眠り姫 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: SEKAI NO OWARI
• Album: Tarkus

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the dreamlike world of SEKAI NO OWARI with 'Nemuri Hime'. This song is a perfect gateway for learners to explore poetic Japanese vocabulary related to sleep, dreams, and nature, all set to a whimsical melody that makes language acquisition feel like a fairytale.

[English]

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[Bell]

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You and I have been adventuring through the world

crying and laughing together,

[Music]

and no matter what happened,

even when things were hard, I know that someday,

someday,

it will come. But when I wake up, you are

[Music] no longer in this world.

Even if I try to hide to scare you, you won't

come looking for me.

[Music]

Ah, so one day, you will fall into a deep sleep.

And once you do, you'll never wake up again,

[Music] will you?

I'll have to fight all alone in this world

that we used to adventure in together.

Even against the dragons that breathe fire,

we fought them together. We even found

the Hero's Sword.

Ah, what if you

never wake up like this? While thinking

of that, I was staring

[Music]

at your sleeping face.

[Music]

Whether under clear blue skies

or in the middle of a storm, we held hands.

[Music]

Through the happiest times and the saddest times,

I know that someday, it will come. But when I wake up,

you aren't in this world anymore.

I try to shake you awake, but you

won't wake up.

[Music]

Ah, so one day, you will fall into a deep sleep.

[Music] And once you do, you'll never

wake up again.

[Music]

I'll have to fight all alone in this world

that we used to adventure in together.

Ah, we even went to search for

treasures yet unseen, sailing our ship

on nights when the stars fell.

Ah, what if you

never wake up like this? While thinking of that,

I was gazing

[Music]

at your face. Ah, so one day, you will fall into a deep sleep.

[Music] And once you do,

you'll never wake up again.

In the world

we used to adventure in, I'll have to

fight all alone.

Even against the fire-breathing dragons,

we fought them together. We even found

the Hero's Sword, didn't we?

Ah, what if you

never wake up like this? While thinking of that,

I was gazing

at your face.

Yeah.

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Ah

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[Bell]

[Great cheering]

[Japanese]

[音楽]

[ベル]

[音楽]

君と僕とで世界を冒険[歌声][音楽]し

てきたけど泣いたり[歌声]笑ったり

[音楽]して

僕ら[歌声]はどんな時でも

辛いできたけどいつかはいつの日[音楽]

かは

あるわ[歌声]僕目を覚ますとこの世界

[音楽]には君は[歌声]いないんだ

脅かそうとして隠れてみても君は[歌声]

探しにこ[音楽]ないんた。

[音楽]

あき君はいつの日かい眠りに落ちてしまう

んだね。そしたらもう目を覚まさないんだ

[歌声][音楽]ね。

僕らが今まで冒険[音楽]した世界と僕は

1人で戦わなきゃいけないだね。

ポっと[音楽]火を吹くドラゴンもポッタ

2人で戦ったね。勇者剣[音楽]も見つけ

てきたよね。

あ、このまま君が[音楽]

なかったらどうしよう。そんなこと思い

ながら君の目を

[音楽]

見ていたんだ。

[音楽]

どんな青空の時でも[音楽]どんな嵐嵐の

時でも手を[音楽]繋いでいたけど

[音楽]こんなに嬉しい時をどんなに

悲しい時をいつかはいつもの日かは

あるわ僕[音楽]かを覚ますとこの世界に

は君は[音楽]いないんだね。起こそとし

て揺さぶるけど君はもう[音楽]目を

覚まさないた

わ。[音楽]

ああ君はいつの日か深い眠りに落ちて

しまう[音楽]んだね。そしたらもう目を

覚さないんだね。

僕らが今まで[音楽]

冒険した世界と僕は1人で戦わなきゃいけ

ないだね。

ああ、まだ[音楽]見ぬたからも僕ら2人

で探しに行ったね。星が降る夜に船を出し

てさ。

ああ、このまま君が起きなかっ[音楽]

たらどうしよう。そんなことを思いながら

君の願を

[音楽]

見てたんだ。あ、君はいつの日眠りに落ち

[音楽]てしまう[歌声]んだね。そし

たらもう目を覚さないんだね。

僕らまで

しと世界[音楽]と僕は1人で戦わなきゃ

いけないんだね。

もっと火くドラゴン。もうそんな[音楽]

2人で戦ったね。勇者の剣を見つけてきた

よ[歌声]ね。

あ、[音楽]このまま君が起きなかったら

どうしよう。そんなこと思いながら君の願

を[音楽]

見ていたんだ。

イエー

。[音楽]

あ

[音楽]

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。

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[ベル]

[大歓声]

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
眠り姫 nemurihime N1	noun - sleeping princess
冒険 bouken N3	noun - adventure
辛い tsurai N3	adjective - painful / hard / difficult
覚ます samasu N3	verb - to wake up / to awaken
隠れる kakureru N4	verb - to hide
戦う tatakau N3	verb - to fight / to battle
勇者 yuusha N2	noun - hero / brave person
嵐 arashi N3	noun - storm
揺さぶる yusaburu N2	verb - to shake / to sway
深い fukai N4	adjective - deep
船 fune N4	noun - ship / boat
願い negai N3	noun - wish / prayer
空 sora N5	noun - sky
降る furu N4	verb - to fall (rain, snow, stars)
剣 ken N2	noun - sword

Key Grammar Structures

• 君と僕とで世界を冒険してきたけど

  ➔ ~てくる / ~ていく (Transition/Process)

  ➔ "冒険してきた" indicates an experience of adventuring from the past up to now.

• 君は探しにこないんだ

  ➔ ~しに来る (To come to do something)

  ➔ "探しにこない" means [you] will not come to search [for me].

• 深い眠りに落ちてしまうんだね

  ➔ ~てしまう (Regret/Completion/Irreversibility)

  ➔ "落ちてしまう" emphasizes the irreversible and sorrowful nature of falling into a deep sleep.

• 1人で戦わなきゃいけないだね

  ➔ ~なきゃいけない / ~なければならない (Obligation)

  ➔ "戦わなきゃいけない" expresses the necessity or unavoidable duty to fight alone.

• 起きなかったらどうしよう

  ➔ ~たらどうしよう (What if... / Anxiety about the future)

  ➔ "起きなかったらどうしよう" shows the speaker's anxiety about the possibility of the person not waking up.

• 手を繋いでいたけど

  ➔ ~ていた (Past continuous / State in the past)

  ➔ "手を繋いでいた" describes the habitual or continuous state of holding hands in the past.

• 起こそうとして揺さぶるけど

  ➔ ~ようとする (Attempt to do)

  ➔ "起こそうとして" means the act of attempting to wake someone up.

• 星が降る夜に船を出してさ

  ➔ ~て (Connective form for sequence)

  ➔ The "て" connects the action of the night (starry sky) to the next action (launching the boat).