Glass Blues / ガラスのブルース English Lyrics Translation

ENGLISH

Glass Blues

The cat with the glass eye sings

In a loud voice, strongly

The cat with the glass eye sings

Fur blown in the wind, strongly

"If your voice gets tired, let's go to the river

Lick your face reflected in the water

If the food you ate today was better than yesterday's

That means that it's a good day

Look up at the sky

Jump up and smile!!"

Ah, I'm always

Singing with all my might

Ah, I'm always

Living life at full power

The cat with the glass eye sings

Even if his stomach is empty, he sings strongly

The cat with the glass eye sings

The proof that he is alive, so strongly

The cat with the glass eye cries

Life is short, he sings strongly

The cat with the glass eye cries

The present is so precious, he sings strongly

"There is a reason we are born

You mustn't waste a single second

Whether storms come or rain falls

You must always, at full power

Look up at the sky

Jump up and smile!!"

Ah, one day I will

Become a shining star in the sky

Ah, until that day

I'm going to sing with all my might

If your voice gets tired, let's go to the river

Lick your face reflected in the water

There is a reason we are born

You mustn't waste a single second

That's why I'm singing this song

I'm always singing this song

I'm always singing this song

I am crying in the present

The cat with the glass eye became a star

And his loud voice stopped too

The splinters of his life burned up

And ran out, as well

We can't hear his wonderful blues anymore

But still, that blues of his

Is etched into everyone's hearts

And if from here on

You run into difficulties

Everyone will sing out and remember

The cat with the glass eye

Look up at the sky

And sing out the Glass Blues

Ah, I'm always

Singing with all my might

Ah, I'm always

Living life at full power

Ah, even if darkness

Looks over me

Ah, I'm always

Singing my song with all my might

Singing my song

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JAPANESE

ガラスのブルース

ガラスの眼をしたネコは唄うよ

大きな声でりんりんと

ガラスの眼をしたネコは唄うよ

風にヒゲをゆらしりんりんと

「声が枯れたなら川へ行こう

水に写る顔をなめてやろう

昨日よりマシなメシが食えたなら

今日はいい日だったと

空を見上げて

笑い飛ばしてやる！！」

あぁ,僕はいつも

精いっぱい歌を唄う

あぁ,僕はいつも

チカラ強く生きているよ

ガラスの眼をしたネコは唄うよ

お腹が空いてもりんりんと

ガラスの眼をしたネコは唄うよ

生きてる証拠をりんりんと

ガラスの眼をしたネコは叫ぶよ

短い命をりんりんと

ガラスの眼をしたネコは叫ぶよ

大切なイマをりんりんと

「生まれてきた事にイミがあるのサ

１秒も無駄にしちゃいけないよ

嵐が来ようが雨が降ろうが

いつでも 全力で

空を見上げて

笑い飛ばしてやる！！」

あぁ,僕はいつか

空にきらめく星になる

あぁ,その日まで

精いっぱいうたをうたう

声が枯れたなら川に行こう

水に写る顔をなめてやろう

生まれてきた事にイミがあるのサ

１秒も無駄にしちゃイケナイ

だから僕は歌を唄うよ

僕はいつもウタをウタうよ

僕はいつもウタをウタうよ

ボクはイマをサケブよ

ガラスの眼をもつ猫は星になったよ

大きな声もとまったよ

命のカケラも燃やし

尽くしてしまったネ…

得意のブルゥスも聴けないネ

だけどオマエのそのブルースは

皆の心の中に刻まれた

これからツライ事が

もしあったらなら

皆は唄いだすガラスの眼を

持つネコを思い出して

空を見上げてガラスの

ブルースを

あぁ,僕はいつも

精いっぱい歌を唄う

あぁ僕はいつも力強く

生きているよ

あぁ,ボクの前にくらやみが

たちこめても

あぁ,ボクはいつも精いっぱい

ウタヲウタウ

ウタヲウタウ

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OPINION

This song is one of BUMP OF CHICKEN's many songs that has a cat in it! =^.w.^= It also has the theme of reflections once again.

It's definitely one of my favorites... It's a very powerful song. It's one of their sort of bittersweet narrative songs that leaves you with an uplifting message. If you liked this pumped-up version, try listening to their "28 years round" version. It's the same words but with a different feeling and an acoustic guitar, basically a more thoughtful and emotional version. They released this version about 7 years later I think, and it really shows Fujiwara's amazing improvement as a singer! Really awesome songs.