サンタマリア – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: 米津玄師
• Album: YANKEE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into 'Santa Maria,' Kenshi Yonezu's pivotal major label debut, and discover a song that beautifully blends the artist's introspective struggles with an uplifting message of hope and connection. Its rich lyrics and unique blend of live instrumentation make it an excellent entry point for understanding the depth and artistic evolution of Yonezu's music and the nuances of Japanese songwriting.

[English]

Clasped hands pressed together

Separated by a single sheet of glass

This is the visitation room, you and I

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

Talking through the glass

Now cursed, just the two of us

How many lies will we tell as we walk along?

Gentle silence and kindness, so heavy

Our wide-open eyes, connected through that gaze

You slightly smiled

Oh, Santa Maria, you say nothing at all

Better than filling the silence with words that only confuse

Oh, breaking various happiness, exhausted from praying

Finally, I met you

Let's go together, towards that light

Let’s hold hands, even without meaning

...

Someday, a deep blue cactus will bloom

The glass will likely shatter

Let's believe, regardless of what tomorrow brings

Waiting for the day when our hands once again touch

When the curse is broken

If you disappear now, in this moment

Will sadness and fear also vanish?

Searching along a dark afternoon street

For that small knife that breaks curses

A song that remains pure and untarnished

Oh, Santa Maria, everything is right

All days, the past, the future—even mistakes

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

Tears fall like drops from an IV drip

If it’s you, always

Even in the mud and despair

...

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

In this place, a single candle continues to burn steadily

Gazing at you, being watched by you

Unable to stop believing

...

Oh, Santa Maria, you say nothing at all

Better than filling the silence with words that only confuse

Oh, breaking various happiness, exhausted from praying

Finally, I met you

Let's go together, towards that light

Let’s hold hands, even without meaning

Santa Maria, carrying the darkness on our shoulders

Let's go together, towards that light

...

[Japanese]

掌をふたつ 重ねたあいだ

一枚の硝子で隔てられていた

ここは面会室 あなたと僕は

決してひとつになりあえないそのままで

話をしている

今呪いにかけられたままふたりで

いくつも嘘をついて歩いていくのだろうか

しとやかに重たい沈黙と優しさが

見開いた目と その目を繋いでいた

あなたは少し笑った

Ohh サンタマリア 何も言わないさ

惑うだけの言葉で満たすくらいならば

Ohh 様々な幸せを砕いて 祈り疲れ

漸くあなたに 会えたのだから

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

手をつなごう 意味なんか無くたって

いつか紺碧の 仙人掌が咲いて

一枚の硝子は崩れるだろうさ

信じようじゃないか どんな明日でも

重ねた手と手が触れ合うその日を

呪いが解けるのを

今この間にあなたがいなくなったら

悲しさや恐ろしさも消えてしまうのだろうか

昏い午後の道端で探しまわった

呪いを解かす その小さなナイフを

汚れることのない歌を

Ohh サンタマリア 全て正しいさ

どんな日々も過去も未来も間違いさえも

Ohh その目には金色の朝日が 映り揺れる

点滴のように 涙を落とす

その瞳が いつだってあなたなら

落ち込んだ 泥濘の中だって

ここは面会室 仙人掌は未だ咲かない 硝子は崩れない

そんな中で一本の蝋燭が 確かに灯り続ける

あなたを見つめ あなたに見つめられ

信じることを やめられないように

Ohh サンタマリア 何も言わないさ

惑うだけの言葉で満たすくらいならば

Ohh 様々な幸せを砕いて 祈り疲れ

漸くあなたに 会えたのだから

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

手をつなごう 意味なんか無くたって

サンタマリア 闇を背負いながら

一緒にいこう あの光の方へ

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.