In breaking up songs for today, let's study the ending of Erased an anime and manga that is very successful in the beginning of 2016. The ending song is Sore wa Chiisana Hikari no Youna (それは小さな光のような) by Sayuri composed by Yuki Kajiura.
The name of the song means "It's like a little light", I really enjoyed the lyrics, music and anime, I hope you enjoy this beautiful song. I'll leave the music video below and then we'll start breaking it down word for word.
We recommend using the extension Insert Furigana to view the reading of Kanji you don't know. (Download Google Chrome). you can also see this video, without vocals, a karaoke that has furigana.
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僕だけが見てた 君のこと
過去も未来も かなしみもよろこびも 全て
オトナになるってきっと
優しくなる事だと信じていた
子供の頃の僕のままに
君のこと守りたいと思う
暗闇から目覚めても
僕を待ち受けてる彼方で
二人を隠したこの街に
誰も知らない雪が降っていた
君は僕の胸に刻まれた
一番深い傷跡のようで
君が笑うこの世界の歌
取り戻すよ
どの部屋の時計も
少しズレていてさ
僕らはいつも
言葉を掛け違う歯車
ひとりぼっちで泣いた
ヒーローごっこ
伸ばす前にくじけた
両手で君の頬に触れた
君のこと壊したいと思う
世界は夢の狭間で
黒い祈りを孕んで
大事なものだと撫でていた
優しい指がねじれてゆく
僕はただ僕のために
力なきこの手を
微かな輝きの方へ
もがいてみる
君の歌う未来へ
導いてよ
守りたいと思う
まぎれもなくあたたかい場所が
あることを信じてる
寂しさに喰われた優しさが
白い雪に埋もれて行く夜
君は僕の胸に小さな火を灯す
古い傷跡のようで
微笑んでよ
この世界の暗闇から
目覚めてゆく光のような
君のうた
僕だけが見てた
君のこと……
Dissecting the music
僕だけが見てた 君のこと
Boku dake ga mi theta kimi no koto
I was just looking (or observing).
- 僕 - boku - I
- だけ - dake - gives the idea of however
- 見てた - miteta - looking, observing (past tense)
- 君のこと - kimi no koto - Your stuff, yours
- You - You
- こと - Things
過去も未来 も かなしみもよろこびも 全て
How about the future, the sadness, the joy, everything
The past and the future, the sadness and the joy, everything.
- 過去 - kako - past
- 未来 - mirai - future
- かなしみ - kanashimi - sadness
- よろこび - yorokobi - joy
- 全て - subete - everything
- も - mo - Particle that indicates "also" but I didn't see the need to put it in the Portuguese translation, because it looks strange to have 4 "also" in a sentence;
オトナになるってきっと 優しくなる事だと信じていた
I always believed that becoming an adult would surely make me kinder
I've always believed that becoming an adult meant becoming friendlier.
- オトナ - otona - adult
- なる - ni naru - to become
- きっと - kitto - certainly, I believe, without a doubt
- 優しく - soft, friendly, gentle
- 事 - koto - thing
- 信じていた - trust, believe (past tense)
子供の頃の僕のままに
To my mother when I was a child
I'm no different from when I was a child
- 子供 - kodomo - child
- 頃 - koro - time, epoch
- ままに - mamani - when, how, leave
君のこと守りたいと思う
I think about wanting to protect you.
I feel like I want to protect you
- 守りたい - mamoritai - I want to protect (tai shape)
- 思う - omou - think, find, feel
暗闇から目覚めても
Kurayami kara mezamete mo
Even if I wake up from the dark
- 暗闇 - kurayami - darkness
- から - from
- 目覚め - mesame - to awaken, wake up, open one's eyes
- ても - fear - same (same でも)
僕を待ち受けてる彼方で
I'm waiting for you at the other side of the world
Wait for me on the other side
- 僕を待ち受けてる - boku o machiuke teru - Waiting for me
- 受けてる - uketeru - to receive, obtain
- 待ち - machi - wait
- 彼方 - kanate - distant place, beyond
二人を隠したこの街に
Futari o kakushi tako no machi ni
In this city that hid us 2
- 二人 - futari - two people
- 隠した - hide, secret
- この街に - kono machi ni - in this city
誰も知らない雪が降っていた
Unexpected snow was falling
A type of snow that has never been seen falling
- 誰も知らない - daremoshiranai - nobody knows
- 雪 - yuki - snow
- 降っていた - futteita - falling (past tense)
君は僕の胸に刻まれた 一番深い傷跡のようで
Kimi wa boku no mune ni kizama straight ichiban fukai kizuato no yōde
You're engraved in my chest, like the deepest scar
- 君は僕の - kimi wa boku no - you are mine
- 胸 - mune - chest (heart)
- 刻まれた - Kizama straight - engraved, carved
- 一番 - ichiban - first, more
- 深い - fukai - deep
- 傷跡 - kizuato - scar
- ようで - yonde - how
君が笑うこの世界の歌 取り戻すよ
Kimi ga warau kono sekai no uta torimodosu yo
I will retrieve the song of this world that once made you smile.
