さよならクロール – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: AKB48

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

さよならクロール

Goodbye crawl

青い海　きらきら

Sparkling blue sea

あなたの灼けた肩が

Your sun-kissed shoulders

波を分ける

Breaking through the waves

さよならクロール

Goodbye crawl

こんなに好きなのに

Even though I love you so much

砂浜の気持ちを

You don’t understand how I feel on this sandy beach

わかってくれない

No matter what I say

夏のいじわる

Summer’s teasing ways

オレンジの丸いブイが浮かぶ

An orange, round buoy floats up

遊泳禁止のロープまで

Up to the no-swimming rope

連れてって欲しいけど　無理よ

I want you to take me there, but it’s impossible

あなたみたいに泳げないし...

I can’t swim like you...

タオルにくるまって

Wrapped in a towel,

ちょっと拗ねてた

I was feeling a little sulky

太陽のシーズンを独り占めしたかった

I wanted to monopolize the sunny season all to myself

切ないクロール

A sad crawl

泣きそうよ　なんだか...

I feel like crying somehow...

あなたを追いかけたい

I want to chase after you

どこまででも...

Anywhere and everywhere...

切ないクロール

A sad crawl

秘密の憧れ

A secret longing

水泳部の練習

Practicing at the swimming club

金網から見てた

Watching from the chain-link fence

跳ねるときめき

The thrill of jumping

学校のプールとは違う

Different from the school pool

大人たちの海原

The vast sea of adults

自由っていつも広すぎるね

Freedom always feels so enormous

ロマンスの先に進めないわ

I can't move beyond romance

あなたはあの日の

You remain that boy from that day

少年のまま

Still the same boy

ずっと誰と競って

Always racing against someone

どこへ向かって泳いでるの？

Where are you swimming toward?

さよならクロール

Goodbye crawl

青い海　きらきら

Sparkling blue sea

あなたの灼けた肩が

Your sun-kissed shoulders

波を分ける

Breaking through the waves

さよならクロール

Goodbye crawl

こんなに好きなのに

Even though I love you so much

砂浜の気持ちを

You don’t understand how I feel on this sandy beach

わかってくれない

No matter what I say

夏のいじわる

Summer’s teasing ways

思い出クロール

Remembered crawl

過ぎる夏　いつしか

That summer passes by, and before I know it

素肌の水着の跡

The marks of my swimsuit on my bare skin

消えるように

Fade away as if they disappear

思い出クロール

Remembered crawl

どんなに好きでも

No matter how much I love you

夢を見るハートに

My heart that dreams

酸素が足りない

Lacks oxygen

恋の息継ぎ

Breath of love

わかってくれない

You don’t understand

気づいてくれない

You don’t notice

風はため息

The wind sighs

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
海 /umi/ A1	noun - sea
肩 /kata/ A1	noun - shoulder
波 /nami/ A1	noun - wave
好き /suki/ A1	adjective - like
夏 /natsu/ A1	noun - summer
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
切ない /setsunai/ B1	adjective - painful, heart-wrenching
秘密 /himitsu/ B1	noun - secret
恋 /koi/ B1	noun - love, romance
自由 /jiyuu/ B2	noun - freedom
思い出 /omoide/ B2	noun - memory, recollection
練習 /renshuu/ B2	noun - practice, training
競う /kisou/ B2	verb - to compete
泳ぐ /oyogu/ B1	verb - to swim
浮かぶ /ukabu/ B2	verb - to float
太陽 /taiyou/ A2	noun - sun

Key Grammar Structures

• あなたの灼けた肩が

  ➔ The particle "が" marks the subject of the sentence, emphasizing "shoulder" as the topic.

  ➔ "が" is used to highlight or specify the subject in a sentence, often contrasting or emphasizing it.

• 夏のいじわる

  ➔ Possessive noun + の indicates possession or association, in this case "summer's" or "of summer".

  ➔ "の" functions as a possessive marker, linking nouns to show belonging or relationship.

• わかってくれない

  ➔ The verb "わかる" (to understand) in the "て+くれない" form expresses inability or refusal to understand or do something.

  ➔ "て+くれない" expresses a negative ability or unwillingness to perform an action, often implying disappointment or frustration.

• 水泳部の練習

  ➔ の connects nouns to form a possessive or descriptive phrase, meaning "swimming club's practice".

  ➔ "の" functions as a genitive or modifier, showing possession or specific association between nouns.

• 波を分ける

  ➔ を marks the direct object, and the verb "分ける" (to divide) indicates an action directed towards "waves".

  ➔ "を" is the particle that marks the direct object of a transitive verb, here "waves".

• 連れてって欲しいけど　無理よ

  ➔ て form of the verb "連れる" (to bring someone along) plus "欲しい" expresses a desire; "けど" adds contrast or concession.

  ➔ "て" form of a verb connects actions or states; "欲しい" indicates a desire; "けど" is used for contrast or concessive nuance.

• 泣きそうよ　なんだか...

  ➔ The verb "泣く" (to cry) in the "そう" form indicates an apparent or probable action, meaning "seems like crying".

  ➔ "そう" attached to a verb suggests an appearance, possibility, or prediction about the action.