amber gris - 銀色のコフィン | Giniro no Coffin | Silver Coffin
from the single
上空８０００ｆｔ-少年は天国へ届くのか-
(Joukuu 8000ft -shounen wa tengoku e todoku no ka-)
(8000ft up in the sky -does the boy reach the heavens?-)
Words: Temari, music: wayne
Romaji:
Giniro no Coffin
Senka o manogareta kono basho o
Hoshifuri no oka to shitashinde
Naki fubo, tomo o tobunai hisoyaka ni
Tsutsumashiyaka ni chinkonka, utau.
Kagerou no yuragi, kagaribi no mukou
Tozasareta mabuta,
--Soko ni nani o omou?
KAMISAMA nante irukashira?
Fui ni kimi ga tazuneru kara
Kotoba nigoshita, boku.
Utsumuki kageru yokogao ga,
Wakakusairo no burausu ga,
--Akaku somaru mae ni.
Ikusaki wa tsugezu,
Kyasha na te o hiita.
…Monouge, tameiki nigoshita kimi mo
Suteki dakedo ne.
Yousei gin no ROKETTO wa sora o aogu
Arasou koto mo nikushimi sura mo
Buri kitte takaku, takaku.
Bokura no machi ga akaku hikatte yoru ni toketa.
Kagen no tsuki no buranko o yurashite.
--Kimi no egao o nenryou ni kae,
Namida o hoshikuzu ni kaete. --
Hoshiboshi no sukima o nutte
Kakuroi kumo o hikisaku you ni
Gekkyuugi to BURIKI de dekita neko mo tsurete ikou.
Yousei gin no ROKETTO yozora ni naru
Mekakushi no mama, kimi ga waratte
Ato dore kurai ka to tou.
Mado no mukou ga EETERU de mitasaretara
Itsushika itami, abuku ni natte kieta.
--Kimi no egao o nenryou ni kae,
Namida o hoshikuzu ni kaete. --
Kaete,
Kaete,
Kaete.
Translation:
Silver Coffin
Escaped from the war to this place1
Becoming friends with the hill of falling stars
Mourning for your dead parents and friends silently,
Reservedly, a requiem, you sing.
The wavering shimmer, on the other side of the flames
Closed eyelids,
-Over there, what are you thinking about?
“I wonder, is there such a thing as God?”
Because you suddenly ask
I… my words are muddied.2
With hanged head, darkening profile
Before your grass-green colored blouse
-Becomes dyed in red.
Without telling the destination
Reached out a fragile hand.3
…You, melancholic, with a muddied sigh
Are still beautiful.4
The silver rocket-fairy is looking up to the sky
Quarrels and even hatred
Are eventually cut off, up, up and away.5
Our street, lit red, melted into the night.
The last quarter moon-swing is swayed.6
-Your smiling face changes into fuel,
Your tears, into stardust, it changes-7
To stitch together the space between the stars,
And tear apart the deep black clouds,
Together with the moon globe, let’s leave on a tinplate, take the cat along too.
The silver rocket-fairy reaches the night sky
Completely blindfolded, you’re laughing
“For how much longer?” you ask.
The other side of the circular window8 is filled9 with ether
Unaware of the pain, it turns into bubbles and disappears.
-Your smiling face changes into fuel,
Your tears, into stardust, it changes-
Changes,
Changes,10
Changes.11
Translation notes:
1 The grammar here is super-weird. I can't exactly say how "this place" relates to the rest of the sentence, but this one seems to be the most likely interpretation.
2 Adding the word "I" isn't really necessary, but because it ("boku") is originally separated with a coma in the end in the text, I feel like it should be emphasized.
