青春病 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Fujii Kaze
• Album: Seishun Sick

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

青春の病に侵され

I’m infected with the disease of youth

儚いものばかり求めて

Always chasing fleeting things

いつの日か粉になって散るだけ

One day, I’ll just turn to dust and scatter away

青春はどどめ色

Youth is a vivid shade of crimson

青春にサヨナラを

Saying farewell to youth

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ヤメた あんなことあの日でもうヤメた

I quit. I decided I’d stop that day

と思ってた でも違った

Thought I was done. But I was wrong

僕は 自分が思うほど強くはなかった

I wasn’t as strong as I thought I was

ムリだ 絶ち切ってしまうなんてムリだ

No way. I can’t just cut it off, it’s impossible

と思ってた でも違った

Thought I was done. But I was wrong

僕は 自分が思うほど弱くはなかった

I wasn’t as weak as I believed

君の声が 君の声が

Your voice, your voice

頭かすめては焦る

Races through my mind, making me panic

こんなままじゃ こんなままじゃ

If I stay like this, if I stay like this

僕はここで息絶える

I feel I’ll just die here

止まることなく走り続けてきた

Kept running without stopping

本当はそんな風に思いたいだけだった

Honestly, I just wanted to think that way

ちょっと進んでまたちょっと下がっては

Moving forward a little, then falling back a bit

気付けばもう暗い空

Before I knew it, the sky was dark

青春の病に侵され

Infected with the disease of youth

儚いものばかり求めて

Always chasing fleeting things

いつの日か粉になって散るだけ

One day, I’ll just turn to dust and scatter away

青春はどどめ色

Youth is a vivid shade of crimson

青春にサヨナラを

Saying farewell to youth

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そうか 結局は皆つながってるから

I see now, in the end, everyone is connected

寂しいよね 苦しいよね

It’s lonely, it’s painful, isn’t it?

なんて 自分をなだめてるヒマなんて無かった

There’s no time to soothe myself anymore

君の声が 君の声が

Your voice, your voice

僕の中で叫び出す

Shouts inside my mind

耳すませば 耳すませば

If I listen carefully, if I listen carefully

何もかもがよみがえる

Everything comes flooding back

止まることなく走り続けてゆけ

Keep running without stopping

何かが僕にいつでも急かすけど

Something always pushes me forward

どこへ向かって走り続けんだっけ

But where am I heading while I run?

気付けばまた明ける空

Before I know it, the dawn breaks again

無常の水面が波立てば

When the impermanent surface of water ripples

ため息混じりの朝焼けが

Morning glow mixed with sighs

いつかは消えゆく身であれば

If I’m just destined to fade someday

こだわらせるな罰当たりが

Don’t fixate. It’s wrong to cling so tightly

切れど切れど纏わりつく泥の渦に生きてる

Living in this whirlpool of mud, bleeding endlessly

この体は先も見えぬ熱を持て余してる

My body carries unseeable heat, beyond what I can imagine

野ざらしにされた場所でただ漂う獣に

Just drifting in a place left exposed, like a beast

心奪われたことなど一度たりと無いのに

Never once have I been swayed by love

青春のきらめきの中に

In the sparkle of youth

永遠の光を見ないで

Don’t look for eternal light

いつの日か粉になって知るだけ

One day, I’ll just learn by turning to dust

青春の儚さを...

The fleeting nature of youth...

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
青春 (seishun) /seːʃɯɴ/ B1	noun - youth, adolescence
病 (yamai) /jamai/ B1	noun - illness, disease
侵す (okasu) /okasɯ/ B2	verb - to invade, to encroach, to violate
儚い (hakanai) /hakanai/ B2	adjective - fleeting, transient, ephemeral
求める (motomeru) /motomeru/ B1	verb - to seek, to request, to demand
散る (chiru) /t͡ɕiɾɯ/ B1	verb - to scatter, to disperse, to fall (e.g., blossoms)
声 (koe) /koe/ A1	noun - voice
頭 (atama) /atama/ A2	noun - head
焦る (aseru) /aseɾɯ/ B1	verb - to be in a hurry, to be impatient
息絶える (ikitaeru) /ikitaeɾɯ/ B2	verb - to die, to breathe one's last
走る (hashiru) /ha̠ɕiɾɯ/ A1	verb - to run
暗い (kurai) /kɯɾai/ A2	adjective - dark
寂しい (sabishii) /sabiɕiː/ A2	adjective - lonely, desolate
苦しい (kurushii) /kɯɾɯɕiː/ A2	adjective - painful, difficult
叫び出す (sakebidasu) /sakebidasɯ/ B2	verb - to shout out, to cry out
明ける (akeru) /akeɾɯ/ B1	verb - to dawn, to break (day)

Key Grammar Structures

• に侵され

  ➔ used with the verb '侵される' (to be invaded/protected), indicating being affected or influenced by something

  ➔ The particle 'に' marks the target or affected area, showing the subject is being invaded or influenced

• やめた

  ➔ past tense of 'やめる' (to stop, to quit), conjugated as the plain past form

  ➔ It is the plain past form indicating completed action in informal speech

• 思うほど

  ➔ used with comparative, meaning 'to the extent that I think' or 'as much as I think'

  ➔ Indicates the degree or extent of the verb, often in a comparative context

• いつの日か

  ➔ a phrase meaning 'someday' or 'at some future day'

  ➔ Expresses an indefinite future point in time, often with a sense of hope or anticipation

• 散るだけ

  ➔ literally 'just scatter', expressing the idea of only dispersing or fading away

  ➔ A phrase indicating an action of dispersing or fading away with no return or continuation

• 見ないで

  ➔ te-form of '見る' (to see) combined with negative 'ない', forming 'do not look/watch'

  ➔ The te-form of the verb '見る' combined with the negative suffix to give a command or request not to do the action

• 急かす

  ➔ verb meaning 'to rush' or 'to urge', transitive verb

  ➔ A transitive verb meaning to hurry or to urge someone to act faster