Okaeri Tadaima (おかえりただいま)

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English translation:

 

A hope that suddenly descended upon me

To think that someday, someone like me

Could have a place and people I could return to

Believing in that, I’ll keep walking even in the pitch-black darkness

So that this light never comes to an end

 

Welcome home, welcome home

I can hear a voice saying that to me, so

I’ll live through it all for you

I don’t want this life to come to an end yet,

Neither today nor tomorrow

 

When I look back on the days I haphazardly walked through the rain,

I now realize that the light was by my side

Even if the darkness attempts to shroud

All of the light away

Until there’s nothing left to see

 

I’m home, I’m home

I want to say that to you, the one waiting for me

I can be who I want to be, the way I am

My miracle with you illuminated

Everything

 

Memories of when I felt all alone

Have been rewritten, becoming love

These ordinary days and your affection

Color in everything I see

 

Welcome home, welcome home

I can hear a voice saying that to me, so

I’ll live through it all for you

Please don’t let go of this hand holding onto yours

 

I’m home, I’m home

I want to say that again and again

I can be who I want to be, the way I am

I don’t want this life to come to an end yet,

Neither today nor tomorrow

Shu // Eichi // Issei // Ichiru

Color-coded English translation:

 

A hope that suddenly descended upon me

To think that someday, someone like me

Could have a place and people I could return to

Believing in that, I’ll keep walking even in the pitch-black darkness

So that this light never comes to an end

 

Welcome home, welcome home

I can hear a voice saying that to me, so

I’ll live through it all for you

I don’t want this life to come to an end yet,

Neither today nor tomorrow

 

When I look back on the days I haphazardly walked through the rain,

I now realize that the light was by my side

Even if the darkness attempts to shroud

All of the light away

Until there’s nothing left to see

 

I’m home, I’m home

I want to say that to you, the one waiting for me

I can be who I want to be, the way I am

My miracle with you illuminated

Everything

 

Memories of when I felt all alone

Have been rewritten, becoming love

These ordinary days and your affection

Color in everything I see

 

Welcome home, welcome home

I can hear a voice saying that to me, so

I’ll live through it all for you

Please don’t let go of this hand holding onto yours

 

I’m home, I’m home

I want to say that again and again

I can be who I want to be, the way I am

I don’t want this life to come to an end yet,

Neither today nor tomorrow

 

Romaji:

 

totsuzen otozureta kibou

konna boku ni mo yagate

kaeru basho toka hito ga matteru

sou shinjite tsunaida hikari ga

kirete shimawanai you ni

aruiteikou kurayami no naka demo

 

okaeritte okaeritte

boku wo yobu koe ga kikoeru kara

kimi no tame ni ikinuku kara

mada kono inochi owarasetaku nai yo

ashita mo

 

yamikumo ni ame no naka wo aruku hibi wo

furikaeru to ima nara wakaru

hikari wa tonari ni aru

tatoe yami ga subete no hikari wo

ooteshimau you ni

nani mo kamo utsutteita to shitemo

 

tadaimatte tadaimatte

boku wo matsu kimi e iitai kara

ari no mama de irareru kara

kimi to no kiseki ga terashite kureta yo

subete wo

 

kodoku ni kanjiteita kioku ga

kakikaerarete ai ni kawaru

nanigenai hibi ga

kimi no aijou ga mieru mono wo irodorundayo

 

okaeritte okaeritte

boku wo yobu koe ga kikoeru kara

kimi no tame ni ikinuku kara

nigirishimeta te wo hanasanaide ite

 

tadaimatte tadaimatte

nandodemo nandodemo iitai kara

ari no mama de irareru kara

mada kono inochi wa owarasetakunai yo

ashita mo

 

Kanji:

 

突然訪れた希望

こんな僕にもやがて

帰る場所とか人が待ってる

そう信じて繋いだ光が

切れてしまわないように

歩いていこう

暗闇の中でも

 

おかえりって

おかえりって

僕を呼ぶ声が聞こえるから

君のために生き抜くから

まだこの命は終わらせたくないよ

明日も

 

闇雲に雨の中を歩く日々を

振り返ると今なら分かる

光は隣にある

たとえ闇が全ての光を

覆ってしまうように

何もかも映っていたとしても

 

ただいまって

ただいまって

僕を待つ君へ言いたいから

ありのままでいられるから

君との奇跡が照らしてくれたよ

全てを

 

孤独に感じていた記憶が

書き換えられて愛に変わる

何気ない日々が

君の愛情が見えるものを彩るんだよ

 

おかえりって

おかえりって

僕を呼ぶ声が聞こえるから

君のために生き抜くから

握り締めた手を離さないでいて

 

ただいまって

ただいまって

何度も何度も言いたいから

ありのままでいられるから

まだこの命は終わらせたくないよ

明日も