ヨルシカ (Yorushika) - 春泥棒/Spring Thief
ヨルシカ (Yorushika)


koukakyo wo nuketara
After passing through the overpass

  • 高架橋こうかきょう /koukakyou/：
    Overpass, elevated bridge
  • 抜ぬけたら /nuketara/：
    Original form: 抜ぬける, to pass through. たら indicates "if/after"
kumo no sukima ni ao ga nozoita
Blue sky peeked through the gaps in the clouds

  • 雲くも /kumo/：
    Cloud
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/：
    Gap, opening
  • 青あお /ao/：
    Blue; here refers to the blue sky
  • 覗のぞいた /nozoita/：
    Original form: 覗のぞく, to peek, to peer out
saikin doumo atsui kara
Since it has been so hot lately

  • 最近さいきん /saikin/：
    Recently
  • どうも /doumo/：
    Somehow, always
  • 暑あつい /atsui/：
    Hot (weather)
  • から /kara/：
    Because
tada kaze ga fuku no wo matteta
I was just waiting for the wind to blow

  • ただ /tada/：
    Just, merely
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    Wind
  • 吹ふく /fuku/：
    To blow
  • 待まってた /matteta/：
    Original form: 待まつ, to wait. Colloquial contraction of 待っていた
kokage ni suwaru
Sitting in the shade of a tree

  • 木陰こかげ /kokage/：
    Tree shade
  • 座すわる /suwaru/：
    To sit
nanika hoho ni tsuku
Something lands on my cheek

  • 何なにか /nanika/：
    Something
  • 頬ほお /hoho/：
    Cheek
  • 付つく /tsuku/：
    To stick, to attach
miagereba zujou ni saite chiru
Looking up, flowers bloom and scatter overhead

  • 見上みあげれば /miagereba/：
    Original form: 見上みあげる, to look up. ば indicates "if/when"
  • 頭上ずじょう /zujou/：
    Overhead, above one's head
  • 咲さいて /saite/：
    Original form: 咲さく, to bloom (te-form)
  • 散ちる /chiru/：
    To scatter, to fall
harari, bokura mou iki mo wasurete
Fluttering down, we have already forgotten to breathe

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    We, us
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 息いき /iki/：
    Breath
  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    Original form: 忘わすれる, to forget (te-form)
mabataki sae okkuu
Even blinking feels like too much effort

  • 瞬またたき /mabataki/：
    Blinking
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
saa, kyou sae ashita kako ni kawaru
Come now, even today will become the past by tomorrow

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 明日あした /ashita/：
    Tomorrow
  • 過去かこ /kako/：
    The past
  • 変かわる /kawaru/：
    To change
tada kaze wo matsu
Just waiting for the wind

  • ただ /tada/：
    Just, merely
  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    Wind
  • 待まつ /matsu/：
    To wait
dakara bokura mou koe mo wasurete
So we have already forgotten our voices

  • だから /dakara/：
    So, therefore
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    We, us
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    Voice
  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    Original form: 忘わすれる, to forget (te-form)
sayonara sae okkuu
Even saying goodbye feels like too much effort

  • さよなら /sayonara/：
    Goodbye
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
tada hana ga furu dake
Flowers are simply falling

  • ただ /tada/：
    Just, merely
  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • 降ふる /furu/：
    To fall, to come down
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
hareri
The sky has cleared

  • 晴はれり /hareri/：
    Original form: 晴はれる, to clear up. り is a classical auxiliary verb indicating completion, equivalent to modern 晴はれた
ima, haru fubuki
Now, a spring blizzard

  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now
  • 春はる吹雪ふぶき /haru fubuki/：
    Spring blizzard; cherry blossom petals swirling like a snowstorm
tsugi no hi mo machiawase
We made plans to meet the next day too

  • 次つぎ /tsugi/：
    Next
  • 日ひ /hi/：
    Day
  • 待まち合あわせ /machiawase/：
    Meeting up, rendezvous
hanami no kyaku mo sukunaku natta
The cherry blossom viewers have dwindled

  • 花見はなみ /hanami/：
    Flower viewing (especially cherry blossoms)
  • 客きゃく /kyaku/：
    Guest, visitor
  • 少すくなくなった /sukunaku natta/：
    Original form: 少すくない, few. 少なくなる means "to become fewer"
haru no nioi wa mou yamu
The scent of spring has already faded

  • 春はる /haru/：
    Spring
  • 匂におい /nioi/：
    Scent, smell
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 止やむ /yamu/：
    To stop, to cease
kotoshi mo natsu ga kuru no ka
Is summer coming again this year?

