{"id":547,"date":"2015-12-28T01:16:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-28T09:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=547"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T17:26:10","slug":"ahane-ayano-ikiru-ashioto-japanese-lyrics-with-english-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"Ahane Ayano – Ikiru ashioto [Japanese lyrics with English translation]"},"content":{"rendered":"

artist: Ahane Ayano
\ntitle: Ikiru ashioto | Footsteps of Life [1]
\ndiscs: Ikiru Ashioto (single)
\n            Re.Birth<\/a> (album)
\n            Best Selection (compilation album)<\/p>\n

lyrics: Ahane Ayano
\nmusic, arrangement: Kameda Seiji<\/p>\n

\n

Romanization<\/h2>\n
\n\n

nani hitotsu wakaranai mama     mune ni semaru omoi
\ntoshigoro da to ii nagara     soremo kekkyoku     nigeteita [2]
\ntaikutsu da to wameiteru     kakkoyoku ikirenai<\/p>\n

kumo no kirema     yuugure-zora
\nkaeritakute     te wo nobasu [3]
\ntsumekonda kokoro     chigiresou de
\nikiru ashioto ga setsunaku hibiiteru [4]<\/p>\n

katachi dake ni shigamitsuite     jun na kimochi doko e [5]
\nsamishisa to wa chigau kono kimochi     wasuresou na mainichi [6]
\ntamerai nanka sutetesa     warawaretemo ii ja nai [7]<\/p>\n

kumo no kirema     hareta sora
\nmodoritakute     me wo tojiru
\ntakusan no hikari ga     tsukinuketeku [8]
\nikiru kodou ga setsunaku hibiiteru [9]<\/p>\n

ima mo…<\/p>\n

daremo inai     ano sora ni
\nhanashita yume     uso ja nai [10]
\nkioku ga nagaretsuku koro ni wa [11]
\nkitto mata aruki hajimeru<\/p>\n

kumo no kirema     yuugure zora
\nkaeritakute     te wo nobasu [3]
\ntsumekonda kokoro     chigiresou de
\nikiru ashioto ga setsunaku hibiiteru [4]<\/p>\n\n<\/div>

Translation<\/h2>\n
\n\n

\tNot knowing anything at all,     a thought presses on my chest
\n\tThough I’m young, [2] even that is fleeing from me
\n\tI shout out against the tedium, and cannot live on happily<\/p>\n

\tThe evening sky peeks between the clouds
\n\tI reach out my hand, wanting to return to it [3]
\n\tMy heart, so filled with emotions, feels like it will be torn apart
\n\tAs the bittersweet footsteps of life keep echoing [4]<\/p>\n

\tI go through the motions, but the true feelings disappear [5]
\n\tThis emotion isn\u2019t sadness, rather it\u2019s like the blur of days that I\u2019ve forgotten [6]
\n\tI want to stop hesitating     and feel okay even if I am foolish [7] <\/p>\n

\tThe clear sky peeks between the clouds
\n\tClosing my eyes, I want to return there
\n\tSo many rays of light keep passing through the clouds [8]
\n\tAs the bittersweet pulse of life echoes on [9]<\/p>\n

\tEven now…<\/p>\n

\tUnder the sky of a deserted land
\n\tThe dream that I spoke of was true [10]
\n\tWhen the memories resurface [11]
\n\tSurely I will start walking again<\/p>\n

\tThe evening sky peeks between the clouds
\n\tI reach out my hand, wanting to return to it [3]
\n\tMy heart, so filled with emotions, feels like it will be torn apart
\n\tAs the bittersweet footsteps of life continue echoing [4]<\/p>\n\n<\/div>

Japanese<\/h2>\n
\n\n

\u306a\u306b\u3072\u3068\u3064\u89e3\u3089\u306a\u3044\u307e\u307e\u3000\u80f8\u306b\u305b\u307e\u308b\u601d\u3044
\n\u5e74\u9803\u3060\u3068\u3044\u3044\u306a\u304c\u3089\u3000\u305d\u308c\u3082\u7d50\u5c40\u3000\u9003\u3052\u3066\u3044\u305f
\n\u9000\u5c48\u3060\u3068\u308f\u3081\u3044\u3066\u308b\u3000\u304b\u3063\u3053\u3088\u304f\u751f\u304d\u308c\u306a\u3044<\/p>\n

\u96f2\u306e\u5207\u308c\u9593\u3000\u3086\u3046\u3050\u308c\u7a7a
\n\u5e30\u308a\u305f\u304f\u3066\u3000\u624b\u3092\u306e\u3070\u3059
\n\u8a70\u3081\u8fbc\u3093\u3060\u5fc3\u3000\u3061\u304e\u308c\u305d\u3046\u3067
\n\u751f\u304d\u308b\u8db3\u97f3\u304c\u305b\u3064\u306a\u304f\u97ff\u3044\u3066\u308b<\/p>\n

