ReoNA - Niji no Kanatani - Translating Songs

In this article, we will translate the song Niji no Kanatani by ReoNa, a song that appeared in the last episode of Sword Art Online Alicization I. In this article, we will look at the lyrics of the song and its translation, phrase by phrase, word by word.

Reona is a singer and also a cosplayer who debuted in 2018 voicing the character Elsa Kanzaki from the Sword Art Online Spin Off Gun Gale Online. She also sings other songs featured in the anime Sword Art Online.

Lyrics of the Song Niji no Kanatani in Japanese

Romanized Lyrics of the Song

Lyrics in Portuguese

Dripping, red red rust
I am an old tin man
Inside my empty body, I hear heartbeats
You must have broken the evil spell cast on me

Good night, until we meet again
For a long time, my chest had a hole
Now, it hurts so much
So deeply, the hole you left

This pain must be what you call “heart”
Fluffy mane, moves timidly
You made me very weak
Time flies,

I am waving to you with a smile, but my legs are shaking
For a long time, I was just talking tough
But the truth is that I am so scared
But I will go because what you gave me

Is not the courage to hide your weakness,
I see nothing, I hear nothing
If I had stayed like a scarecrow and quiet
This throbbing and everything else, I wouldn’t have to know

For a long time my heart was frozen
Now it has started to thaw, oh, it is very painful
But I will go because it’s okay
Even if I end up being somewhere other than

Beyond the rainbow
It’s okay, because we will meet again
Until then, good night

Translating the Song Niji no Kanatani

I do not translate the words in their verb tense, nor in detail. I only provide a meaning of what the word wants to convey. You need to understand the verb tense and other grammatical details of each word.

ひたひた零れる赤い赤い錆色
hitahita koboreru akai akai sabiiro

Dripping, red red rust

• ひたひた – constant, gradually, enough, quickly, closely;
• 零れる – to spill, overflow, leak, fall out, become visible, escape;
• 赤い – Red, crimson, scarlet and beautiful;
• 錆色 – rust;

わたしは煤けたブリキのひと
watashi wa susuketa buriki no hito

I am an old tin man

• わたし – I;
• 煤けた – soot, old;
• ブリキ – tin sheet;
• ひと – person

空っぽの身体にトクントクン脈打つ
karappo no karada ni tokun tokun myakuutsu

Inside my empty body, I hear heartbeats

• 空っぽ – empty, vacant and hollow;
• 身体 – body, physical system, person, corporal;
• トクントクン – onomatopoeia for heartbeat;
• 脈打つ – to pulse, beat;

あなたが悪い魔法を解いたのでしょう
anata ga warui mahou wo toita no deshou

You must have broken the evil spell cast on me

• あなた – you;
• 悪い – bad, evil;
• 魔法 – magic, spell;
• 解いた – to untie, awaken, unravel, resolve, dissipate, dissolve, liberate;
• でしょう – I think, I wonder, isn’t it? Do you agree?

おやすみ　また逢える日まで
oyasumi mata aeru hi made

Good night, until we meet again

• おやすみ – vacation, rest, good night;
• また – again, besides;
• 逢える – to meet;
• 日 – day;
• まで – until;

ずっと　ずっと　穴の空いていた胸が
zutto zutto ana no aiteita mune ga

For a long time, my chest had a hole

• ずっと – always;
• 穴 – hole;
• 空いていた – to be empty, to empty;
• 胸 – chest;

いまはこんなに痛いよ　痛いよ
ima wa konna ni itai yo itai yo

Now it hurts so much

• いま – now;
• こんな – so much;
• 痛い – hurts, pain;

深く　深く　あなたが残した
fukaku fukaku anata ga nokoshita

So deeply, the hole that you left

• 深く – grave, intense, deep;
• 残した – left behind, reserved;

この痛みが心なんだね
kono itami ga kokoro nan da ne

This pain must be what you call “heart”

• この – this;
• 痛み – pain, sadness, distress;
• 心 – heart;

