RAISE MY SWORD – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: GALNERYUS

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

I'm searching for the sense of my life

I'm searching for the sense of my life

Where am I going?

Where am I going?

見果てぬ先を思いながら

Thinking of the unseen future

引き返すことは許されず

Turning back is not allowed

ただ、戦いを選びゆく

I choose to fight

守るべきもの 信じるものは

What I must protect, what I believe in

数奇な運命に揺られ

Swayed by a strange fate

薄く灰色に色づいた希望にすがり

Clinging to hopes tinged with a faint gray

この白夜も切り裂けと Cry out

I cry out to tear through this white night

Raise my sword

Raise my sword

Freedom became thousands of flames

Freedom became thousands of flames

目覚めよ今この時

Awaken now, at this moment

Raise my hope

Raise my hope

嘆きは確かな希望へと変わるだろう

Sorrow will surely transform into certain hope

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塞ぎかける曇った心が

My clouded heart, which is about to close up

踏みしめる陸を濡らしてゆく

Soaks the ground I tread upon

消えない虚像に悶えながら

While writhing in an unvanishing illusion

ただ、悲壮の大地へゆく

I simply head towards the land of despair

撃たれた刹那 目覚めた心

In the moment I was shot, my heart awakened

揺れる思いも打ち棄てよ

Cast away the wavering feelings

瞬刻に燃え上がる意識よ

Oh consciousness, ignite in an instant

望み繋ぐ揺るぎない刃になれ Cry out

Become an unwavering blade that connects hopes, cry out

Raise my sword

Raise my sword

Freedom became thousands of flames

Freedom became thousands of flames

今翔けよ あの空へ

Now soar into that sky

Raise my hope

Raise my hope

悲しみは確かに希望へと変わるだろう

Sadness will surely transform into hope

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見上げると、そこは変わらぬ空

When I look up, the sky remains unchanged

悠遠の君想う

I think of you from afar

瞬刻に燃え上がる意識よ

Oh consciousness, ignite in an instant

望み繋ぐ揺るぎない刃になれ Cry out

Become an unwavering blade that connects hopes, cry out

Raise my sword

Raise my sword

Freedom became thousands of flames

Freedom became thousands of flames

目覚めよ今この時

Awaken now, at this moment

Raise my hope

Raise my hope

嘆きは確かな希望へと変わるだろう

Sorrow will surely transform into certain hope

Raise my sword

Raise my sword

Freedom became thousands of flames

Freedom became thousands of flames

今翔けよ あの空へ

Now soar into that sky

Raise my hope I cut off all of enemies

Raise my hope, I cut off all of my enemies

明日の陽は確かに君の瞳に映るだろう

The sun of tomorrow will surely reflect in your eyes

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
searching /ˈsɜːrtʃɪŋ/ B1	verb - trying to find something
life /laɪf/ A1	noun - the condition that distinguishes animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, reproduction, functional activity, and continual change preceding death.
戦い(tatakai) /tatakai/ B2	noun - battle; fight; combat; warfare verb - to fight; to battle; to combat
守る(mamoru) /mamoru/ B1	verb - to protect; to defend
運命(unmei) /unmei/ B2	noun - fate; destiny
希望(kibou) /kiboː/ B1	noun - hope verb - to hope
Cry /kraɪ/ A2	verb - to shed tears
sword /sɔːrd/ B1	noun - a weapon with a long metal blade and a hilt
freedom /ˈfriːdəm/ B1	noun - the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance.
flames /fleɪmz/ B1	noun - a hot glowing body of ignited gas that is generated by something on fire.
嘆き(nageki) /nageki/ C1	noun - grief, sorrow, lamentation
曇った(kumotta) /kumotta/ B2	adjective - cloudy, dim, dull
悲壮(hisou) /hisóː/ C1	adjective - tragic, pathetic, heroic
心(kokoro) /kokoro/ A2	noun - heart, mind, spirit
空(sora) /sora/ A1	noun - sky
明日(ashita) /aʃita/ A1	noun - tomorrow
瞳(hitomi) /hitomi/ B1	noun - eye, pupil

Key Grammar Structures

• I'm searching for the sense of my life

  ➔ Present continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase "I'm searching" indicates an ongoing action.

• Where am I going?

  ➔ Interrogative form

  ➔ The structure "Where am I going?" is used to ask about direction.

• ただ、戦いを選びゆく

  ➔ Verb form with て form

  ➔ The phrase "選びゆく" indicates a continuous action of choosing.

• Freedom became thousands of flames

  ➔ Simple past tense

  ➔ The phrase "became" indicates a completed action in the past.

• 嘆きは確かな希望へと変わるだろう

  ➔ Future tense with だろう

  ➔ The phrase "変わるだろう" suggests a prediction about the future.

• 今翔けよ あの空へ

  ➔ Imperative form

  ➔ The phrase "翔けよ" is a command to take action.

• 明日の陽は確かに君の瞳に映るだろう

  ➔ Future tense with だろう

  ➔ The phrase "映るだろう" indicates a belief about the future.