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Sunflower | ひまわり

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In sadness, I kick off the ground and	Kanashiku tte kettobashita jimen wo tsuyoku
Rebound strongly, thrusting my finger into the light	Hanekkaeru¹, hikari ni yubi wo tatete
Sincerely, I want to love the throat my teeth are sunk into	Aishitakute, kamitsuita nodobue fukaku
Like this, it's just such a beautiful thing to see	Sono sama ga anmari ni utsukushikute sa
Clicking my tongue, back against the wind in the middle of a wasteland	Shita wo utte, kouya no naka kaze ni aragai
All the night long, singing like the hoarse cries of a newborn	Yo mo sugara shagareta ubugoe de utau
Let your bruise-riddled heart shine out far, far away	Tooku tooku misueteita iteboshi² no saki made
Out to that frozen star you set your eyes on	Aza darake no kokoro kagayakasete
I was always trying to catch up to that figure	Sono sugata wo itsu datte boku ha oikaketeita n da
Cut a stumbling line with the blade you're pushing in	Korogaru you ni sen wo tsuranuite, tsukisashiteiku kissaki wo
A sunflower that bloomed in the shade waits, even now, for summer	Hikage ni saita himawari ga ima mo natsu wo matteiru
Part the stuffy heat of the crowd and laugh, one more time within me, for me	Hito-ikire wo saite warattekure, boku no oku de mou ichido
Fly away; punch through the shotgun, into tomorrow	Keshitobe, sandanjuu wo buchinuke, ashita he
Spit it out; turn the rudder to the north star, with those hands of yours	Hakidase, hokkyokusei he kaji tore, sono te de
Being hurt, circling through my veins, sudden electricity	Kizutsuite, joumyaku wo fui ni meguru ereki
Plucking it off, the raging, resounding elegy	Kakimushitte, fukisusabi naru erejii³
Unable to bear it in the least, not since I heard you that day	Kikoeteiru ano toki kara sukoshi mo taenu mama
Nothing disappears, and it sets me shaking	Furueru hodo subete kienai ze
That form was always reflecting me	Sono sugata ga itsu datte boku wo utsushidashiteita
If I'd been born in the same town as you, I wonder if I could have been more like you	Moshimo onaji machi de umaretara, kimi no you ni nareta ka na
A sunflower that bloomed in the shade gazes, even now, at the ocean	Hikage ni saita himawari ga ima mo umi wo mitsumeteru
If you can hear me, cry out, call my name, one more time for me	Kikoeru nara tsuyoku sakendekure, boku no na wo mou ichido
The sound of sobs; playing apologetically on the fiercely lit streets	Nakigoe, kankan teri no gairo de wabi-zare⁴
Let it go; shining out diffusely into the distance, reverberating	Tokihanate, ranhansha-shite tooku he, narihibike
I was always trying to catch up to that figure	Sono sugata wo itsu datte boku ha oikaketeita n da
Cut a stumbling line with the blade you're pushing in	Korogaru you ni sen wo tsuranuite, tsukisashiteiku kissaki wo
A sunflower that bloomed in the shade waits, even now, for summer	Hikage ni saita himawari ga ima mo natsu wo matteiru
Part the stuffy heat of the crowd and laugh, one more time within me, for me	Hito-ikire wo saite warattekure, boku no oku de mou ichido
Fly away; punch through the shotgun, into tomorrow	Keshitobe, sandanjuu wo buchinuke, ashita he
Spit it out; turn the rudder to the north star, with those hands of yours	Hakidase, hokkyokusei he kaji tore, sono te de

¹ A back-construction from the noun はねっ返り, which means "rebound", "repercussions", or "thoughtlessness", and is also used to describe tomboys. When used as a verb, it's generally always spelled 跳ね返る, without the っ.
² 凍て星, a fabricated word made up from 凍てる "to freeze" and 星 "star", with rendaku applied to modify the pronunciation to "boshi" and make it sound like a compound word, such as in "nagare-boshi" (shooting star).
³ Though the lyric is spelled 哀歌 (aika), it's pronounced "elegy". This choice of pronunciation also retroactively explains the use of "ereki" for "electricity" in the previous line, rather than the more common "denki" - it's for the rhyme!
⁴ Another fabricated word using the stems of 詫びる "to apologize" and 戯れる "to play or jest". The pronunciation of the latter as "zareru" rather than "tawamureru", and the choice of spelling, limits the meanings to just those involved with playfulness.