[translation] 花言葉 (hanakotoba) - the GazettE

hanakotoba – floriography¹

hikarabite fumi tsubusareru no nara semete anata ni

I want you to stay next to a beautiful flower

kirei na hana no tonari demo ii soba ni itai desu (↑↓)

even if it is withered or trampled

sachi usuku tanmei kawaru koto nado nai

I had little luck in this short life, but this will not change

itoshiku tada itoshiku anata wo...

the love, the simple love that I feel for you...

anata wa itsumo toorisugaru tabi ni yasashiku nadete kureta

You used to care about me, always caressing me

ame no nai hi wa mizu wo kureta tsuyoku ikiru you ni to

in days with no rain, I received water to live strongly

anata wa itsu shika sugata wo keshi watashi wa mata ichirin munashiku

you disappeared without my realizing, and I bloomed in vain again

kareru dake no hana ni kureru mizu nado nai

There's no water that can be gave to a withered flower

kusaru dake no hana ni sosogu hikari nado nai

There's no light that can shine over a rotten flower

tada shiki ni obienagara yami no naka haizuri mawaru

I'm just crawling in the dark afraid of death

ima hikari wo sagashinagara yami no naka haizuri mawaru

I'm just crawling in the dark, searching for a light

dareka watashi ni doujou suru no nara totemo kirei na hana wo

if someone feel pity for me, beautiful flowers will bloom

dare ni demo aisareru you na sonzai ni naritai

I want to be someone who people can love

kareru minikuki hana ni kureru mizu nado nai

There's no water that can be gave to a withered flower

kusaru dake no hana wa tsubomi sura nokosezu

There's no light that can shine over a rotten flower

me no mae wa yami ni fusagare mogaku watashi wo tsubusu

Everything in front of me is covered by darkness, smashing my fighter-side

anata nara anata dattara

if you, if you

koko kara tasukete kureru to omotteita

I thought that I could help you from here

soumatou no naka de naiteta

Inside this revolving lantern², I cry.

anata ga kureta kanshoku wa

The feelings you gave me

yoku ga unda yume na no ka

was just the beginning of an egoist dream?

wakaranu mama jiki ni kusaru

I'm rotting without knowing the answer.

Translator notes:

¹ "Language of the flowers, sometimes called floriography, was a Victorian-era way of communication in which sending flowers and floral arrangements were used to send coded messages, allowing people to express feelings that otherwise could not be said."

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_of_flowers

² 走馬灯(soumatou) are those lampshades, usually for children, that have images and revolve (making drawings in the shadows).

It is a word attributed to the "light" that we see at the time of death, as it is a lamp that shows images in the shadows, it is like the "movie" they say we see at the time of death.

Source: https://meaning.jp/posts/675