ReoNA - Niji no Kanatani - Translating Songs

In this article, we're going to translate the song Niji no Kanatani by ReoNa, a song that appeared in the latest episode of Sword Art Online Alicization I. In this article, we're going to look at the song's lyrics and their translation, phrase by phrase, word by word.

Reona is a singer and cosplayer who debuted in 2018 as the voice of singer Elsa Kanzaki from Sword Art Online Gun Gale Online's Spin Off. She also sings other songs present in the Sword Art Online anime.

Lyrics to Song Niji no Kanatani in Japanese

ひたひた零れる　赤い赤い錆色
わたしは煤けたブリキのひと
空っぽの身体に　トクン　トクン　脈打つ
あなたが悪い魔法を解いたのでしょう

おやすみ　また逢える日まで

ずっと　ずっと　穴の空いていた胸が
いまはこんなに痛いよ　痛いよ
深く　深く　あなたが残した
この痛みが心なんだね

ふわふわ　たてがみ　臆病風になびく
あなたがわたしを弱くしたの

時間は足早　心は裏腹
手を振り笑うけど　脚は震える

ずっと　ずっと　強がっていただけだ
本当は　ねえ　怖いよ　怖いよ
だけど行くよ　あなたがくれたのは
弱さ見せない勇気なんかじゃない

何も見えない　聞こえもしない
物言わない案山子のままいられたら
この疼きも　何もかも　知らずに済んだはずなのに

ずっと　ずっと　凍てついていた胸が
溶け出して　ああ　痛いよ　痛いよ
でもね　行くよ　たどり着く場所が
虹の彼方じゃなくたって
いいんだ　きっと　また逢えるから
また逢えるまで　ねえ　おやすみ

Romanized song lyrics

Sorry, but I can't fulfill that request.
watashi wa susuketa buriki no hito
karappo no karada ni tokun tokun myakuutsu
anata ga warui mahou wo toita no deshou

Good night, until we meet again.

I've always, always had this hole in my chest
ima wa konna ni itai yo itai yo
deep deep, what you left behind
This pain is in my heart, you know.

fuwafuwa tategami okubyou kaze ni nabiku The fluffy mane sways in the timid breeze
anata ga watashi wo yowaku shita no

jikan wa ashibaya kokoro wa urahara
te wo furiwarau kedo ashi wa furueru

zutto zutto tsuyogatteita dake da
hontou wa nee kowai yo kowai yo
dakedo yuku yo anata ga kureta no wa
yowasa misenai yuuki nanka janai

I can't see anything, I can't hear anything
If I can stay the way I am without saying anything
This fascination, though it should have withered without knowing anything.

zutto zutto itetsuiteita mune ga
I'm feeling dizzy, it hurts, it hurts
demo ne yuku yo tadoritsuku basho ga
niji no kanata janakutatte
I'm sure we'll meet again.
Let's meet again, good night.

lyrics in English

Dripping, red rust red
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 see each other again
For a long time my chest had a hole
Now it hurts so much
So deep, the hole you left

This pain must be what you call "heart"
Cute mane, moves shyly
you made me very weak
The time flies,

I'm waving at you with a smile but my legs are shaking
For a long time I was just talking tough
But the truth is I'm so scared
But I go because what you gave me

It's not the courage to hide your weakness,
I don't see a thing, I can't hear a thing
If I had stayed like a scarecrow and quiet
This throbbing and all, I don't have to know

For too long my heart was frozen
Now it's started to thaw, oh it's too painful
But I go because it's okay
Even if I end up staying somewhere other than

Over the Rainbow
It's okay, because we'll see each other again
Until then, good night

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Translating the Music Niji no Kanatani

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

ひたひた零れる赤い赤い錆色
Sorry, but I can't fulfill that request.
Dripping, red rust red

• ひたひた – steadily, gradually, sufficiently, quickly, closely;
• 零れる – to pour out, to overflow, to leak, to fall out, to become visible, to escape;
• 赤い - Red, Carmesim, 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 - Me;
• 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, vague and hollow;
• 身体 - Body, physical system, person, body;
• トクントクン - Heart onomatopeia;
• 脈打つ - Pulsar, 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;
• 魔法 - Magic, spell;
• 解いた – to untie, awaken, unwind, resolve, dissipate, dissolve, release;
• でしょう – I think, I wonder, don't you? do you agree?

