夜の踊り子 (Yoru no odoriko by Sakanaction) English Translation
跳ねた跳ねた 僕は跳ねた 小学生みたいに
雨上がりの夜に跳ねた 水切りみたいに
(Jumped, jumped, I jumped like an elementary school kid
At the night after rain, I jumped like a skipped stone)
([Pretending I’ve watched]
Pass through tomorrow)
([Only escaped into the night]
Pass through the morning)
跳ねた跳ねた 君も跳ねた 女学生みたいに
水たまりの上で跳ねた あめんぼみたいに
(Jumped, jumped, you too jumped like a schoolgirl
Jumped above a puddle like a water strider)
([Pretending I’ve forgotten]
That means)
(ヨルニニゲタダケ)
([Only escaped into the night])
どこへ行こう どこへ行こう ここに居ようとしてる?
逃げるよ 逃げるよ あと少しだけ
(Wonder where to go, where to go, am I trying to stay here?
Run away, run away, just a little further)
消えた消えた 君が消えた 蜃気楼みたいに
にわか雨の音も消えた さよなら言うように
(Disappeared, disappeared, you’ve disappeared like a mirage
Sounds of shower have also disappeared as if saying goodbye)
([Pretending I’ve heard]
Just as you said)
([Only escaped into the night])
どこへ行こう どこへ行こう ここに居ようとしてる?
逃げても 逃げても 音はもうしなくて
(Wonder where to go, where to go, am I trying to stay here?
Even if I run away, run away, I can’t hear anymore)
雨になって何分か後に行く
今泣いて何分か後に行く
今泣いて何分か後の自分
(I’ll go a few minutes later when it rains
Crying now and go a few minutes later
Myself a few minutes later from crying now)
今泣いて何分か後に行く
今泣いて何分か後に言う
今泣いて何年か後の自分
(I’ll go a few minutes later when it rains
Crying now and say a few minutes later
Myself a few minutes later from crying now)
行けるよ 行けるよ 遠くへ行こうとしてる
イメージしよう イメージしよう 自分が思うほうへ
(I can go, I can go, I’m trying to go somewhere far away
Imagine it, imagine it, the way I want it to be)
雨になって何分か後に行く
今泣いて何分か後に行く
今泣いて何分か後の自分
(I’ll go a few minutes later when it rains
Crying now and go a few minutes later
Myself a few minutes later from crying now)
(Crying now and say a few minutes later
Myself a few minutes later from crying now)
(I’d like to be smiling, yeah?)
*The title of this song is probably a pun for the short novel “Izu no odoriko (The dancing girl of Izu)” written by KAWABATA Yasunari.