MERMAID

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Warning: This song's original music video contains flashing lights and/or colors. People diagnosed with photosensitive epilepsy or who have a history of seizures should be especially careful. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Song title
"MERMAID"
Original Upload Date
February 16, 2022
Singer
KAFU
Producer(s)
Jin (music, lyrics, tuning) Osanzi (tuning) eijun (arrangement) Kishida Yuuki (piano) Tsushima Sora (illustration, animation) Yuzuri Hal (video director) INPINE (design director)
Views
48,000+ (NN), 60,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast
Description “At the bottom of the waters of happiness”

Alternate Version

Jin's version

Upload date: February 16, 2022

Featuring: Jin

Producer(s): Jin

YT

Lyrics

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The following translation was made by Tackmyn Y., and may only be used in accordance with the restrictions stated on his blog.

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Japanese	Romaji	English
水面に 浮かぶ月	minamo ni ukabu tsuki	The moon is floating upon the water surface;
ただただ 揺れながら 見上げていた	tadatada yurenagara miagete ita	Wavering to and fro, I was just looking up at it.
漂う 思い出	tadayou omoide	My drifting memories
はらはら 泡みたいに 踊った	harahara awa mitai ni odotta	Fluttered and danced like bubbles.
その日 それは 映画のように	sono hi sore wa eiga no you ni	On that day, that thing burned up
燃えた 座席 軋む音	moeta zaseki kishimu oto	Just like a movie. There’s a sound of a seat creaking—
「何もいらない」	"nanimo iranai"	“I don’t need anything.”
繋いだ手には 二つで一つのリングだけ	tsunaida te ni wa futatsu de hitotsu no ringu dake	Within the hands we held were just two rings that made up one.
フワフワ 浮かんだまま	fuwafuwa ukanda mama	While I’m softly, softly floating,
身体は 凍えそうで	karada wa kogoesou de	I feel as if my body’s going to freeze,
「きっと夢よ」って 言い続ける	"kitto yume yo" tte iitsuzukeru	And I keep saying “This must be a dream.”
伸ばした手が 水を吸っていく	nobashita te ga mizu o sutte iku	The hand I reached out is absorbing water.
ただ目を 瞑ったまま	tada me o tsubutta mama	While I’m merely closing my eyes,
さようならも 言えなくて	sayounara mo ienakute	I can’t so much as say goodbye—
滲んだ一つの 愛は	nijinda hitotsu no ai wa	The single love which spread like ink
泡になって 消えて	awa ni natte kiete	Has turned into a bubble and disappeared.
降るように 海の底 沈んだ	furu you ni umi no soko shizunda	Just like falling, I’ve sunk down to the seabed.
心に 写りこむ 写真のように	kokoro ni utsurikomu shashin no you ni	Something’s appearing in my heart, like in a photograph.
記憶に 触れる指	kioku ni fureru yubi	My fingers touch my memories.
ただただ 温かさを 伝えた	tadatada atatakasa o tsutaeta	They just, just transmitted the warmth.
巡り始める	meguri hajimeru	It begins going around;
あの日見ていた 二人だけの丘	ano hi mite ita futari dake no oka	Our hill—ours alone, which we saw on that day—
古時計の音 カモミールの味	furudokei no oto kamomiiru no aji	The sound of the antique clock, the taste of chamomile—
約束に身を委ね 交わしたリングが	yakusoku ni mi o yudaneru kawashita ringu ga	The rings we exchanged after leaving ourselves to the promise,
私の名前を呼ぶ声が	watashi no namae o yobu koe ga	And the voice calling my name—
思い出せないな	omoidasenai na	I can’t remember them at all.
フワフワ 浮かんだまま	fuwafuwa ukanda mama	While I’m softly, softly floating,
涙が 溢れ出して	namida ga afuredashite	Tears fall down from my eyes.
「これは夢よ、悪い夢よ」	"kore wa yume yo, warui yume yo"	“This is a dream, just a bad dream.”
伸ばした手が 崩れ落ちていく	nobashita te ga kuzureochite iku	The hand I reached out is falling apart.
ただただ 望んだのは	tadatada nozonda no wa	The only thing I wished for
あなたと 共にいたくて	anata to tomo ni itakute	Is to be with you, nothing else—
結んだ あの日の 恋が	musunda ano hi no koi ga	If the love we tied up on that day
永遠になって いいのなら	eien ni natte ii no nara	Is allowed to become an eternal one,
あなたを 想ったまま	anata o omotta mama	I will always be thinking of you;
あなたと 水になって	anata to mizu ni natte	I will become water together with you.
浮かんだ一つの 愛は	ukanda hitotsu no ai wa	The single love which sprang to mind
言いたかった 言葉	iitakatta kotoba	Was a word I’ve always wanted to say—
「本望」	"honmou"	“Satisfied.”

English translation by Tackmyn Y.

External Links

• piapro - Lyrics
• piapro - Instrumental

Unofficial

• VocaDB
• Tackmyn’s House - Translation source