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(Footnotes at the bottom)
帰り道のライト 何らかの合図を 無機質に放つビルたちの 名前は知らんよ でもありがとう 開いてく心の搬入口
Kaerimichi no raito Nanraka no aizu wo Mukishitsu ni hanatsu biru tachi no Namae wa shiranyo Demo arigatou Hiraiteku kokoro no hannyuukou
Seeing lights on the way home
They’re some kinds of signs sent by industrial buildings
I don’t know your names, but thank you
The entrance to my heart starts to open up
暖かな窓 カーテンの奥を 推し量ることは野暮だけど 幸せ願うよ 暮らしのサインを くれた顔も知らぬ仲間たち
Atataka na mado Kaaten no oku wo Oshihakaru kotowa yabou dakedo Shiawase negauyo Kurashi no sainn wo Kureta kao mo shiranu nakama tachi
It seems rude to imagine what’s behind the warm window and the curtain
But I wish you happiness, my unfamiliar* companions that showed me the signs of life
あなたが居るなら人生は今日も平和だ
Anata ga iru nara jinsei wa kyou mo heiwa da
If you are here, my life today will also be peaceful
到底僕じゃ払えもしないような 深い闇さえもぼやかしてしまう 街の誰そ彼の人生の 無数の美しさに途方に暮れる
Toutei bokuja haraemo shinai youna Fukai yami sae mo boyakashite shimau Machi no tasogare no jinsei no Musuu no utsukushisa ni tohou ni kureru
I’m at a loss from seeing the countless beauty of the lives of strangers in town
They blur the deep darkness that I can’t fathom to** brush off myself
ため息をつくと 止めてよってちょっと 叱ってくるおかしな奴がいる 言葉ではないよ 点滅のレッド 泳ぐ四輪二輪魚の群れ
Tameiki wo tsuku to Yameteyo tte chotto Shikatte kuru okashi na yatsu ga iru Kotoba de wa naiyo Tenmetsu no reddo Oyogu yonnrinn nirinn sakana no mure
When I sigh, someone peculiar tells me to stop
They don’t speak with words
They’re the blinking red, the school of swimming four-wheeled and two-wheeled fish
眺めてた僕の荷物は笑みへと変わった
Nagameteta boku no nimotsu wa emi eto kawatta
My burden I was glancing at turned into a smile
到底ひとりじゃ作れもしないような 愛着の湧くシワのひとつひとつ 君のあなたのお前たちの その頼もしさに途方に暮れる
Toutei hitorija tsukuremo shinai you na Aichaku no waku shiwa no hitotsu hitotsu Kimi no anata no omaetachi no Sono tanomoshisa ni tohou ni kureru
Every single wrinkle can’t possibly** be made by just one person, I can’t help but be fond of them
From you, you, and you***, they’re so reliable, I’m at a loss
消えてくライト 静けさと共に 灯り出すライト 代わる代わる 訪れる夜を 生き抜くための大事な光を 宿してる誰も 届いてるちゃんと ちゃんと ちゃんと
Kieteku raito Sizukesa to tomo ni Tomori dasu raito Kawaru kawaru Otozureru yoru wo Ikinuku tame no daiji na hikari wo Yadoshiteru dare mo Todoiteru chanto chanto chanto
The lights fade
In silence, the lights light up
Everyone has an important light to keep them alive through the nights that keep coming
They’ve all reached here, they’re here, they’re here, they’re here****
到底僕じゃ払えもしないような 深い闇さえもぼやかしてしまう 街の誰そ彼の人生の 無数の美しさに途方に暮れる
Toutei bokuja haraemo shinai youna Fukai yami sae mo boyakashite shimau Machi no tasogare no jinsei no Musuu no utsukushisa ni tohou ni kureru
I’m at a loss from seeing the countless beauty of the lives of strangers in town
They blur the deep darkness that I can’t fathom to brush off myself
きっと僕らは受け取ってしまう 色んな恐怖も色んな悲しみも それを背負ったもの同士だからこそ 互いを照らし合っては笑う
Kitto bokura wa uketotte shimau Ironna kyoufu mo ironna kanashimi mo Sore wo seotta mono doushi dakara koso Tagai wo terashi attewa warau
We will probably receive all the various fears and sorrows
We shine upon each other and smile because we shoulder all of it together
全てのライト おやすみありがとう 届いてるちゃんと ちゃんと...
Subete no raito Oyasumi arigatou Todoiteru chanto chanto…
To all the lights, good night, and thank you
They’ve all reached here, they’re here, they’re here…****
===Footnotes
This song was pretty difficult to translate, because so much of it is poetic and figurative writing imo. But that’s what makes it such a beautiful and heartwarming song :) Here’s hoping my translation did justice to the original lyrics.
In general, I think “sign” is pretty much synonymous with “signal” in this song; since Satocchan says “sign” I thought I’d go with that :)
- the direct translation of “顔も知らぬ”/”kao mo shiranu”, from which I got “unfamiliar”, is “of unknown faces”.
** The “I can’t fathom to” and the “can’t possibly” come from the same phrase: “到底...ない”/”toutei… nai”. Satocchan is a genius so the sentence structure of both of these verses is very similar. Unfortunately I had to break them into different structures in my translation :(
*** the “you, you, and you” is translated from “君のあなたのお前たちの”/”kimi no anata no omaetachi no”, where 君(kimi), あなた(anata), お前たち(omaetachi) are 3 different ways of saying “you”. Omaetachi is one way of saying the plural “you”, the others are singular.
**** the direct translation of “ちゃんと”/”chanto” is “surely/certainly/properly”. I interpreted this as Satocchan (re)assuring everyone that the positive energy/happiness of the fans have reached him/higedan, so I imagined “they’re here” is a more figurative way of expressing the same idea.