  • 今年ことし /kotoshi/：
    This year
  • 夏なつ /natsu/：
    Summer
  • 来くる /kuru/：
    To come
koukakyou wo nuketara
After passing through the overpass

  • 高架橋こうかきょう /koukakyou/：
    Overpass, elevated bridge
  • 抜ぬけたら /nuketara/：
    Original form: 抜ぬける, to pass through. たら indicates "if/after"
michi no saki ni kimi ga nozoita
You appeared at the end of the road

  • 道みち /michi/：
    Road, path
  • 先さき /saki/：
    Ahead, beyond
  • 君きみ /kimi/：
    You
  • 覗のぞいた /nozoita/：
    Original form: 覗のぞく, to peek, to peer out
nokori wa doredake kana
I wonder how much is left

  • 残のこり /nokori/：
    Remainder, what is left
  • どれだけ /doredake/：
    How much, how many
  • かな /kana/：
    I wonder (expresses questioning or wonder)
doredake haru ni aeru darou
How many more springs can we see?

  • どれだけ /doredake/：
    How much, how many
  • 春はる /haru/：
    Spring
  • 会あえる /aeru/：
    Original form: 会あう, to meet. 会える is the potential form, meaning "can meet"
  • だろう /darou/：
    Probably, I wonder (expresses speculation or wonder)
kawazoi no oka
A hill along the river

  • 川沿かわぞい /kawazoi/：
    Riverside, along the river
  • 丘おか /oka/：
    Hill
kokage ni suwaru
Sitting in the shade of a tree

  • 木陰こかげ /kokage/：
    Tree shade
  • 座すわる /suwaru/：
    To sit
mata kinou to kawarazu kyou mo saku
Again, just like yesterday, blooming today too

  • また /mata/：
    Again
  • 昨日きのう /kinou/：
    Yesterday
  • 変かわらず /kawarazu/：
    Original form: 変かわる, to change. 変わらず is the negative continuative form, meaning "unchanged"
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
  • 咲さく /saku/：
    To bloom
hana ni
In the flowers

  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
bokura mou iki mo wasurete
We have already forgotten to breathe

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    We, us
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 息いき /iki/：
    Breath
  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    Original form: 忘わすれる, to forget (te-form)
mabataki sae okkuu
Even blinking feels like too much effort

  • 瞬またたき /mabataki/：
    Blinking
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
hana chirase ima fuku kono arashi wa
This storm that scatters the flowers as it blows

  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • 散ちらせ /chirase/：
    Original form: 散ちらす, to scatter (imperative form)
  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now
  • 吹ふく /fuku/：
    To blow
  • この /kono/：
    This
  • 嵐あらし /arashi/：
    Storm, tempest
masani haru dorobou
Is truly a spring thief

  • まさに /masani/：
    Truly, exactly
  • 春泥棒はるどろぼう /haru dorobou/：
    Spring thief. 泥棒 (どろぼう) means thief; 春泥棒 refers to something that steals spring away
kaze ni kyou mo mou toki ga nagarete
In the wind, time is already flowing away again today

  • 風かぜ /kaze/：
    Wind
  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 時とき /toki/：
    Time
  • 流ながれて /nagarete/：
    Original form: 流ながれる, to flow (te-form)
tatsu koto sae okkuu
Even standing up feels like too much effort

  • 立たつ /tatsu/：
    To stand
  • こと /koto/：
    Thing (nominalizer for verbs)
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
hana no sukima ni sora
Sky through the gaps in the flowers

  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • 隙間すきま /sukima/：
    Gap, opening
  • 空そら /sora/：
    Sky
chireri
They have scattered

  • 散ちれり /chireri/：
    Original form: 散ちる, to scatter. り is a classical auxiliary verb indicating completion, equivalent to modern 散ちった
mada, haru fubuki
Still, a spring blizzard

  • まだ /mada/：
    Still, yet
  • 春吹雪はるふぶき /haru fubuki/：
    Spring blizzard; cherry blossom petals swirling like a snowstorm
kyou mo ai ni iku
Going to meet again today too

  • 今日きょう /kyou/：
    Today
  • 会あい /ai/：
    Original form: 会あう, to meet. 会いに行く means "to go to meet"
  • 行いく /iku/：
    To go
kokage ni suwaru
Sitting in the shade of a tree

  • 木陰こかげ /kokage/：
    Tree shade
  • 座すわる /suwaru/：
    To sit
tameiki wo tsuku
Letting out a sigh

