少年

• Par: GENERATIONS from EXILE TRIBE

Paroles:

[日本語]

[English]

時は流れ 僕は僕で Time goes by Time goes by

Time flows on, and I am just myself. Time goes by, time goes by.

Excuse me! 人波に逆らいながら

Excuse me! Pushing against the crowd.

振り向かずまっすぐに 歩く（歩く）

Walking straight ahead without looking back (walking).

スクランブル交差点 何年も変わらず

At the scramble crossing, unchanged for years.

雑踏がうごめいて 苦しい（Crazy）

The crowds are bustling, it’s tough (Crazy).

無邪気な自由手離し 未来の欠片(かけら)拾い

Letting go of innocent freedom, picking up pieces of the future.

がむしゃらに走って あれから10年経って

Running recklessly, ten years have passed since then.

いつでも夢だけを 追い続けて生きていた

Always living, chasing only my dreams.

あの日の少年に もしも会えたなら

If I could meet the boy from that day.

伝えたいんだ 迷わなくていいよと

I want to tell him, it's okay not to hesitate.

ずっとずっと捜してた輝きを

The shine I’ve been searching for all along.

いつの日か手にすると

Someday, I hope to hold it in my hands.

時は流れ 僕は僕で 決して止まらないさ

Time flows on, and I am just myself. It will never stop.

N’ excuse me! とりたてて得意なものが

Excuse me! I didn’t have any particular talents.

あるわけじゃなかったよ 少年は（Yeah）

The boy didn’t, yeah.

生まれ変わろうなんて そんなの到底無理で

Thinking about reincarnation, that’s simply impossible.

くじけそうな夜は 明日の歌うたい

On nights when I feel like giving up, I sing for tomorrow.

絶対負けないって ただひたすら信じていた

Believing wholeheartedly that I will never be defeated.

あの日の少年は 汚(けが)れを知らずに

The boy from that day, ran through without knowing dirt.

駆け抜けてた 光と影の中

Among light and shadow, I kept running.

誰かに出会って別れてまた出会い

Meeting someone, parting ways, and meeting again.

一歩ずつ踏み出して…

Taking one step at a time...

Don’t forget 時代が変わる瞬間に

Don’t forget, at the moment the era changes.

世界も変わってく Reality

The world also transforms — reality.

思い出掻き集めるたび 不意に大人になる

Every time I gather up memories, I suddenly become an adult.

あの日の少年 今の僕を見て

Look at the boy from that day, now myself.

Grammaire:

• 時は流れ 僕は僕で

  ➔ Use of 『は』 as the topic marker to indicate the subject about time and oneself.

  ➔ 『は』 marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing 'time' and 'I' as the focus.

• 振り向かずまっすぐに 歩く

  ➔ Use of 『ず』 to indicate a negative, implying 'without turning around'.

  ➔ 『ず』 attached to the verb forms a negative adverbial expression, meaning 'without doing something'.

• 未来の欠片(かけら)拾い

  ➔ Use of 『の』 to connect nouns, showing possession or description ('fragment of the future').

  ➔ 『の』 links nouns, forming a compound noun that expresses possession, origin, or description.

• 絶対負けないって ただひたすら信じていた

  ➔ Use of 『って』 as a colloquial quoting particle, indicating reported speech or thought.

  ➔ 『って』 functions as a casual quotation marker, often used to report speech or internal thoughts.

• 誰かに出会って別れてまた出会い

  ➔ Use of 『て』 to connect multiple actions in a sequence, indicating 'meeting, parting, and meeting again'.

  ➔ 『て』 connects verbs to show actions happening in sequence or expressing cause-and-effect relationships.

• 時代が変わる瞬間に

  ➔ Use of 『に』 for time points, indicating 'at the moment when the era changes'.

  ➔ 『に』 is used to specify a particular point in time where an event occurs.