ふわふわ　たてがみ　臆病風になびく
fuwafuwa tategami okubyou kaze ni nabiku

Fluffy mane, moves timidly

• ふわふわ – lightly, cheerfully, fluffy;
• たてがみ – mane, hairstyle;
• 臆病 – cowardly, timid, scared;
• 風 – wind;
• 靡く- to bend, to sway (with wind);

あなたがわたしを弱くしたの
anata ga watashi wo yowaku shita no

You made me very weak

• 弱くし – weak, to feel down;
• 弱くしたの – I became weak;

時間は足早　心は裏腹
jikan wa ashibaya kokoro wa urahara

Time flies, the heart goes the opposite;

• 時間 – time, period;
• 足早 – fast, quickly (passing time);
• 心 – heart;
• 裏腹 – opposite, backward, contrary;

手を振り笑うけど　脚は震える
te wo furiwarau kedo ashi wa furueru

I am waving to you with a smile, but my legs are shaking

• 手 – hand;
• 振り – vibration, swing, behavior, pretense, movement;
• 笑う – to smile;
• 脚 – foot, leg;
• 震える – to tremble, to shake, to shiver;

ずっと　ずっと　強がっていただけだ
zutto zutto tsuyogatteita dake da

For a long time, I was just talking tough

• 強 – strong;

本当は　ねえ　怖いよ　怖いよ
hontou wa nee kowai yo kowai yo

But the truth is that I am so scared

• 本当 – truth, certainly, truly, reality, authentic;
• 怖い – scary, terrible;

だけど行くよ　あなたがくれたのは
dakedo yuku yo anata ga kureta no wa

But I will go because what you gave me

• だけど – however;
• 行く – to go, to move, to proceed, to pass, to walk;
• くれ – to darken, to finish;

弱さ見せない勇気なんかじゃない
yowasa misenai yuuki nanka janai

It’s not the courage to hide your weakness

• 弱 – little, less, slightly less, weakness;
• 見せない – do not see, do not show, do not display;
• 勇気 – courage;
• なんか – things like, something like that;

何も見えない　聞こえもしない
nanimo mienai kikoe mo shinai

I see nothing, I also hear nothing

• 何も – nothing;
• 見えない – do not see;
• 聞こえ – do not hear;

物言わない案山子のままいられたら
mono iwanai kakashi no mama iraretara

If I had stayed like a scarecrow and quiet

• 物言 – to speak, to convey meaning, to say things, way of speaking, argument, objection, rumor;
• 案山子 – scarecrow, mannequin, figure;
• いられたら – to be, to exist, to remain;

この疼きも　何もかも　知らずに済んだはずなのに
kono uzuki mo nanimo kamo shirazu ni sunda hazu na no ni 

This throbbing and everything else, I wouldn’t have to know

• この – this, these;
• 疼き – pain, pang;
• 何もかも – anything, almost everything;
• 知らず – to not have, affected by, side, to not know about;
• 済んだ – finishing, concluding, feeling uncomfortable, feeling at ease;
• はず – expectation, hope that it is, must be;

ずっと　ずっと　凍てついていた胸が
zutto zutto itetsuiteita mune ga

For a long time my heart was frozen

• 凍て – to freeze;
• 胸 – chest (can refer to heart);

溶け出して　ああ　痛いよ　痛いよ
tokedashite aa itai yo itai yo
Now it has started to thaw, oh, it is very painful

• 溶け – to melt, to fuse, to dissolve;
• 出して – to go out, to exit;
• 痛い – hurts;

でもね　行くよ　たどり着く場所が
demo ne yuku yo tadoritsuku basho ga

But I will go because it’s okay, reaching somewhere

• でも – but;
• たどり着く- to arrive (after effort), to finally reach, to find the way;
• 場所 – place;

虹の彼方じゃなくたって
niji no kanata janakutatte

Beyond the rainbow

• 虹 – rainbow;
• 彼方 – beyond;

いいんだ　きっと　また逢えるから
iin da kitto mata aeru kara

It’s okay, because we will meet again

• きっと – certainly, surely;

また逢えるまで　ねえ　おやすみ
mata aeru made nee oyasumi

Until then, good night

• また – again, besides, also;
• おやすみ – good night, vacation, rest;