yo" is used to explain a situation or convey information with a sense of empathy or emphasis.

• かざす指先でほら なぞれば

  ➔ Conditional 'ba'

  ➔ The suffix "-ba" expresses a pure condition, meaning 'if you trace it with your fingertip, [you will see/feel it]'.

• 笑えない 笑えない

  ➔ Potential negative form

  ➔ The potential form 'waraeru' (can laugh) becomes 'waraenai' (cannot laugh), expressing an inability or unwillingness to find humor in a situation.