風に薫る夏の記憶 – Bilingual Lyrics Japanese/English

• By: AAA
• Album: Wake up!

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the beautiful world of Japanese music with AAA's "風に薫る夏の記憶" (Kaze ni Kaoru Natsu no Kioku). This emotional medium-tempo ballad offers a perfect gateway to understanding poetic Japanese expressions related to love, memory, and the changing seasons. Its poignant lyrics and evocative imagery make it a special song for language learners and music enthusiasts alike, allowing you to appreciate the nuances of Japanese storytelling through song.

[English]

The summer memories fragrant in the wind

Reminiscences are those distant Summer Days

A gentle feeling that vows eternity

It all started on a Summer Night like this

Love exists between chance and destiny

It suddenly blooms, as if by magic

It stole my eyes and made me fall into a dream

You in a yukata, tied up your hair

The cluster of summer festival lights dancing in the twilight sky

I want to come back next summer, just the two of us

The memory of summer ten years from now

I want to carve it with you, Summer Days

Night after night, one by one

Eternity is not just a Summer Night like this

Because this summer will never come back again

All I can do is hold your hand tightly

Swaying in the wind, so fragile and uncertain

A nostalgic scent...

(You know I...)

Since that day, a single prayer

Gently fills my heart

(Now and Forever...)

Being with you now

Love isn't something vague we just hold

As if destiny itself guides us

Your voice, lonely, saying you want to see the sea

Made me want to protect you, so I turned the wheel

Like footprints stretching along the sandy shore, close together

Next summer, I want to be by your side again

The summer memories fragrant in the wind

Reminiscences are those distant Summer Days

A gentle feeling that vows eternity

It all started on a Summer Night like this

I won't get lost in what the future holds anymore

Just hold my hand tightly, that's enough

A story spun along the palm of my hand

Even as this summer ends soon

Let's start once more, the first time again

Coloring the past you gave me

Passing it on to tomorrow

The summer memories of ten years from now

I want to carve it with you, Summer Days

Night after night, one by one

Eternity is not just a Summer Night like this

The summer memories fragrant in the wind

Reminiscences are those distant Summer Days

A gentle feeling that vows eternity

It all started on a Summer Night like this

Even if I could meet that summer once again

It's okay to hold your hand tightly again

[Japanese]

風に薫る夏の記憶

想い出は遠きSummer Days

永久を誓う淡い気持ち

はじまりはそんなSummer Night

恋は偶然と必然との狭間で

まるで突然に芽生えるもので

瞳を奪って僕を夢中にさせた

髪を束ねた浴衣の君に

夕闇の空に踊る夏祭りの灯火の群

また次の夏も君と二人で来たいな

十年後の夏の記憶

刻みたい君とSummer Days

一夜一夜　一つ一つ

永遠はそんなSummer Night

もう二度とこの夏はめぐることはないから

ただ君の手を強く握るしかできなくて

風に揺れ頼り無く

懐かしい香りが…

(You know I...)

あの日から　ひとひらの祈りが

優しく心を満たす

(Now and Forever...)

君といる今

愛は漠然と抱くものではなくて

まるで運命が導くように

海が見たいって淋しげな君の声

守りたくなってハンドルを切った

砂浜に寄り添いながら細く伸びた足跡のように

また次の夏も君の隣にいたいな

風に薫る夏の記憶

想い出は遠きSummer Days

永久を誓う淡い気持ち

はじまりはそんなSummer Night

もうどんな未来にも迷うことはないから

ただ僕の手を強く握るだけでいいから

手の平を伝う様に紡ぐストーリー

この夏がもうすぐ終わりでも

何度目かの初めてを始めよう

君がくれた過去を彩って

明日へ渡そう

十年後の夏の記憶

刻みたい君とSummer Days

一夜一夜　一つ一つ

永遠はそんなSummer Night

風に薫る夏の記憶

想い出は遠きSummer Days

永久を誓う淡い気持ち

はじまりはそんなSummer Night

もう一度あの夏にめぐり逢えたとしても

また君の手を強く握りしめていいよね

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
記憶 /kioku/ B1	noun - memory
想い出 /omoide/ B1	noun - recollection, memory
夏 /natsu/ A1	noun - summer
恋 /koi/ B1	noun - love, romance
運命 /unmei/ B2	noun - destiny, fate
声 /koe/ A2	noun - voice, sound
気持ち /kimochi/ B1	noun - feeling, emotion
未来 /mirai/ B2	noun - future
強く /tsuyoku/ B1	adverb - strongly
夢中 /muchuu/ B2	noun - being absorbed, engrossed
灯火 /touka/ B2	noun - light, flame
香り /kaori/ B1	noun - fragrance, scent
祭り /matsuri/ A2	noun - festival
手 /te/ A1	noun - hand
海 /umi/ A1	noun - sea, ocean
二人 /futari/ A2	noun - two people, couple
過去 /kako/ B1	noun - past

Key Grammar Structures

• 想い出は遠きSummer Days

  ➔ Use of the adjective '遠き' (distant) in the classical or literary form to describe 'Summer Days.'

  ➔ The adjective '遠き' is the classical ai-form of '遠い' (far), used here to give a poetic or literary tone.

• はじまりはそんなSummer Night

  ➔ Use of 'は' as a topic marker to indicate that 'such Summer Night' is the subject of the sentence.

  ➔ The particle 'は' marks the topic of the sentence, emphasizing 'such Summer Night' as the thematic focus.

• 風に薫る夏の記憶

  ➔ Use of 'に' to indicate the agent or means by which the summer memories are 'aromatic' or 'perfumed' by the wind.

  ➔ The particle 'に' indicates the relationship where the wind causes the summer memories to 'aromatically' exist or be felt.

• もう二度とこの夏はめぐることはないから

  ➔ Use of 'は' as a topic marker combined with 'ことはない' to indicate that 'this summer will never recur again.'

  ➔ 'は' marks the topic, and 'ことはない' is a phrase meaning 'there is no chance that,' expressing permanence or certainty about the summer not returning.

• 何度目かの初めてを始めよう

  ➔ Use of 'か' in '何度目か' to indicate an indefinite or certain number of times, meaning 'the nth time'; combined with 'を始めよう' to suggest starting anew.

  ➔ 'か' is a question particle that also indicates indeterminate numbering; 'を始めよう' is volitional form meaning 'let's start.'

• 過去を彩って

  ➔ Use of 'て' form in '彩って' to connect actions, here meaning 'coloring' or 'embellishing' the past.

  ➔ The て-form links verbs and indicates an ongoing or connected action, here embellishing or decorating the past.