3 It's not indicated who is reaching out the hand, it's open to interpretation, I guess.
4 Because it ends with "ne", the tone is more like "well aren't you still beautiful? ^^ "
5 The end is originally "high, high" (adverb), but I just feel like "up, up and away" is the poetic equivalent
6 Someone/something is swinging it, but it doesn't say who/what.
7 I really felt the need to emphasize that the word "change" ("kaete") is said in the end, kind of separately from the preceding sentence, because that's how it's sang, and that placement really has an impact on what Temari put in the end of the song.
8 The word sang is only "mado" ("window"). But in the kanji text, there's also the word "maru" (circle) in front of it, and the hiragana pronunciation "mado" in the end. So there you go, circular window (of a rocket).
9 "Filled", like a cup filled with water, specifically.
10 The kanji is different but pronounced the same. The meaning means more like "exchanged".
11 The kanji is different but pronounced the same. The meaning means more like "substituted".
Kanji:
銀色のコフィン
戦火を間逃れたこの場所を
星降りの丘と親しんで
亡き父母、友を弔い密やかに
慎ましやかに鎮魂歌 歌う。
陽炎の揺らぎ、篝火の向こう。
閉ざされた瞼、
―そこに何を思う？
カミサマなんているかしら？
不意に君が尋ねるから
言葉を濁した、僕。
俯き陰る横顔が、
若草色のブラウスが、
―赤く染まる前に。
行く先は告げず、
華奢な手を引いた。
…物憂げ、溜息濁した君も
素敵だけどね。
妖精銀のロケットは空を仰ぐ
争う事も憎しみすらも
振り切って高く、高く。
僕らの街が赤く光って夜に融けた。
下弦の月のブランコを揺らして。
―君の笑顔を燃料に変え、
涙を星屑に変えて。―
星々の隙間を縫って
か黒い雲を引き裂く様に
月球儀とブリキで出来た猫も連れて行こう。
妖精銀のロケットは夜空に成る
目隠しのまま、君が笑って
あとどれくらいかと問う。
丸窓（まど）の向こうがエーテルで満たされたら
いつしか痛み、泡になって消えた。
―君の笑顔を燃料に変え、
涙を星屑に変えて。―
変えて、
換えて、
代えて。
上空８０００ｆｔ-少年は天国へ届くのか-
(Joukuu 8000ft -shounen wa tengoku e todoku no ka-)
(8000ft up in the sky -does the boy reach the heavens?-)
Words: Temari, music: wayne
Romaji:
Giniro no Coffin
Senka o manogareta kono basho o
Hoshifuri no oka to shitashinde
Naki fubo, tomo o tobunai hisoyaka ni
Tsutsumashiyaka ni chinkonka, utau.
Kagerou no yuragi, kagaribi no mukou
Tozasareta mabuta,
--Soko ni nani o omou?
KAMISAMA nante irukashira?
Fui ni kimi ga tazuneru kara
Kotoba nigoshita, boku.
Utsumuki kageru yokogao ga,
Wakakusairo no burausu ga,
--Akaku somaru mae ni.
Ikusaki wa tsugezu,
Kyasha na te o hiita.
…Monouge, tameiki nigoshita kimi mo
Suteki dakedo ne.
Yousei gin no ROKETTO wa sora o aogu
Arasou koto mo nikushimi sura mo
Buri kitte takaku, takaku.
Bokura no machi ga akaku hikatte yoru ni toketa.
Kagen no tsuki no buranko o yurashite.
--Kimi no egao o nenryou ni kae,
Namida o hoshikuzu ni kaete. --
Hoshiboshi no sukima o nutte
Kakuroi kumo o hikisaku you ni
Gekkyuugi to BURIKI de dekita neko mo tsurete ikou.
Yousei gin no ROKETTO yozora ni naru
Mekakushi no mama, kimi ga waratte
Ato dore kurai ka to tou.
Mado no mukou ga EETERU de mitasaretara
Itsushika itami, abuku ni natte kieta.
--Kimi no egao o nenryou ni kae,
Namida o hoshikuzu ni kaete. --
Kaete,
Kaete,
Kaete.
