青のすみか

• By: キタニタツヤ
• Album: ROUNDABOUT

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

どこまでも続くような青の季節は

The endless blue season seems to go on forever.

四つ並ぶ眼の前を遮るものは何もない

There’s nothing blocking the view of the four aligned eyes.

アスファルト 蝉時雨を反射して

Reflected in the asphalt, the chorus of cicadas.

きみという沈黙が聞こえなくなる（聞こえなくなる）

I can no longer hear the silence that is you (that is you).

この日々が色褪せる

These days are fading away.

僕と違うきみの匂いを知ってしまっても

Even after learning your scent, so different from mine.

置き忘れてきた永遠の底に

In the depths of the eternity I left behind,

今でも青が棲んでいる

Even now, blue still dwells there.

今でも青は澄んでいる

Even now, blue remains clear.

どんな祈りも言葉も

No matter what prayers or words I send,

近づけるのに 届かなかった

They couldn’t reach, though I tried to get close.

まるで 静かな恋のような

Almost like a quiet love story.

頬を伝った夏のような色のなか

Among colours like the summer that ran down my cheek.

きみを呪う言葉がずっと喉の奥につかえてる

Words cursing you are stuck deep in my throat.

「また会えるよね」って 声にならない声

A voice that can’t quite become words, saying 'We’ll meet again.'

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昼下がり じめつく風の季節は

In the midday season, with the dry wind blowing.

想い馳せる まだ何者でもなかった僕らの肖像

Reflecting on our selves—just a portrait of the me who hadn’t become anything yet.

何もかも分かち合えたはずだった

Everything we shared, I thought we understood.

あの日から少しずつ

Little by little, since that day,

きみと違う僕という呪いが肥っていく

The curse of being different from you—the me—I’m growing bigger.

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

きみの笑顔の奥の憂いを（憂いを）

The grief behind your smile—

見落としたこと 悔やみ尽くして（み尽くして）

Regretting missing it all, endlessly.

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

(La-la-la-la, la-la-la-la)

徒花と咲いて散っていくきみに

To you, who bloom then wither like a fleeting flower.

さよなら

Goodbye.

今でも青が棲んでいる

Even now, blue still dwells there.

今でも青は澄んでいる

Even now, blue remains clear.

どんな祈りも言葉も

No matter what prayers or words I send,

近づけるのに 届かなかった

They couldn’t reach, though I tried to get close.

まるで 静かな恋のような

Almost like a quiet love story.

頬を伝った夏のような色のなか

Among colours like the summer that ran down my cheek.

きみを呪う言葉がずっと喉の奥につかえてる

Words cursing you are stuck deep in my throat.

「また会えるよね」って 声にならない声

A voice that can’t quite become words, saying 'We’ll meet again.'

無限に膨張する銀河の星の粒のように

Like particles of stars in an expanding galaxy,

指の隙間を零れた

They spilled through the gaps between my fingers.

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
季節 /kəːseː/ B1	noun - season
青 /aoi/ A2	noun - blue, green
季節 /kəːseː/ B1	noun - season
眼 /me/ A2	noun - eye
遮る /saegiru/ B2	verb - to block,遮る (to遮る or遮断)
アスファルト /asufaruto/ B1	noun - asphalt
蝉時雨 /semi-shigure/ C1	noun - cicada rain (the sound of cicadas in summer)
沈黙 /chinmoku/ B2	noun - silence, silence
匂い /nioi/ A2	noun - smell, aroma
永遠 /eien/ B2	noun - eternity, forever
底 /soko/ A2	noun - bottom
色 /iro/ A2	noun - color
静か /shizuka/ B2	adjective - quiet, calm
恋 /koi/ B1	noun - love (romantic)
花 /hana/ A1	noun - flower

Grammar:

• きみという沈黙が聞こえなくなる

  ➔ The use of 〜が (ga) indicates the subject of the sentence, emphasizing the thing that is 'disappearing' or 'becoming inaudible'.

  ➔ The particle 〜が marks the subject that undergoes a change, here indicating that the 'silence' no longer can be heard.

• この日々が色褪せる

  ➔ The verb 〜が褪せる (aseru) is an intransitive verb meaning 'to fade' or 'to lose color'.

  ➔ The verb 〜が褪せる describes the fading or loss of color of the days, emphasizing change over time.

• 今でも青が棲んでいる

  ➔ The verb 〜が棲む (sumu) is an intransitive verb meaning 'to dwell' or 'to live' (in a place).

  ➔ The verb 〜が棲む indicates that 'blue' (青) continues to dwell or exist in that place or state, emphasizing ongoing presence.

• まるで 静かな恋のような

  ➔ The phrase 〜のような (〜 no yō na) is used to compare or liken one thing to another, meaning 'like' or 'similar to'.

  ➔ The phrase 〜のような introduces a comparison, suggesting that something resembles or is akin to a 'quiet love' or a 'summer's hue'.

• 指の隙間を零れた

  ➔ The verb 〜を零れる (koboreru) is intransitive, meaning 'to spill out' or 'to overflow', with 〜を marking the direct object (the gap between fingers).

  ➔ The verb 〜を零れる describes how something spilled or overflowed through the gap between fingers, emphasizing the flowing or scattering of particles like stars.