祝福 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: YOASOBI

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the vibrant world of Japanese language with YOASOBI's "祝福" (Shukufuku)! This dynamic electropop track, famed as the opening for "Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury," offers a compelling blend of catchy melodies and profound lyrical depth. Learning Japanese through this song allows you to explore themes of self-determination, unwavering support, and hope, providing rich vocabulary and emotional expressions within a memorable musical context. Its strong connection to a popular anime also offers an immersive cultural experience, making language acquisition both engaging and rewarding.

[English]

The stars floating far away

As you think of them and fall asleep,

No matter where the future you choose, the path you desire,

May lead you,

I will be with you.

In memories of long ago,

You were brought to this star,

and you kept wishing

that if you could jump into the glittering scenery in the distance,

飛び込むことが出来たのなら

In a lonely world,

you pray and wish,

dreaming dreams,

seeing the future.

If you chose to move forward instead of running away,

君が選んだのなら

Not an image someone else painted,

Not a stage someone else chose,

It's the story we're creating,

I'll never let you be alone.

Until the blade hidden in your heart,

cuts through the chains one day,

I will always fight with you, yeah.

The predetermined destiny,

We'll break it.

We are not puppets.

It's your world, it's your future.

You can make it any story you want.

In a way that you're running away, in a way that you're hiding,

In the cockpit you boarded,

The crybaby you used to be isn't there anymore.

You've become so strong without realizing it.

This is your life,

(it doesn't belong to anyone else),

There is no answer,

(the path you choose yourself),

Release the curse now,

From the predetermined fiction, now,

you'll leap out!

You'll take flight, yeah!

At a speed that no one can catch up to,

You kick the ground and dance in the sky.

The cursed future,

you will change with your own hands.

By moving forward without running away, surely,

You'll grasp many things.

You can become even stronger.

Being born on this star,

Continuing to live in this world,

So that you can love all of that,

With all my heart, yeah, I wish you blessings.

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[Japanese]

遥か遠くに浮かぶ星を

想い眠りにつく君の

選ぶ未来が望む道が

何処へ続いていても

共に生きるから

ずっと昔の記憶

連れられて来たこの星で君は

願い続けてた

遠くで煌めく景色に

飛び込むことが出来たのなら

一人孤独な世界で

祈り願う

夢を描き

未来を見る

逃げ出すよりも進むことを

君が選んだのなら

誰かが描いたイメージじゃなくて

誰かが選んだステージじゃなくて

僕たちが作っていくストーリー

決して一人にはさせないから

いつかその胸に秘めた

刃が鎖を断ち切るまで

ずっと ああ 共に闘うよ

決め付けられた運命

そんなの壊して

僕達は操り人形じゃない

君の世界だ 君の未来だ

どんな物語にでも出来る

逃げる様に 隠れる様に

乗り込んで来たコクピットには

泣き虫な君はもう居ない

いつの間にかこんなに強く

これは君の人生

（誰のものでもない）

それは答えなんて無い

（自分で選ぶ道）

もう呪縛は解いて

定められたフィクションから今

飛び出すんだ

飛び立つんだ ああ

誰にも追いつけないスピードで

地面蹴り上げ空を舞う

呪い呪われた未来は

君がその手で変えてゆくんだ

逃げずに進んだことできっと

掴めるものが沢山あるよ

もっと強くなれる

この星に生まれたこと

この世界で生き続けること

その全てを愛せる様に

目一杯の ああ 祝福を君に

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
星 /hoshi/ A2	noun - star
未来 /mirai/ B1	noun - future
選ぶ /erabu/ B1	verb - to choose, to select
生きる /ikiru/ B1	verb - to live
記憶 /kioku/ B2	noun - memory
願い /negai/ B1	noun - wish, desire
景色 /keshiki/ B2	noun - scenery, landscape
孤独 /kodoku/ B2	noun - loneliness
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
逃げる /nigeru/ B1	verb - to run away, to escape
進む /susumu/ B1	verb - to advance, to proceed
操り人形 /ayatsuri ningyou/ C1	noun - puppet
物語 /monogatari/ B2	noun - story, tale
強く /tsuyoku/ B1	adverb - strongly
愛せる /aiseru/ B2	verb - to be able to love
祝福 /shukufuku/ C1	noun - blessing
鎖 /kusaari/ B1	noun - chain

Key Grammar Structures

• 遥か遠くに浮かぶ星を 想い眠りにつく君の

  ➔ Using the particle を (o) for direct objects and the use of the genitive particle の (no) to modify nouns.

  ➔ The particle **を** marks the direct object, and **の** indicates possession or a modifying relationship.

• 選ぶ未来が望む道が 何処へ続いていても

  ➔ Use of relative clauses (選ぶ未来が, 望む道が) and the conditional form (続いていても - even if it continues).

  ➔ **が** acts as the subject marker within the relative clauses, and **ても** expresses a concessive condition (even if/though).

• 共に生きるから

  ➔ Use of the connective particle から (kara) to express reason or cause.

  ➔ **から** indicates the reason why the speaker is making a statement.

• ずっと昔の記憶 連れられて来たこの星で君は

  ➔ Emphasis on time adverbial "ずっと (zutto) " and the use of passive voice in "連れられて来た (tsurerarete kita)".

  ➔ The adverb "zutto" intensifies the temporal aspect. "連れられて来た" is passive form, indicating that someone was brought here.

• 飛び込むことが出来たのなら

  ➔ The conditional form "～のなら (no nara)" combined with the ability verb "出来る (dekiru)" – if one was able to jump in...

  ➔ This phrase expresses a hypothetical situation: If it was possible to jump in...

• いつかその胸に秘めた 刃が鎖を断ち切るまで

  ➔ The use of "まで (made)" to indicate "until" and the relative clause "その胸に秘めた刃 (sonomune ni himeta yaiba)".

  ➔ **まで** specifies a temporal limit. The relative clause describes the blade hidden in one's chest.

• 決め付けられた運命 そんなの壊して

  ➔ Use of the passive voice (決め付けられた - kimetsukerareta) and the imperative/command form "壊して (kowashite)".

  ➔ The passive form shows that fate was decided by someone else. "壊して" is a command to destroy it.

• 僕達は操り人形じゃない

  ➔ Use of the negative copula じゃない (ja nai) to negate the state of being a puppet.

  ➔ **じゃない** negates the preceding noun phrase, stating "We are not puppets."

• 逃げる様に 隠れる様に

  ➔ The use of the particle "様に (you ni)" to express "like" or "in the manner of".

  ➔ **様に** indicates that the action is performed *in the manner of* running away and hiding.

• もっと強くなれる

  ➔ The potential form of an adjective "強くなれる (tsuyoku nareru)" – to be able to become stronger.

  ➔ This expresses the ability to become stronger in the future.