ツバメ – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: YOASOBI,ミドリーズ
• Album: THE BOOK 2

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

煌く水面の上を

On the shimmering surface of the water

夢中で風切り翔る

I soar through the wind, lost in a dream

翼をはためかせて

Flapping my wings

あの街へ行こう

Let's go to that town

海を越えて

Crossing the sea

僕はそう小さなツバメ

I am just a small swallow

辿り着いた街で触れた

In the town I arrived at, I felt

楽しそうな人の声

The voices of cheerful people

悲しみに暮れる仲間の声

The voices of friends lost in sadness

みんなそれぞれ違う暮らしの形

Everyone has a different way of living

守りたくて気付かないうちに

Wanting to protect, without realizing it

傷付け合ってしまうのはなぜ

Why do we end up hurting each other?

同じ空の下で

Under the same sky

僕らは色とりどりの命と

We are vibrant lives

この場所で共に生きている

Living together in this place

それぞれ人も草木も花も鳥も

Each person, plant, flower, and bird

肩寄せ合いながら

Huddled together

僕らは求めるものも

What we seek

描いてる未来も違うけれど

And the future we envision may be different

手と手を取り合えたなら

But if we can hold hands

きっと笑い合える日が来るから

Surely, a day will come when we can laugh together

僕にはいま何ができるかな

What can I do right now?

...

...

誰かが手に入れた豊かさの裏で

Behind the richness someone has gained

...

...

帰る場所を奪われた仲間

Friends who have lost their place to return

本当は彼も寄り添い合って

In truth, he just wants to be close

生きていたいだけなのに

And live together

悲しい気持ちに飲み込まれて

But swallowed by sadness

心が黒く染まりかけても

Even if my heart begins to darken

許すことで認めることで

By forgiving and acknowledging

僕らは繋がり合える

We can connect with each other

僕らに今できること

What we can do now

それだけで全てが変わらなくたって

Even if it doesn't change everything

誰かの一日にほら

Look, in someone's day

少しだけ鮮やかな彩りを

Just a little bit of vibrant color

輝く宝石だとか

Not a shining jewel

金箔ではないけれど

Nor gold leaf

こんな風に世界中が

But if the world

ささやかな愛で溢れたなら

Could be filled with such small love

何かがほら変わるはずさ

Something will surely change

同じ空の下いつかきっと

Under the same sky, someday

それが小さな僕の大きな夢

That is my small but big dream

...

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
水面 /みなも/ B1	noun - water surface
夢中 /むちゅう/ B2	noun - being absorbed in something
翼 /つばさ/ A2	noun - wing
街 /まち/ A1	noun - town, city
海 /うみ/ A1	noun - sea
仲間 /なかま/ B1	noun - companion, friend
悲しみ /かなしみ/ B2	noun - sadness
声 /こえ/ A1	noun - voice
暮らし /くらし/ B1	noun - living, lifestyle
傷 /きず/ B2	noun - wound, injury
未来 /みらい/ B1	noun - future
愛 /あい/ A2	noun - love
宝石 /ほうせき/ B2	noun - jewel, gem
変わる /かわる/ B1	verb - to change
夢 /ゆめ/ A1	noun - dream

Key Grammar Structures

• 翼をはためかせて

  ➔ te-form + かせて (kase te)

  ➔ The te-form combined with かせて indicates the manner or continuation of an action.

• 僕らは色とりどりの命と

  ➔ は (wa) as topic particle indicating the topic of the sentence

  ➔ The particle は marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing 'we' and what follows as the main focus.

• 守りたくて気付かないうちに

  ➔ たくて (takute) as a conjugation of たい (tai) to express desire + て (te)

  ➔ たくて is the conjunctive form of たい, expressing desire with an action that follows.

• 一日にほら 少しだけ鮮やかな彩りを

  ➔ だけ (dake) as an adverb meaning 'only' or 'just'

  ➔ だけ indicates exclusivity or limitation, meaning 'just' or 'only' a little.

• 何かがほら変わるはずさ

  ➔ はず (hazu) as a modal noun indicating expectation or assumption

  ➔ はず expresses expectation that something will be or should be the case.

• 僕にはいま何ができるかな

  ➔ かな (kana) at the end of a sentence indicates pondering or wondering

  ➔ かな expresses the speaker's pondering or uncertainty about something.