TRANSLATION: Arlequin - Qualia


Qualia/クオリア by Arlequin/アルルカン

Lyrics by aki/暁 (Vo.)

[Japanese w/Romaji]

距離を測れない程 遠い「空」へ
kyori o hakarenai hodo tōi ‘sora’ e 
伸ばす掌は何を掴むの?
nobasu tenohira wa nani o tsukamu no? 
握りしめた「空」
nigirishimeta ‘kara’ 
-満たされていない-
-mitasareteinai-
その事をただ忘れない様に
sono koto o tada wasurenai yō ni

何かにぶつかって避けてまたぶつかって
nanika ni butsukatte sakete mata butsukatte
その表情を染め上げるのは
sono hyōjō o someageru no wa
乱反射する その思いでしょう
ranhansha suru sono omoi deshō
「誰かの為になんて 生きられない」
‘dareka no tame ni nante ikirarenai’

もし君が"笑う"なら
moshi kimi ga “warau” nara
君がそう生きたから
kimi ga sō ikita kara
誰かが何かくれたワケじゃない
dareka ga nanika kureta wake janai
曇り一つない色 その目が見る
kumori hitotsu nai iro sono me ga miru
僕は何色だろう
boku wa naniiro darō

(君の色) その心が
(kimi no iro) sono kokoro ga
(僕の色) 映したモノ
(boku no iro) utsushita mono
人はいつも一人で
hito wa itsumo hitori de
心を決める 解っているけど
kokoro o kimeru wakatteiru kedo

何かにぶつかって避けて またぶつかって
nanika ni butsukatte sakete mata butsukatte
この表情を染め上げるのは
kono hyōjō o someageru no wa
乱反射する この想いだけ
ranhansha suru kono omoi dake
「自分の為に、じゃなきゃ生きられない。」
‘jibun no tame ni, janakya ikirarenai.’

曇りない笑顔 (理由は知らない)
kumori nai egao (riyū wa shiranai)
何故か愛しくて遠い (この手を伸ばす)
nazeka itoshikute tōi (kono te o nobasu)

もし僕が"嘆く"なら
moshi boku ga “nageku” nara
それは そう"生きた"から
sore wa sō “ikita” kara
誰かに何かされた所為じゃない
dareka ni nanika sareta sei janai
信じたい 今までと綺麗事
shinjitai ima made to kireigoto
僕から見えた"青"
boku kara mieta “ao”

それでも いつの日にか
soredemo itsunohinika
「君の青は僕の青」
‘kimi no ao wa boku no ao’
勘違いで良い そう言えたなら
kanchigai de ii sō ieta nara
烏滸がましくも誇らしく
okogamashiku mo hokorashiku
そんな夢を抱いて生きよう
sonna yume o daite ikiyō


[English]

A distant “Sky” so many countless miles away
When you reach out what is there to take?
This fistful of “Emptiness”
-It’s not enough-
But there’s one thing I’ll make sure I won’t ever forget

I keep hitting into something, I try to avoid it but I keep hitting into it
The color in your expression
That’s your conviction shining through
“I don’t live for anyone but me”

If you “Smile”
It’s because that’s how you chose to live
It’s not something someone gave to you
When you look at me with those cloudless eyes
What color do you see?

(The color in you) A reflection
(The color in me) Of your heart
When we set our hearts on something
It has to be for ourselves, I know this but still...

I keep hitting into something, I try to avoid it but I keep hitting into it
The color in my expression
That’s my conviction shining through
“I won’t live for anyone but me”

Your cloudless smile (Why I’ll never know)
Somehow so sweet and far away (I reach out)

If I “Cry”
It’s because that’s how I chose to live
It’s not something someone did to me
I want to believe, in my life so far and the things I’ve glossed over
In the “Blue” that I see

But if someday, I could say to you
“You and me, we’re the same shade of Blue”
Even if I was wrong about it, even if it was a dick move
I’d still be proud that I said it to you
And that’s the dream I’m gonna live my life holding onto

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