\u5f62\u3060\u3051\u306b\u3057\u304c\u307f\u3064\u3044\u3066\u3000\u7d14\u7c8b\uff08\u3058\u3085\u3093\uff09\u306a\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3069\u3053\u3078
\n\u6dcb\u3057\u3055\u3068\u306f\u9055\u3046\u3053\u306e\u6c17\u6301\u3061\u3000\u5fd8\u308c\u305d\u3046\u306a\u6bce\u65e5
\n\u305f\u3081\u3089\u3044\u306a\u3093\u304b\u6368\u3066\u3066\u3055\u3000\u7b11\u308f\u308c\u3066\u3082\u3044\u3044\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044<\/p>\n

\u96f2\u306e\u5207\u308c\u9593\u3000\u306f\u308c\u305f\u7a7a
\n\u623b\u308a\u305f\u304f\u3066\u3000\u77b3\u3092\u9589\u3058\u308b
\n\u305f\u304f\u3055\u3093\u306e\u5149\u304c\u7a81\u304d\u629c\u3051\u3066\u304f
\n\u751f\u304d\u308b\u9f13\u52d5\u304c\u305b\u3064\u306a\u304f\u97ff\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b<\/p>\n

\u4eca\u3082\u30fb\u30fb\u30fb<\/p>\n

\u8ab0\u3082\u3044\u306a\u3044\u3000\u3042\u306e\u7a7a\u306b
\n\u8a71\u3057\u305f\u5922\u3000\u3046\u305d\u3058\u3083\u306a\u3044
\n\u8a18\u61b6\u304c\u6d41\u308c\u3064\u304f\u9803\u306b\u306f
\n\u304d\u3063\u3068\u307e\u305f\u6b69\u304d\u306f\u3058\u3081\u308b<\/p>\n

\u96f2\u306e\u5207\u308c\u9593\u3000\u3086\u3046\u3050\u308c\u7a7a
\n\u5e30\u308a\u305f\u304f\u3066\u3000\u624b\u3092\u306e\u3070\u3059
\n\u8a70\u3081\u8fbc\u3093\u3060\u5fc3\u3000\u3061\u304e\u308c\u305d\u3046\u3067
\n\u751f\u304d\u308b\u8db3\u97f3\u304c\u305b\u3064\u306a\u304f\u97ff\u3044\u3066\u308b<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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\n[1] Ikiru ashioto, lit: \u201cliving footsteps.\u201d
\n[2] Toshigoro, \u201cof a certain age.\u201d Ii toshigoro = an appropriate\/a good age.
\n[3] Yuugure-zora kaeritakute: [I] want to return to the evening sky
\n[4] Ikiru ashioto ga setsunaku hibiiteru, lit: \u201cthe living footsteps are echoing nostalgically.” I could not find a less awkward way to express the grammatical relationships of this phrase accurately. Perhaps: \u201cThe bittersweet echoes of living footsteps continue to reverberate\u201d
\n[5] This was a stretch in trying to capture the meaning of the words. Katachi dake ni shigamitsuite jun na kimochi doko e. More literally, \u201cI cling tightly only to the [physical] form, but where has the genuine emotion gone away to?\u201d Along the lines of: \u201cgoing through the motions, but without the feeling;\u201d
\n[6] Wasuresou na mainichi: more literally at: \u201clike forgetting the everyday.\u201d This simile seems to describe the feeling of numbness and loss of concentration that causes days to blur together, along with disorientation and memory loss.
\n[7] Tamerai nanka sutetesa: \u201c[Somehow] throw away the hesitation.\u201d Warawaretemo ii ja nai: \u201cIsn\u2019t it good, even if [you are] laughed at?\u201d
\n[8] Takusan no hikari ga tsukinuketeku: \u201cMany [rays of light] piercing through.\u201d This imagery suggests rays of sunlight passing through the clouds
\n[9] Ikiru kodou ga setsunaku hibiiteru. Similar to [4], this is more accurately and more awkwardly expressed as: \u201cThe living pulse is echoing nostalgically\u201d
\n[10] Hanashita yume. Either: \u201cthe dream that [I] spoke of\u201d, or \u201cthe dream in which [we] spoke.\u201d
\n[11] Kioku ga nagaretsuku: \u201cthe memories drift ashore,\u201d as if coming back to land after being submerged in the ocean.<\/p>\n

As shown by the ample footnotes, this was a difficult song to translate. The lyrics are abstract. I hope some of the artist\u2019s thoughts have been accurately interpreted and expressed in this translation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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