さよなら、アリス

• By: Flower
• Album: 花時計

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

さよならだね、アリス

Goodbye, Alice

最後にキミの名前 呼び捨てにしてみるけど なんか泣きたくなるよ

In the end, I try calling your name without honorifics, but it makes me want to cry.

Good-bye my sweet girl

Good-bye my sweet girl

Good-bye my sweet love, bye-bye

Good-bye my sweet love, bye-bye

笑っちゃうくらいに 一途すぎる 恋が終わったよ

It's almost laughable how devoted I was; our love has ended.

まだキミを知らない頃の ボクに戻っただけさ

I've just returned to the time before I knew you.

キミはボクを（キミはボクを） 忘れていいんだよ

You can forget me (you can forget me) if you want.

だってボクが キミのこと 忘れはしないから 永遠に(Still love you)

Because I will never forget you, forever (Still love you).

もしも生まれ変わって また出逢えたとしたら

If we were to be reborn and meet again,

ボクたちはねえ もう一度 結ばれるかな？

I wonder if we could be together once more?

さよならだね、アリス

Goodbye, Alice

最後にキミの名前 呼び捨てにしてみるけど すごくせつなくなるよ

In the end, I try calling your name without honorifics, but it makes me feel so sad.

もうキミに... もう逢えないね...

I can’t see you anymore...

信じるってことは とてもとても 難しいんだね

Believing is really, really difficult, isn’t it?

自分だけのものにしたいなんて 思ってたんだ

I wanted to make you mine alone.

ボクはキミを（ボクはキミを） 好きになりすぎて

I loved you (I loved you) too much,

自分なんて これっぽちも 好きになれなかった 最初から(Still love you)

I couldn't even love myself a little bit from the start (Still love you).

あんなに愛し合った ボクらはどうして今

Why, after loving each other so much, do we now

他人みたいな顔をして 見つめ合うんだろう？

look at each other with faces like strangers?

さよならだね、アリス

Goodbye, Alice

ボクの方から言うよ 手の平に思い出乗せて 風に飛ばせばいいよ

I'll say it from my side; let the memories rest in my palm and let the wind carry them away.

キミのすべてが大好きだった 何もかも大好きだった

I loved everything about you; I loved every little thing.

イヤだよ イヤだよ イヤだよ 抱きしめられなくなるなんて

I don’t want it, I don’t want it, I don’t want it; I can’t bear the thought of not being able to hold you.

さよならだね、アリス

Goodbye, Alice

最後にキミの名前 呼び捨てにしてみるけど なんか泣きたくなるよ

In the end, I try calling your name without honorifics, but it makes me want to cry.

もしも生まれ変わって また出逢えたとしたら

If we were to be reborn and meet again,

ボクたちはねえ もう一度 結ばれるかな？

I wonder if we could be together once more?

さよならだね、アリス

Goodbye, Alice

最後にキミの名前 呼び捨てにしてみるけど すごくせつなくなるよ

In the end, I try calling your name without honorifics, but it makes me feel so sad.

もうキミに... もう逢えないね...

I can’t see you anymore...

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
さよなら /sayonara/ A1	noun - goodbye
アリス /arisu/ A1	noun - Alice (a name)
名前 /namae/ A1	noun - name
泣く /naku/ A2	verb - to cry
恋 /koi/ A2	noun - love
思い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - memory
信じる /shinjiru/ B1	verb - to believe
好き /suki/ A2	adjective - like
抱きしめる /dakishimeru/ B2	verb - to hug
出逢う /deau/ B2	verb - to meet
結ばれる /musubareru/ B2	verb - to be tied or bound
永遠 /eien/ B2	noun - eternity
難しい /muzukashii/ B1	adjective - difficult
せつない /setsunai/ B2	adjective - painful, heart-wrenching
戻る /modoru/ B1	verb - to return

Grammar:

• 呼び捨てにしてみるけど

  ➔ Attempting to say or do something, expressed with 'try' + verb in te-form

  ➔ 'してみる' is used to express trying to do an action, with a nuance of experimentation or tentative action

• 最後にキミの名前呼び捨てにしてみる

  ➔ Using '〜にする' to indicate deciding or choosing to do something, with 'try' + verb in te-form

  ➔ '呼び捨てにしてみる' uses the verb 'する' in the form 'にする' to indicate choosing or deciding to call by a specific manner, here with 'try' to attempt this action

• 信じるってことはとてもとても難しいんだね

  ➔ The phrase '〜ってことは' indicates a definition or explanation, often translating as 'the fact that' or 'meaning that'

  ➔ 'ってことは' is used to clarify or define the meaning of a statement, often followed by an explanation or conclusion

• もう逢えないね

  ➔ Negative potential form indicating inability to meet again; '逢える' becomes '逢えない'

  ➔ The phrase '逢えない' is the negative potential form meaning 'cannot meet' or 'won't be able to meet' anymore

• 自分だけのものにしたいなんて思ってた

  ➔ '〜たい' is the auxiliary expressing desire to do something; '思う' in past form indicates the speaker's thought

  ➔ '〜たい' expresses a desire or wish to do something, attached to the verb as 'want to'; '思ってた' is the past tense of '思う' meaning 'was thinking'

• すごくせつなくなるよ

  ➔ Using 'なる' to indicate becoming or turning into a certain emotional state; 'すごく' intensifies the degree

  ➔ 'なる' means 'to become' or 'turn into,' indicating a change in state, here into a feeling of deep sadness, with 'すごく' emphasizing the intensity