  • 溜息ためいき /tameiki/：
    Sigh
  • 吐つく /tsuku/：
    To let out, to exhale. 溜息を吐く means "to sigh"
hana mo mou owaru
The flowers are about to end too

  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • もう /mou/：
    Already, about to
  • 終おわる /owaru/：
    To end, to finish
ashita mo ai ni iku
Going to meet again tomorrow too

  • 明日あす /ashita/：
    Tomorrow
  • 会あい /ai/：
    Original form: 会あう, to meet. 会いに行く means "to go to meet"
  • 行いく /iku/：
    To go
haru ga mou owaru
Spring is about to end

  • 春はる /haru/：
    Spring
  • もう /mou/：
    Already, about to
  • 終おわる /owaru/：
    To end, to finish
nagoru you ni jikan ga chitte iku
As if lingering, time scatters away

  • 名残なごる /nagoru/：
    To linger, to be reluctant to part. Derived from 名残 (なごり, lingering attachment)
  • ように /you ni/：
    As if, like
  • 時間じかん /jikan/：
    Time
  • 散ちっていく /chitte iku/：
    Original form: 散ちる, to scatter. 散っていく means "to gradually scatter away"
ai wo utaeba kotoba tarazu
If I sing of love, words fall short

  • 愛あい /ai/：
    Love
  • 歌うたえば /utaeba/：
    Original form: 歌うたう, to sing. えば is the conditional form, meaning "if one sings"
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    Words, language
  • 足たらず /tarazu/：
    Original form: 足たりる, to be enough. 足らず is the classical negative form, meaning "insufficient"
fumu in sae okkuu
Even rhyming feels like too much effort

  • 踏ふむ /fumu/：
    To step on. 韻を踏む means "to rhyme"
  • 韻いん /in/：
    Rhyme
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
hanahiraita ima wo kotoba gotoki ga katareru mono ka
Can mere words possibly describe this moment of flowers in bloom?

  • 花開はなひらいた /hanahiraita/：
    Original form: 花開はなひらく, flowers blooming (past tense)
  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now, this moment
  • 言葉ことば /kotoba/：
    Words, language
  • 如ごとき /gotoki/：
    Like, such as (classical/literary, equivalent to modern のような)
  • 語かたれる /katareru/：
    Original form: 語かたる, to tell, to narrate (potential form)
  • ものか /mono ka/：
    How could it possibly (rhetorical question expressing strong negation)
harari, bokura mou koe mo wasurete
Fluttering down, we have already forgotten our voices

  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    We, us
  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 声こえ /koe/：
    Voice
  • 忘わすれて /wasurete/：
    Original form: 忘わすれる, to forget (te-form)
mabataki sae okkuu
Even blinking feels like too much effort

  • 瞬またたき /mabataki/：
    Blinking
  • さえ /sae/：
    Even
  • 億劫おっくう /okkuu/：
    Bothersome, too much effort
hanami wa bokura dake
We are the only ones viewing the flowers

  • 花見はなみ /hanami/：
    Flower viewing (especially cherry blossoms)
  • 僕ぼくら /bokura/：
    We, us
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
chiru na mada, haru fubuki
Do not scatter yet, spring blizzard

  • 散ちる /chiru/：
    To scatter, to fall
  • な /na/：
    Do not (prohibition, attached after dictionary form)
  • まだ /mada/：
    Still, yet
  • 春吹雪はるふぶき /haru fubuki/：
    Spring blizzard; cherry blossom petals swirling like a snowstorm
ato mou sukoshi dake
Just a little bit more

  • あと /ato/：
    More, remaining
  • もう /mou/：
    More, further
  • 少すこし /sukoshi/：
    A little
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
mou kazoerareru dake
Already few enough to count

  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 数かぞえられる /kazoerareru/：
    Original form: 数かぞえる, to count (potential form, meaning "can count")
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
ato hana futatsu dake
Just two more flowers

  • あと /ato/：
    Remaining
  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • 二ふたつ /futatsu/：
    Two
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
mou hana hitotsu dake
Just one more flower

  • もう /mou/：
    Already
  • 花はな /hana/：
    Flower
  • 一ひとつ /hitotsu/：
    One
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
tada ha ga nokoru dake
Only leaves remain

  • ただ /tada/：
    Just, merely
  • 葉は /ha/：
    Leaf
  • 残のこる /nokoru/：
    To remain, to be left
  • だけ /dake/：
    Only, just
harari
Fluttering down
ima, haru jimai
Now, spring comes to an end

  • 今いま /ima/：
    Now
  • 春はる仕舞じまい /haru jimai/：
    End of spring. 仕舞い (しまい) means ending, conclusion