点描の唄 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: Mrs. GREEN APPLE
• Album: 青と夏

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the beautiful world of Japanese emotions with Mrs. GREEN APPLE's "点描の唄." This poignant duet, with its clear male and female vocal parts and deeply heartfelt lyrics, offers a wonderful opportunity to learn about expressing longing and cherished memories in Japanese. Its simple yet profound language and captivating melody make it an ideal song for immersing yourself in the nuances of the Japanese language and understanding culturally resonant themes of love and transience.

[English]

Your voice melts me away

My heart says I don't want to forget

Memories keep piling up

I want to be by your side forever

Is it okay to be a crybaby?

You don't have to pretend to be strong

Even if it's a fleeting love

I'm happy to have met you

Forever

Forever

I wish it would continue like this

Even if I can't hold your hand

I truly like you

Your dreams bring me peace

I say I don't want to wake up

Memories keep piling up

I want to be by your side tomorrow too

...

To the ends of the earth

To the ends of the earth

I want you to scold my insensitivity

I'm too much of a child to notice

That the ordinary can break

But I truly like you

I wish my (your) time could stop

...

Look, I'm expecting again

I'll try to hold it in

If it overflows

Look into my eyes properly, look, look

Only your shadow stretches out

Don't disappear, forever

Forever, this feeling won't change

Forever

Forever

I wish it would continue like this

Even if I can't hold your hand

I'm embraced by the passing present

My (your)

I wish time could stop

Let's savor today

Don't end

Summer, don't end

...

[Japanese]

貴方の声で解れてゆく

忘れたくないと心が云う

思い出ばっか増えてゆく

ずっと側に居たい

泣き虫でもいいかな

強がらないでいいよ

限りある恋だとしても

出逢えて幸せです

いつまでも

いつまでも

続いて欲しいと願っている

手を取ることは出来ずとも

私は貴方を好いている

貴方の夢で心安らぐ

目覚めたくないと僕は云う

思い出ばっか増えてゆく

明日も側に居たい

どこまでも

どこまでも

鈍感な僕を叱って欲しい

当たり前が壊れることに

気づけないくらいに子供だけど

ちゃんと僕は貴方を好いている

私の (僕の) 時間が止まればいいのに

ほらまた期待をしてしまう

グッと堪えてみるからさ

もし溢れ出したら

瞳をちゃんと見てよ 見てよ 見て

貴方の影だけ伸びてゆく

消えてしまわないで ずっと

ずっと この思いは変わらない

いつまでも

いつまでも

続いて欲しいと願っている

手を取ることは出来ずとも

過ぎていく現在に抱きしめられている

私の (僕の)

時間が止まればいいのに

今日を噛み締めていよう

終わるな

夏よ、終わるな

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
声 /koe/ A1	noun - voice
心 /kokoro/ A1	noun - heart; mind
思い出 /omoide/ A2	noun - memory; recollection
居たい /itai/ A2	verb - to want to be (somewhere)
幸せ /shiawase/ A2	noun - happiness
願っている /negatteiru/ B1	verb - to wish; to hope
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
夢 /yume/ A2	noun - dream
時間 /jikan/ A1	noun - time
期待 /kitai/ B1	noun - expectation
消える /kieru/ B1	verb - to disappear
変わらない /kawaranai/ B2	verb - to not change
終わる /owaru/ B1	verb - to end
側 /soba/ A2	noun - side
泣き虫 /nakimushi/ B2	noun - crybaby
強がる /tsuyogaru/ B2	verb - to pretend to be strong

Key Grammar Structures

• 貴方の声で解れてゆく

  ➔ Using 'で' as a particle indicates the means or method by which something happens.

  ➔ 'で' denotes the means, such as voice, through which the action is happening.

• 限りある恋だとしても

  ➔ '限りある' is an expression meaning 'limited' or 'finite', used with nouns.

  ➔ Expresses that the love is finite or limited in duration.

• 出逢えて幸せです

  ➔ The potential form '出逢えて' indicates the ability or possibility to meet.

  ➔ The verb '出逢える' is the potential form of '出逢う' (to meet), indicating the ability to meet.

• 私は貴方を好いている

  ➔ The verb '好いている' is the continuative or ongoing form of '好く', meaning 'to like' or 'love' someone.

  ➔ It signifies a continuous or ongoing state of liking or loving someone.

• 私の (僕の) 時間が止まればいいのに

  ➔ The conditional 'が止まればいい' expresses a wish or hope about a hypothetical situation.

  ➔ It is a conditional form showing a wish that 'my time' would stop if possible.

• 夏よ、終わるな

  ➔ Imperative form used here as a plea or command to 'summer' to not end.

  ➔ A command or plea for summer not to end, expressed in the imperative mood.