Translation:
Silver Coffin
Escaped from the war to this place1
Becoming friends with the hill of falling stars
Mourning for your dead parents and friends silently,
Reservedly, a requiem, you sing.
The wavering shimmer, on the other side of the flames
Closed eyelids,
-Over there, what are you thinking about?
“I wonder, is there such a thing as God?”
Because you suddenly ask
I… my words are muddied.2
With hanged head, darkening profile
Before your grass-green colored blouse
-Becomes dyed in red.
Without telling the destination
Reached out a fragile hand.3
…You, melancholic, with a muddied sigh
Are still beautiful.4
The silver rocket-fairy is looking up to the sky
Quarrels and even hatred
Are eventually cut off, up, up and away.5
Our street, lit red, melted into the night.
The last quarter moon-swing is swayed.6
-Your smiling face changes into fuel,
Your tears, into stardust, it changes-7
To stitch together the space between the stars,
And tear apart the deep black clouds,
Together with the moon globe, let’s leave on a tinplate, take the cat along too.
The silver rocket-fairy reaches the night sky
Completely blindfolded, you’re laughing
“For how much longer?” you ask.
The other side of the circular window8 is filled9 with ether
Unaware of the pain, it turns into bubbles and disappears.
-Your smiling face changes into fuel,
Your tears, into stardust, it changes-
Changes,
Changes,10
Changes.11
Translation notes:
1 The grammar here is super-weird. I can't exactly say how "this place" relates to the rest of the sentence, but this one seems to be the most likely interpretation.
2 Adding the word "I" isn't really necessary, but because it ("boku") is originally separated with a coma in the end in the text, I feel like it should be emphasized.
3 It's not indicated who is reaching out the hand, it's open to interpretation, I guess.
4 Because it ends with "ne", the tone is more like "well aren't you still beautiful? ^^ "
5 The end is originally "high, high" (adverb), but I just feel like "up, up and away" is the poetic equivalent
6 Someone/something is swinging it, but it doesn't say who/what.
7 I really felt the need to emphasize that the word "change" ("kaete") is said in the end, kind of separately from the preceding sentence, because that's how it's sang, and that placement really has an impact on what Temari put in the end of the song.
8 The word sang is only "mado" ("window"). But in the kanji text, there's also the word "maru" (circle) in front of it, and the hiragana pronunciation "mado" in the end. So there you go, circular window (of a rocket).
9 "Filled", like a cup filled with water, specifically.
10 The kanji is different but pronounced the same. The meaning means more like "exchanged".
11 The kanji is different but pronounced the same. The meaning means more like "substituted".
Kanji:
銀色のコフィン
戦火を間逃れたこの場所を
星降りの丘と親しんで
亡き父母、友を弔い密やかに
慎ましやかに鎮魂歌 歌う。
陽炎の揺らぎ、篝火の向こう。
閉ざされた瞼、
―そこに何を思う？
カミサマなんているかしら？
不意に君が尋ねるから
言葉を濁した、僕。
俯き陰る横顔が、
若草色のブラウスが、
―赤く染まる前に。
行く先は告げず、
華奢な手を引いた。
…物憂げ、溜息濁した君も
素敵だけどね。
妖精銀のロケットは空を仰ぐ
争う事も憎しみすらも
振り切って高く、高く。
僕らの街が赤く光って夜に融けた。
下弦の月のブランコを揺らして。
―君の笑顔を燃料に変え、
涙を星屑に変えて。―
星々の隙間を縫って
か黒い雲を引き裂く様に
月球儀とブリキで出来た猫も連れて行こう。
妖精銀のロケットは夜空に成る
目隠しのまま、君が笑って
あとどれくらいかと問う。
丸窓（まど）の向こうがエーテルで満たされたら
いつしか痛み、泡になって消えた。
―君の笑顔を燃料に変え、
涙を星屑に変えて。―
変えて、
換えて、
代えて。