[translation] akairo - ザアザア (xaa-xaa)


akairo – red

english reviewed by Platy.

akairo motto maki chirashite
Spread more red
donomichi itsuka haiiro nara
if someday you are gray.
dare demo nakute kimi no tame ni
Don’t do it for anyone, do it for you
azayaka ni some agete
dye everything vividly

iki wo suru dake kotoba hanasu dake
just breath, just say one word
onaka ga akeba taberu kuuki ningyou
if you are hungry, eat an air doll

(maybe: if you are hungry, like an air doll, eat something)

ano koro wa kamushara ni
that day, recklessly
nani ka wo sakendeta
I was crying about something
wasureteta akai kodatta boku wo
that I can’t remember, I was a red child

akairo motto maki chirashite
Spread more red
donomichi itsuka haiiro nara
if someday you are gray.
dare demo nakute kimi no tame ni
Don’t do it for anyone, do it for you
azayaka ni some agete
dye everything vividly

ikite iku tame ikiteiru dake de
Live just for being alive,
naze ikiteiru no ka yoku wakaranai
Why to live? I really don’t know

zattou ni tsukarete wa shizukesa wo sagashite
I’m tired of crowds, I’m searching for peace
nantonaku nagarete nagasareteta
Its like I flowed, until I got empty

imi no nai koto darake no machi de
In a city full of meaningless things
gamushara ni iki wo fukaku sutta
I inhaled deeply, [trying to catch] my frantic breathing
nani ka wo sakebouto
trying to shout something
darenimo iezu nomikonda yume
[about] a dream that was swallowed without anyone being able to say anything
hontou wa tsutaeta katta koto
truly, there’s lots of things
takusan atta
that I wanted to tell you

umareta wake wa shiranai kedo
even if I don’t know why I was born
kono mama kitto shiranai kedo
even if I didn’t really know.
saigo no saigo tatta ichibyou
in the last of the last second
waraitai sou omoeba
if I could laugh

akairo motto maki chirashite
Spread more red
donomichi itsuka haiiro nara
if someday you are gray.
dare demo nakute kimi no tame ni
Don’t do it for anyone, do it for you
azayaka ni some agete
dye everything vivid and
magiremonaku akairo
sharply red