- 笑う - utau - song, music
- 世界 - sekai - world
- 笑う - warau - smile, laugh
- 取り - tori - to take, retrieve
- 戻すよ - modasuyo - return
どの部屋の時計も 少しズレていてさ
Owner heya no tokei mo sukoshi zurete ite sa
The clocks in each room are a little late
- 部屋 - heya - room
- 時計 - tokyo - clock
- どの - owner - each, like
- 少し - sukoshi - little
- ズレていてさ - zureteitasa - displaced, late
僕らはいつも 言葉を掛け違う歯車
Bokurahaitsumo kotoba or kake chigau haguruma
As long as we remain cogs, we are in conflict with our words.
- 僕ら - bokura - we
- いつも - always, constantly
- 言葉 - kotoba - word
- 掛け違う - kake chigau - about different, crossing paths, conflict
- 歯車 - haguruma - gears
ひとりぼっちで泣いた ヒーローごっこ
Hitori Botchi by Naita Hirō-gokko
I cried alone, playing hero
- ひとり - 一人 - hitori - one person, alone
- ぼっち - botchi - small dot, solitude
- 泣いた naita - cried
- ヒーロー - hiiroo - Hero
- ごっこ - gokko - pretend, playing
伸ばす前にくじけた 両手で君の頬に触れた
Nobasu mae ni kujiketa ryōte by kimi no hoho ni fureta
I touched your face with both hands, which discouraged before reaching you.
- 伸ばす - nobasu - extend, lengthen, stretch, grow
- 前 - mae - before, previously, ahead
- くじけた - kujiketa - discouraged, unmotivated
- 両手 - ryōte - both hands, two hands
- 頬 - hoho - cheek, face
- 触れた - fureta - touched
君のこと壊したいと思う 世界は夢の狭間で 黒い祈りを孕んで
Kimi no koto kowashitai to omou sekai wa yume no hazama by kuroi inori o harande
A world that wants to destroy you, and impregnated by a black prayer, without limit of dreams.
- 壊したい - kowashitai - want to break, want to destroy
- 狭間 - hazama - gap, limit, gorge
- 黒い - kuroi - black
- 祈り - inori - prayer
- 孕んで - harande - full, impregnated
大事なものだと撫でていた 優しい指がねじれてゆく
The precious things are being twisted by gentle fingers
Those soft fingers that were caressing you tenderly, begin to twist and curve.
- 大事 - daiji - importance
- 撫でていた - nadeteita - had caressed
- 優しい - yasashi - friendly, gentle, peaceful
- 指 - yubi - finger
- ねじれて - twist
僕はただ僕のために 力なきこの手を
Boku wa tada boku no tame ni chikara naki ko no te o
For me, and for me alone, I'm reaching out these helpless hands
- ために - tameni - for the sake of, for one's sake, on behalf of
- 力なき - chikara naki - powerless, impotent
微かな輝きの方へ もがいてみる
Kasukana kagayaki no kata and mogaite miru
Towards a weak, bright light, striving...
- 微か - kasuka - weak, light, vague, hazy, sparse
- 輝き - kagayaki - shine
- 方へ - kata e - to
- もがい - mogai - fight, wriggle
- てみる - temiru - try, strive
君の歌う未来へ 導いてよ
Kimi no utau mirai and michibiite yo
So guide me to a future that you sing.
- 導いてよ - michibiite yo - show me the way, guide, lead
守りたいと思う - I think about protecting you
まぎれもなくあたたかい場所が あることを信じてる
I believe in the existence of a warm place without confusion
I am believing in the existence of an unimaginably warm place that I care to protect.
- まぎれもなく - magiremonaku - unimaginable
- 場所 - basho - place, location
- 信じてる - shinjiteru - believe
- あること - aru koto - that exists
寂しさに喰われた優しさが
Sabishisa ni kuwa straight yasashi-sa ga
This kindness devoured by loneliness
- 寂しさ - sabishisa - loneliness, desolation
- 喰われた - kuwareta - devoured
- 優しさ - yasashi-sa - goodness, gentleness
白い雪に埋もれて行く夜
The night is being buried in white snow
It's a night buried under white snow
- 白い雪 - shiro yuki - white snow
- 埋もれて - umorete - buried
- 行く夜 - in one night
君は僕の胸に小さな火を灯す 古い傷跡のようで
Kimi wa boku no mune ni chīsana hi o tomosu furui kizuato no yōde
You light a little fire in my heart, like an old scar
- 小さな - chiisana - small
- 灯す - tomosu - light up
- 火 - hi - fire, flame
- 古い - furui - old
- 傷跡 - kizuato - scar
- ようで - yonde - seems, like
微笑んでよ この世界の暗闇から 目覚めてゆく光のような
Smiling, it's like a light that awakens from the darkness of this world
So smile at me, like a light awakening from the darkness of this world
- 微笑んで - hohoende yo - smile at me
- 暗闇 - kurayami - darkness
- から - kara - from
- 目覚め - mesame - wake up
- 光 - hikari - light
- ような - youna - how
君のうた - your song
僕だけが見てた 君のこと…… I was just looking (or observing).
I hope you have enjoyed the article, and learned a lot from this song that I have listened to more than a thousand times...
