さよなら、アリス – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Flower
• Album: 花時計

Lyrics & Translation

Discover the emotive world of J-pop with Flower's “さよなら、アリス”. This song offers a great opportunity to learn Japanese through its poignant lyrics about love and loss. The use of the masculine first-person pronoun 'boku' provides a unique glimpse into expressing a male point of view in Japanese song, all set to a beautiful and memorable melody.

[English]

Goodbye, Alice

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 love, bye-bye

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

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

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

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

If we were to be reborn and meet again,

I wonder if we could be together once more?

Goodbye, Alice

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

I can’t see you anymore...

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

I wanted to make you mine alone.

I loved you (I loved you) too much,

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

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

look at each other with faces like strangers?

Goodbye, Alice

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

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

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.

Goodbye, Alice

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

If we were to be reborn and meet again,

I wonder if we could be together once more?

Goodbye, Alice

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

I can’t see you anymore...

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[Japanese]

さよならだね、アリス

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

Good-bye my sweet girl

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

まだキミを知らない頃の ボクに戻っただけさ

キミはボクを（キミはボクを） 忘れていいんだよ

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)

もしも生まれ変わって また出逢えたとしたら

ボクたちはねえ もう一度 結ばれるかな？

さよならだね、アリス

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

もうキミに... もう逢えないね...

信じるってことは とてもとても 難しいんだね

自分だけのものにしたいなんて 思ってたんだ

ボクはキミを（ボクはキミを） 好きになりすぎて

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)

あんなに愛し合った ボクらはどうして今

他人みたいな顔をして 見つめ合うんだろう？

さよならだね、アリス

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

キミのすべてが大好きだった 何もかも大好きだった

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

さよならだね、アリス

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

もしも生まれ変わって また出逢えたとしたら

ボクたちはねえ もう一度 結ばれるかな？

さよならだね、アリス

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

もうキミに... もう逢えないね...

Key Vocabulary

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

Key Grammar Structures

• 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