置き手紙 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Vaundy

Lyrics & Translation

[Japanese]

[English]

あれは

That was

何年前の話だ

Years ago

ずいぶん

A long time ago

前の長い話だ

Let me tell you

話そう

A long story

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これで

I was planning to

やめる腹積りだったんだ

Stop here

会いに行くつもりは

I didn't really mean to

別になかったさ

Go see you

今日は

Not really

天気がいいみたいだ

Today looks like a nice day

雲一つない夜だ

A clear night with no clouds

星を見にいこう

Let's go look at the stars

君は何も知らない顔で笑ってくれたよね

You smiled with that clueless look, right?

だから僕らの日々が、壊れ、崩れていこうとも

So even if our days break and fall apart

言っちゃいな

Just say it

今伝えたいことが

What I want to tell you now is

僕たちが僕たちを思い合えるような

Like magic words that let us understand each other

魔法の言葉

What I want to tell you now is

今伝えたいことが

Magic words that drown out even cold love

無愛想な愛情もかき消すような

That I’ll tell you tomorrow

魔法の言葉

魔法の言葉

明日こそ君に伝えにいこう

明日こそ君に伝えにいこう

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If lingering feelings don’t fade away here

『未練がここで消えずに

And if I ever fall into an immortal sickness

もしも私が不死の病にかかったら』

That’s just a,

なんてそれは

Relaxed, binding feeling, like a shackle

ゆるい、金縛りみたいに絡み

The warmth, the tide,

暖かい、君の方に潮は

It would turn toward you

変わってた

Today too, smile with that innocent face

今日も何も知らない顔で笑ってくれよね

Even if I choke, writhe, tremble

たとえ息が詰まり、悶え、震えていようとも

I’ll say it

言っちゃうわ

What I want to tell you now is

今伝えたいことが

Like magic words that let us understand each other

僕たちが僕たちを思い合えるような

Magic words that drown out even cold love

魔法の言葉

That I’ll chant by tomorrow

今伝えたいことが

Unstoppable, overflowing feelings that grow with every breath

無愛想な愛情もかき消すような

If there’s an immortal sickness

魔法の言葉

Oh, let’s stop already

明日までに唱えきるよ

Without speaking out

綴りきれない

‘Until we rot away, together as two’

呼吸の数だけ生えた思いは

What I want to tell you

溢れ育ってた

Like magic words that let us understand each other

不死の病がもしあるなら

That drown out even cold love

あぁ、もうやめよう

Magic words

口に出さずに

By tomorrow, I’ll have it all spoken

『腐りきるまで、別てぬ二人で』

Feelings born from every breath

その伝えたいことは

Overflowed and grew

僕たちが僕たちを思い合えるような

If there’s an immortal sickness

魔法の言葉

Oh, let’s stop already

この伝えたいことが

Without saying a word

無愛想な愛情もかき消すような

‘Until we rot away, together as two’

魔法の言葉

What I want to say

なんて腐りきった二人の話

Are these the words of two rotten souls

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Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
話 /hanashi/ A2	noun - talk, story, tale
思い /omoi/ B1	noun - thought, feeling, mind
伝えたい /tsutaetai/ B2	verb - want to tell, want to convey
魔法 /mahō/ B2	noun - magic
愛情 /aijō/ B2	noun - love, affection
笑って /waratte/ A2	verb - to laugh
壊れ /koware/ B2	verb - to break, to be broken
崩れ /kuzure/ B2	verb - to collapse, to crumble
聞き /kiki/ A2	verb - to listen, to hear
見に /mi ni/ A2	verb - to see, to look at
伝える /tsutaeru/ B2	verb - to convey, to tell
信じ /shinjiru/ B1	verb - to believe
知る /shiru/ A2	verb - to know

Key Grammar Structures

• 何年前の話だ

  ➔ noun + の + noun + だ (da) as a copula to indicate a state or explanation

  ➔ Using の between nouns connects them and だ serves as the copula to state or explain the relationship.

• あれは何年前の話だ

  ➔ の + 話だ (hanashi da) to indicate a narration or story belonging to a time period

  ➔ The structure の + 話だ indicates that the preceding noun refers to a story or account related to a specific time.

• やめる腹積りだったんだ

  ➔ Verb + ため (tame) expressing purpose or intention

  ➔ The verb in its plain form followed by ため indicates an intention or purpose related to the action.

• 無愛想な愛情もかき消すような

  ➔ ような (yō na) to indicate similarity or manner

  ➔ The phrase ような is used to describe something that resembles or has the manner of the noun it modifies.

• 無愛想な愛情もかき消すような

  ➔ も (mo) to indicate 'also' or emphasis, used here to include 'cold-hearted love'

  ➔ The particle も adds emphasis or inclusiveness, suggesting that even 'cold-hearted love' can be erased or overwhelmed.

• 今日も何も知らない顔で笑ってくれよね

  ➔ も (mo) to indicate 'also' or 'even' in context with 今日 (today)

  ➔ The particle も indicates that the action or state applies even in the context of today, emphasizing continuity or persistence.