Wind's Anthem – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Eve, suis (From Yorushika)

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the poetic world of Japanese songwriting with 'Wind's Anthem.' This song is a perfect gateway to learning Japanese through its rich, metaphorical vocabulary and emotional storytelling, helping you master how to express abstract feelings and nature-based imagery in a musical context.

[English]

The wind's tale carries it

When we dance under the moon, the night becomes a sorcerous path

The more it dries, the less it satisfies

I want this moment

I still don't understand, like a wandering lamb

I'm no one, and I'm not special

I wanted tomorrow

Toward the dawn of the world we should follow

Your voice echoes, as if destiny linking you and your someday

Overlapping, a resonant anthem

Days that hold a faint prayer

The hope and dreams I imagined more than anyone else

The magic where life's color shines

Even without that power, I won't lose my way any more

Oh, mysterious days

Only longing draws your gaze

Within the abyssal cage, an ominous sign and a beckoning flame

A heart that wishes to make someone happy

A flash that dwells within

It's as if points connect and draw a beautiful arc

Just being able to think "I love you" makes the world fill up

Mistakes, hesitations, and regrets are all gone

Embrace all of that now

From past to future, toward the dawn of the world we should trace

We weave it like magic

Your voice resounds

Wavering steps turn into certainty, a hope I imagined more than anyone else

A small adventure leads to a great miracle

Your voice echoes, as if destiny linking you and your someday

Overlapping, a resonant anthem

Days that hold a faint prayer

The hope and dreams I imagined more than anyone else

The magic where life's color shines

Even without that power, I won't lose my way any more

Oh, mysterious days

[Japanese]

風の伝が運んでくれる

月に踊れば夜に染まる魔道

乾くほどに満たされない

この瞬間が欲しくて

まだわからない 迷える子羊のよう。

何者でもない 特別ではないようで

明日が欲しかった

辿るべき世界の夜明けへと

声が響く君と君のいつかを繋ぐ 運命のような

重なりあう 共鳴のアンセム

僅かな祈り 抱く日々よ

誰より描いた希望 想う夢も

命の色が輝く魔法

その力がなくたってもう迷うことはないさ

不思議な日々よ

憧れだけが君の視線を惹きつける

アビスの檻時に凶兆 誘う炎

誰かを幸せにしたいと願う心

宿る閃光

それはまるで点と点が繋がり美しい弧を描くようで

愛しいと思えたそれだけで世界は満ちていく

過ちも購躇いも後悔の跡もうよ

その全てを今抱きしめて

過去から未来へ辿るべき世界の夜明けへと

魔法のように紡いでいく

声が響く君の

迷う足取りは確かなものへと誰より描いた希望

小さな冒険が大きな奇跡へと

声が響く君と君のいつかを繋ぐ 運命のような

重なりあう 共鳴のアンセム

僅かな祈り 抱く日々よ

誰より描いた希望 想う夢も

命の色が輝く魔法

その力がなくたってもう迷うことはないさ

不思議な日々よ

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
風 kaze N4	noun - wind
伝 den N3	noun - message, tale, legend
運んでくれる hakonde kureru N3	verb - to bring, to carry, to deliver
魔道 madō N3	noun - magic path, way of magic
満たされない mitasarenai N3	adjective - unsatisfied, unfulfilled
迷える mayoeru N3	verb - to wander, to stray, to be lost
辿る tadoru N3	verb - to trace, to follow, to pursue
響く hibiku N3	verb - to echo, to resound
繋ぐ tsunagu N3	verb - to connect, to link
共鳴 kyōmei N2	noun - resonance, sympathy
僅かな wadakana N3	adjective - slight, small, few
祈り inori N3	noun - prayer, wish
希望 kibō N3	noun - hope
魔法 mahō N3	noun - magic
憧れ akogare N2	noun - longing, admiration
惹きつける hikitsukeru N2	verb - to attract, to captivate
アビス abisu N2	noun - abyss, chasm
凶兆 kyōchō N2	noun - ill omen, bad sign

Key Grammar Structures

• 風の伝が運んでくれる

  ➔ V‑te + くれる: the speaker receives a favor or benefit from someone else’s action.

  ➔ The verb "運んでくれる" shows that the wind "delivers" something for the speaker’s benefit.

• 月に踊れば夜に染まる魔道

  ➔ Conditional ば (V‑れば): expresses “if/when” a condition is met.

  ➔ "踊れば" means “if (you) dance” – a condition that leads to the night being dyed.

• 乾くほどに満たされない

  ➔ ほど (Vるほどに): “the more …, the more …” degree expression.

  ➔ "乾くほどに" = “the more it dries, the less it is satisfied”.

• この瞬間が欲しくて

  ➔ V‑くて (欲しくて): te‑form used to connect a desire to a following clause or to give a reason.

  ➔ "欲しくて" links the wish for “this moment” to an implied continuation (e.g., "I want this moment, so…").

• まだわからない 迷える子羊のよう。

  ➔ Nのよう: “like”, used to make a simile.

  ➔ "子羊のよう" = “like a lost lamb”, a metaphor for feeling lost.

• 明日が欲しかった

  ➔ Past desire かった: expresses that the speaker wanted something in the past.

  ➔ "欲しかった" tells that “I wanted tomorrow” (a future that was imagined then).

• 辿るべき世界の夜明けへと

  ➔ べき: “should; ought to”, expresses obligation or strong recommendation.

  ➔ "辿るべき" = “should follow/traverse”, indicating a path the speaker feels obligated to take.

• 声が響く君と君のいつかを繋ぐ 運命のような

  ➔ Nのような: “like; resembling”, turns a noun phrase into an adjective that modifies another noun.

  ➔ "運命のような" = “like destiny”, describing the connection as fated.

• その力がなくたってもう迷うことはないさ

  ➔ なくたって: colloquial form of なくても, meaning “even without”. Often paired with もう…ない to express certainty.

  ➔ "なくたって" emphasizes that "even without that power, I won't get lost anymore".