silent – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SEKAI NO OWARI
• Album: scent of memory

Lyrics & Translation

Learn Japanese with SEKAI NO OWARI's beautiful and emotive ballad, "silent." The song's clear and expressive lyrics, centered around a snowy Christmas night, offer a wonderful opportunity to learn vocabulary related to winter, emotions, and sound. Its narrative style makes it special for learners, allowing you to follow a story of love and longing while picking up poetic expressions and heartfelt language.

[English]

The pure white snow falls in the city, taking away all sounds

全て奪われていった

In such silence, even the words I've locked away seem to be heard

聴こえてしまいそう

Amidst the noise, only your voice melts into my heart

心に溶けていく

As if milk has spilled over, such a night

そんな夜

I looked up at the sky and whispered alone

Only the words I wish would disappear

But the sound of my heart cannot be taken away by this snow

この雪も奪えない (Mm)

If there were no Christmas

いつも通りの何にも変わらない夜なのに

It would be just another unchanged night as usual

The sacred melody melts into the snow

I spent the night as if swimming through it

あの瞬間を

That moment

If it could be trapped like this snow globe

I would make a wish on the invisible stars

On a night when the sound has vanished

The snowflakes melt with my body heat

I cannot touch

You are in a time I do not know

時間の中にいる

If I relax my frozen body, the shivering calms a bit

震えが少し治った

But that is fleeting; unconsciously

My body starts to stiffen

In such a pure white world, I feel a bit dirty

自分だけちょっと汚れてるみたい

The sound of silence is loud

I surely won't be able to sleep tonight

As if playing with time, we snuggled close

煌めきだとしても

Even if it sparkles

When I close my eyes, though I don't wish for it

I end up remembering

This accumulating snow, I really wanted to see it with you

...

Pure white snow falls

“If it falls, let it pile up

Because it will only get dirty”

そんな事を思った私は

What kind of face was I making when I thought that?

If there were no Christmas

いつも通りの何にも変わらない夜なのに

It would be just another unchanged night as usual

The sacred melody melts into the snow

I spent the night as if swimming through it

あの瞬間を

That moment

If it could be trapped like this snow globe

I would make a wish on the invisible stars

音が無くなった夜に

On a night when the sound has vanished

[Japanese]

純白の雪が降る街から音が

全て奪われていった

こんなに静かだと閉じ込めた言葉も

聴こえてしまいそう

雑音の中貴方の声だけ

心に溶けていく

まるでミルクを溢した様な

そんな夜

空を見上げて一人呟いた

消えて欲しいような言葉だけ

だけど心の音だけは

この雪も奪えない (Mm)

クリスマスなんて無ければ

いつも通りの何にも変わらない夜なのに

聖なる旋律は雪に溶けて

自分の鼓動が響いている

夜を泳ぐように過ごした

あの瞬間を

このスノードームみたいに

閉じ込められたら

見えない星に願いを込めて

音が無くなった夜に

体温で溶ける雪の結晶

触れることが出来ない

貴方は私の知らない

時間の中にいる

凍える身体 力を抜いたら

震えが少し治った

でもそれは刹那 無意識のうちに

身体が強張っていく

こんな真っ白な世界の中にいたら

自分だけちょっと汚れてるみたい

静寂の音が煩くて

今夜はきっと眠れない

時を奏でるように寄り添った

煌めきだとしても

目を閉じると望んでもいないのに

思い出してしまう

この降り積もる雪はやっぱり

貴方と見たかったな

純白の雪が降る

「降るなら積もってね

汚くなるだけだから」

そんな事を思った私は

どんな顔してた？

クリスマスなんて無ければ

いつも通りの何にも変わらない夜なのに

聖なる旋律は雪に溶けて

自分の鼓動が響いてる

夜を泳ぐように過ごした

あの瞬間を

このスノードームみたいに

閉じ込められたら

見えない星に願いを込めて

音が無くなった夜に

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
雪 /ゆき/ A1	noun - snow
声 /こえ/ A1	noun - voice
夜 /よる/ A1	noun - night
心 /こころ/ A2	noun - heart/mind
瞬間 /しゅんかん/ B1	noun - moment
願い /ねがい/ B1	noun - wish
音 /おと/ A2	noun - sound
体温 /たいおん/ B2	noun - body temperature
結晶 /けっしょう/ B2	noun - crystal
静寂 /せいじゃく/ C1	noun - silence
煌めき /きらめき/ C1	noun - sparkle
強張る /こわばる/ B2	verb - to stiffen
溶ける /とける/ A2	verb - to melt
奪う /うばう/ B2	verb - to take away
閉じ込める /とじこめる/ B2	verb - to confine

Key Grammar Structures

• 全て奪われていった

  ➔ The passive form of the verb with て行く (teiku) indicates an ongoing or progressing action.

  ➔ The phrase "奪われていった" uses the passive form with て行く to show that "everything was taken away" gradually or over time.

• 閉じ込めた言葉も

  ➔ The も (mo) particle indicates "also" or "even" emphasizing inclusion or addition.

  ➔ The phrase "閉じ込めた言葉も" uses も to include "words that were also confined," emphasizing additional or similar items.

• 触れることが出来ない

  ➔ The potential form ことが出来ない (koto ga dekinai) expresses impossibility of doing something.

  ➔ This phrase uses ことが出来ない to indicate that "touching" something is impossible.

• 願いを込めて

  ➔ Verb と (te) + して (shite) form combined with 願いを込めて (negai o komete) expresses doing something with a wish or intention.

  ➔ The phrase "願いを込めて" means "with a wish" or "with intent" and indicates performing an action with hope or purpose.

• 夜を泳ぐように過ごした

  ➔ The phrase 夜を泳ぐように (like swimming through the night) + 過ごした (spent) uses simile and past tense to describe spending time in a fluid or gentle manner.

  ➔ The expression "夜を泳ぐように過ごした" uses a simile "like swimming" to describe a gentle, flowing way of spending the night.