Salyu — Iris — 幸せの箱
I know there are a few of these floating about the interwebz, but this is my translation practice. I'm still a beginner, so the translation is probably very literal and full of mistakes. I'm happy for anyone to tell me where and why I've gone wrong and so on. Enjoy!
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あなたの方が知っていた 私が大事にしてたもの また会えることを信じて 約束もせずに手を振った |
You knew better about the things I was cherishing. Believing that we could meet again, we waved farewell without promise. [1] |
| 車窓は 流れ出す景色の フレーム そっとそっと 始まりを映し出し始める |
The train window is a frame of drifting scenery. Softly, softly, it starts to reflect a beginning. |
| 二人で生きる理由を 貫くような眼差しで確かめ合った 今でも息衝く痛みは 記憶 それ以上の何か 誓いそのもの |
With a piercing look, we confirmed the reason for the two of us to exist together. But now, this gasping pain is something more than a memory; it's a pledge itself. [2] |
| あなたが置いた約束 そのままずっとかばっている もう会えないと しても いつも 私の箱にしまっていく |
The promise that you left behind, I will protect it as it is forever. Even if already we can never meet again, I will keep it in my box. |
| それぞれの想いで 同じ唄を愛した 過ぎ行く時の 彼方に 響くメロディ |
We loved the same song with every feeling. On the other side of passing time sounds a melody. |
| 違う景色の中にも 同じ色が輝いてる ことを知ったの 背中合わせの間に ある 温もりをきっと感じていける |
I learned that even within a different view, the same colours shine. There is a warmth between our two backs that I can surely feel. |
| 「失わずには前に進めない」 そんな想いも 手品みたいに 種を明かされることを待ってる |
"We can't progress forward without losing something." This thought, too, is waiting to be revealed like a magic trick.[3] |
| 鉄路の先を辿って フレームは新しい 街を宿した サヨナラを唄に出来たら また あなたに出会える どこにいても |
Tracing along the railway, the frame carried a new town. If I could only turn "goodbye" into a song, I could see you again wherever you are.[4] |
| 違う景色の中にも 同じ色が輝いてる ことを知ったの 背中合わせの間に ある 温もりをずっと感じていける |
I learned that even within a different view, the same colours shine. Between our backs is a warmth that I will feel for a long time. |
[1] Literally "waved hands" or "shook hands", but waved farewell sounds better.
[2] 息衝く -- Breathe heavily, pant. So I guessed at "gasping pain". This whole line confused me, to be honest. I may have screwed up badly here.
[3] Not quite sure about the 種を明する bit, but I think it means "reveal". zKanji gives a meaning for 種 as: secret, inside story.
[4] Or "wherever I am" or even "wherever we are". Hmm.