おやすみ　また逢える日まで
Good night, until we meet again.
Good night, until we see each other again

• おやすみ - Vacations, rest, good night;
• また - Again, besides;
• 逢える - Find;
• 日 - Día;
• まで - Until;

ずっと　ずっと　穴の空いていた胸が
I've always, always had this hole in my chest
For a long time my chest had a hole

• ずっと - Always;
• 穴 - hole;
• 空いていたた - MFI Fazio, 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 I hurt so much

• いま - Now;
• こんな - Much;
• 痛い - Doi, pain;

深く　深く　あなたが残した
deep deep, what you left behind
So deep, the hole you left

• 深く - severe, intense, deep;
• 残した - left behind, reserved;

この痛みが心なんだね
This pain is in my heart, you know.
This pain must be what you call "heart"

• この - That one;
• 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

The fluffy mane sways in the timid breeze
Cute mane, moves shyly

• ふわふわ - slightly, happily, cute;
• たてがみ - Juba, hair style;
• 臆病 - Coward, shy, scared;
• 風 - Wind;
• 靡く- To bend, vibrate (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, get down;
• 弱くしたの - I weakened;

時間は足早　心は裏腹
jikan wa ashibaya kokoro wa urahara
Time flies, the heart moves backwards; 

• 時間 - Time, period;
• 足早 - fast, quickly (spending time);
• 心 - Heart;
• 裏腹 - Opposite, reverse, contrary;

手を振り笑うけど　脚は震える
te wo furiwarau kedo ashi wa furueru
I'm waving at you with a smile but my legs are shaking

• 手 - Hand;
• 振り – Vibration, balance, behavior, pretense, movement;
• 笑う - Smile;
• 脚 - foot, leg;
• 震える - Trend, shake;

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 I'm 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 go because what you gave me

• だけど - However;
• 行く - Go, move, proceed, pass, walk;
• くれ - Dark, end;

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 - I 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
I can't see anything, I can't hear anything
I don't see anything, I don't hear anything either

• 何も - Nothing;
• 見えない - I don't see;
• 聞こえ - I do not hear;

物言わない案山子のままいられたら
If I can stay the way I am without saying anything
If I had stayed like a scarecrow and quiet

• 物言 – To speak, convey the meaning, say things, way of speaking, argumentation, objection, rumour;
• 案山子 - Scarecrow, mannequin, figure;
• いられたら - Being, existing, remaining;

この疼きも　何もかも　知らずに済んだはずなのに
This fascination, though it should have withered without knowing anything. 
This throbbing and all, I don't have to know

• この - This;
• 疼き - Pain, twist;
• 何もかも - Anything, almost everything;
• 知らず - Do not have, affected by side, do not know about;
• 済んだ – ending, concluding, feeling uncomfortable, feeling at ease;
• はず - expectation, expect it to be, must be;

ずっと　ずっと　凍てついていた胸が
zutto zutto itetsuiteita mune ga
For too long my heart was frozen

• 凍て - freeze;
• 胸 - chest (may refer to the heart);

溶け出して　ああ　痛いよ　痛いよ
I'm feeling dizzy, it hurts, it hurts
Now it's started to thaw, oh it's too painful

• 溶け - Melt, merge, dissolve;
• 出して - Go out, leave;
• 痛い - Doi;

でもね　行くよ　たどり着く場所が
demo ne yuku yo tadoritsuku basho ga
But I go 'cause it's alright, getting somewhere

• でも - But;
• たどり着く- arrive (after an effort), finally reach, find the way;
• 場所 - Place;

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

• 虹 - Rainbow;
• 彼方 - form;

いいんだ　きっと　また逢えるから
I'm sure we'll meet again.
It's okay, because we'll see each other again

• きっと - Certainly, severely;

また逢えるまで　ねえ　おやすみ
Let's meet again, good night.
 Until then, good night

• また - Again, besides, too;
• おやすみ - Good night, vacation, rest;