Wind and Town – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Mrs. GREEN APPLE

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Mrs. GREEN APPLE with 'Wind and Town.' This song is a wonderful tool for learners of Japanese to practice descriptive vocabulary related to nature and urban life, while experiencing the emotional depth and melodic complexity that make the band a staple of modern Japanese music.

[English]

Just as these familiar sights

Will eventually shift and change

I know I will one day

Long for the scent you left behind

The things I hated became okay

And I learned a little bit about loneliness

I wonder if there is someone

Waiting for this hand somewhere

In this town where the wind beckons

Connecting me and someone else with love

That there are days when I just want to cry

The wind simply knows

In that town where the wind laughs

I was born from a miraculous love

Looking back on those precious days

The wind simply knows

The wind simply knows

...

As this journey eventually reaches its end

What meaning will it have woven together?

The circle of people who rejoiced

At the great event of your birth

This blood remembers—the kindness of swaying leaves

And the helplessness of such misery

Since I am right here

Waiting for that hand too

In this town where the wind sings

I learned a certain kind of strength

The scars that everyone carries in their heart

The wind simply knows

...

Good morning, the weather is lovely today, isn't it?

As people connect with one another

The melody of the era repeats itself

A harmony of life

Goodnight, see you tomorrow, bye-bye

As people come to know each other

I don't know where I'm headed

But the road continues on

The wind simply knows

...

[Japanese]

いつか馴染みあるこの景色が

遷り変わるように

あなたが残した香りを

懐かしむように

苦手なものが平気になってさ

ちょっぴり寂しさを知る

どこかでこの手を待ってる

人はいるのでしょうか

風が誘うこの町は

私と誰かを愛で繋いで

泣きたくなる日がある事も

風はただ知っている

風は笑うあの町で

私は奇跡の愛で生まれて

思い返す 大切な日々を

風はただ知っている

風はただ知っている

いつか別れ在るこの旅路が

なんの意味を紡いで

あなたが生まれた一大事を

悦んだあの輪も

この血が憶えてる 揺れた葉の優しさも

やり場のない惨たらしさも

ここにもその手を待ってる

私が居るのだから

風が唄うこの町で

私は確かな強さを学んで

誰しもが持つ 胸のキズも

風はただ知っている

おはよう 今日もいいお天気ね

人が人を繋ぐ頃

繰り返すは 時代のメロディー

命の調べよ

おやすみ また明日ね バイバイ

人が人を知る頃

どこに向かうかは わからない

道は続いている

風はただ知っている

Key Grammar Structures

• いつか馴染みあるこの景色が 遷り変わるように

  ➔ ～ように (as if / in such a way that)

  ➔ Used to express a comparison or a state: "As if this familiar scenery will change someday."

• 苦手なものが平気になってさ

  ➔ ～になる (to become / change of state)

  ➔ Expresses a change in state: "Things I was bad at/disliked have become bearable/okay."

• どこかでこの手を待ってる人はいるのでしょうか

  ➔ ～ている (present continuous/state of being)

  ➔ Describes the person who is currently waiting: "Is there someone who is waiting for this hand?"

• 私と誰かを愛で繋いで

  ➔ ～て (te-form as a connective/causative link)

  ➔ Connects the subject to the object through a medium: "Connecting me and someone else with love."

• 泣きたくなる日がある事も

  ➔ ～がある (existence/to exist)

  ➔ Indicates the existence of a specific kind of day: "(The fact) that there are days when one feels like crying."

• この血が憶えてる 揺れた葉の優しさも

  ➔ Noun + の + Noun (possessive/modifying particle)

  ➔ "The gentleness of the leaves that swayed." The 'no' particle modifies the noun.

• どこに向かうかは わからない

  ➔ ～かどうか (whether or not/uncertainty)

  ➔ Expresses uncertainty regarding a destination: "I don't know where I am heading to."

• 道は続いている

  ➔ ～ている (continuation of a state)

  ➔ Describes the ongoing state of the road: "The road continues on (and is currently extending)."