サンタマリア – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: YANKEE

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

掌をふたつ 重ねたあいだ

Clasped hands pressed together

一枚の硝子で隔てられていた

Separated by a single sheet of glass

ここは面会室 あなたと僕は

This is the visitation room, you and I

決してひとつになりあえないそのままで

We are, just as we are, never truly becoming one

話をしている

Talking through the glass

今呪いにかけられたままふたりで

Now cursed, just the two of us

いくつも嘘をついて歩いていくのだろうか

How many lies will we tell as we walk along?

しとやかに重たい沈黙と優しさが

Gentle silence and kindness, so heavy

見開いた目と その目を繋いでいた

Our wide-open eyes, connected through that gaze

あなたは少し笑った

You slightly smiled

Ohh サンタマリア 何も言わないさ

Oh, Santa Maria, you say nothing at all

惑うだけの言葉で満たすくらいならば

Better than filling the silence with words that only confuse

Ohh 様々な幸せを砕いて 祈り疲れ

Oh, breaking various happiness, exhausted from praying

漸くあなたに 会えたのだから

Finally, I met you

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

Let's go together, towards that light

手をつなごう 意味なんか無くたって

Let’s hold hands, even without meaning

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いつか紺碧の 仙人掌が咲いて

Someday, a deep blue cactus will bloom

一枚の硝子は崩れるだろうさ

The glass will likely shatter

信じようじゃないか どんな明日でも

Let's believe, regardless of what tomorrow brings

重ねた手と手が触れ合うその日を

Waiting for the day when our hands once again touch

呪いが解けるのを

When the curse is broken

今この間にあなたがいなくなったら

If you disappear now, in this moment

悲しさや恐ろしさも消えてしまうのだろうか

Will sadness and fear also vanish?

昏い午後の道端で探しまわった

Searching along a dark afternoon street

呪いを解かす その小さなナイフを

For that small knife that breaks curses

汚れることのない歌を

A song that remains pure and untarnished

Ohh サンタマリア 全て正しいさ

Oh, Santa Maria, everything is right

どんな日々も過去も未来も間違いさえも

All days, the past, the future—even mistakes

Ohh その目には金色の朝日が 映り揺れる

Oh, in your eyes, the golden sunrise dances and sways

点滴のように 涙を落とす

Tears fall like drops from an IV drip

その瞳が いつだってあなたなら

If it’s you, always

落ち込んだ 泥濘の中だって

Even in the mud and despair

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ここは面会室 仙人掌は未だ咲かない 硝子は崩れない

This is the visitation room, the cactus still won't bloom, the glass won't shatter

そんな中で一本の蝋燭が 確かに灯り続ける

In this place, a single candle continues to burn steadily

あなたを見つめ あなたに見つめられ

Gazing at you, being watched by you

信じることを やめられないように

Unable to stop believing

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...

Ohh サンタマリア 何も言わないさ

Oh, Santa Maria, you say nothing at all

惑うだけの言葉で満たすくらいならば

Better than filling the silence with words that only confuse

Ohh 様々な幸せを砕いて 祈り疲れ

Oh, breaking various happiness, exhausted from praying

漸くあなたに 会えたのだから

Finally, I met you

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

Let's go together, towards that light

手をつなごう 意味なんか無くたって

Let’s hold hands, even without meaning

サンタマリア 闇を背負いながら

Santa Maria, carrying the darkness on our shoulders

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

Let's go together, towards that light

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
掌 /shō/ B2	noun - palm (of the hand)
硝子 /garasu/ B2	noun - glass
面会室 /menkai-shitsu/ C1	noun - visiting room
呪い /noroi/ B2	noun - curse
幸せ /shiawase/ A2	noun - happiness
祈り /inori/ B2	noun - prayer
光 /hikari/ A1	noun - light
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
涙 /namida/ A2	noun - tear
道 /michi/ A1	noun - road
悲しさ /kanashisa/ B2	noun - sadness
恐ろしさ /osoroshisa/ B2	noun - fearfulness
蝋燭 /rōsoku/ B2	noun - candle
灯り /akari/ B2	noun - light (source)
信じる /shinjiru/ B1	verb - to believe
探す /sagasu/ A2	verb - to search
崩れる /kuzureru/ B2	verb - to collapse

Key Grammar Structures

• あいだ

  ➔ used to indicate a duration or interval between two points or states

  ➔ In the phrase "掌をふたつ 重ねたあいだ", "あいだ" indicates the **interval** between two clasped hands.

• 隔てられていた

  ➔ passive form of "隔てる" indicating something was separated or隔开 in the past

  ➔ It indicates that the glass was "隔てられていた", meaning it had been separated or divided in the past.

• 決してひとつになりあえない

  ➔ using "決して" with negative form to mean "never" and "になりあえない" to express inability to become one

  ➔ The phrase "決してひとつになりあえない" means "never" be able to "become one", emphasizing impossibility.

• ～さえ

  ➔ particle used to indicate 'even' as an emphasis on the extremity or surprise

  ➔ In "信じようじゃないか どんな明日でも", the usage of "さえ" emphasizes "even" the most uncertain or difficult future.

• ～と

  ➔ quotative particle used to indicate reported speech, thoughts, or a conditional "if"

  ➔ In "それを信じることを やめられないように", "ことを" + verb form indicates the act of doing something, such as "believe".

• ～ながら

  ➔ used to indicate simultaneous actions, meaning "while"

  ➔ In "点滴のように 涙を落とすその瞳が", the phrase "点滴のように" means "like a drip", describing the gentle, continuous nature.