Saite

Bloom

Romaji Lyrics

Saite, mawatte, otozureru toki wo Koete, mebuite, hana hiraku made Tooi kioku no hanabira wo Zenbu atsumete I’ll say goodbye Toki ni omoide ga senaka osu kedo Fumidasenai start line cause I’ll be there Soshite omae wa tomadoi jidai no omosa ni Hajimete oboeru kodoku no itami Sono nervous wa minus he to kokoro kujiku kara Mada naku no wa yosou, mae wo muite yo Hito wa shiawase na toki, tsurai toki Hitori ja nai kara mata tsuyoku naru Dare mo ga minna nita you na omoi wo kanjiteru kara Saite, mawatte, otozureru toki wo Koete, mebuite, hana hiraku made Naite, waratte, sugiteku keshiki wo Itsumo mune ni mata arukidasou Meguru kisetsu ga hayasugite Ima wo muchuu de aruitekita Ashi wo tomete furikaereba Tooku kasuka ni mieru I’ll be there Kitto omae wa nagasare tsuioku no kaze ni Yume kara soreteku zasetsu to shitsubou Motometeta mono ga moshi gensou no tagui demo Nigeru no wa yosou, mukaiattekou Hito wa sabishisa ni tachitsukusu toki Yorokobi to kanashimi no imi wo shiri Ushinau tabi ni daiji na nanika ni kizuiteikeru kara Saite, mawatte, otozureru toki wo Koete, mebuite, hana hiraku made Naite, naite, nemuru koro ni wa Ochita namida mo imi wo motsu kara Itsuka omae wa futatabi tadoritsukeru darou Kasaneru deai to wakare no naka de Fumidasu ippo ga douse onaji hohaba nara Utsumuku no wa yosou waraiatte yo Hito wa sono yasashisa ni kizuku toki Umaretekita inochi no kachi wo shiri Mata soko kara madaminu asu he to tsunagatteku kara Saite, mawatte, otozureru toki wo Koete, mebuite, hana hiraku made Naite, waratte, sugiteku keshiki wo Itsumo mune ni mata arukidasou Saite, saite, umorenai you ni Omoide no ue ni saku hana ni narou Meet again, smile again, this world’s one and only flower Sonna hana ni narou Anytime I don’t wanna close my eyes Anytime I don’t wanna close my eyes Saite, mata arukidasou

English Translation

We’ll bloom and scatter, as we go into the world We’ll grow ever stronger, until our blossoms show… Once I’ve gathered up all the petals of all we’ve bloomed here together, I’ll say goodbye And though you have those memories pushing you onwards You can’t move past the start line, cause I’ll still be there… And so you falter, as life’s pressure begins to mount For the first time, loneliness truly sinks in That nervousness just twists our hearts into negativity So wipe away those tears, and tell yourself to be positive! Through all the good times and the bad It’s the friends around us that give us the strength we need Because that feeling is something that burdens us all So we’ll bloom and scatter, as we go into the world We’ll grow ever stronger, until our blossoms show We’ll laugh and cry, as the world keeps on turning With the strength in our hearts to keep on walking Time seems to fly by, one season to another That we find ourselves getting lost in the moment So when you stop and look at how far you’ve come Know that I’ll still be there, in your memories So when nostalgia catches you in its embrace, your dreams devolved into frustration and despair Realizing now how naive your expectations were You can’t just run away, you have to face up to it! For when loneliness saps away at you The contrast between joy and sorrow becomes so stark But with every loss comes the chance to learn a valuable lesson So we’ll bloom and scatter, as we go into the world We’ll grow ever stronger, until our blossoms show So let your tears fall, for each one you shed Will mean something in your life And one day you may end up here again Having made new meetings, having said new goodbyes But know that parting is always just as hard for them So don’t make it more difficult, just say farewell with a smile! And when you realize how great that kindness is All you’ve been through in life begins to have meaning And a whole new world will be lying in wait for you So we’ll bloom and scatter, as we go into the world We’ll grow ever stronger, until our blossoms show We’ll laugh and cry, as the world keeps on turning With the strength in our hearts to keep on walking So we’ll bloom, oh how we’ll bloom, and nobody will stop us Brilliant flowers shall rise from the memories we’ve shared We’ll meet again, smile again, as this world’s one and only flowers For that is what we’ll be And anytime I don’t wanna close my eyes Anytime I don’t wanna close my eyes I’ll bloom, and keep on walking

A fun fact about this song: A near-identically pronounced word, ‘saitei’, means “the worst”. And while I’d like to make a joke along those lines, this is a nice song that, surprisingly, the Kamen Rider Girls did justice to.

The original version of the song is by everset – they did Meteor’s two songs in Fourze, as well as “Free Your Heat” from Kamen Rider W under an alias (as all W’s songs were technically in-universe performed by fictional bands from the show) and is actually pretty rockin’. The song’s lyrics are surprisingly ~deep~, and I think the slightly slower version by the KRG makes that more appreciable, even though the everset version is probably a better song. That said, the latter half of the KRG version shifts back into the fast tempo and hard instrumentation of the original, but they didn’t use that bit in the show.

Anyway, talking TL, I really am not happy, doing this now, with the TL I did for this song back in the show 5-6 months ago or so. I’d kind of pegged the song, back then, as a generic farewell song that they were using for a graduation, and translated it as such, but that was a really bad misinterpretation of the subtext on my part – it’s really about being torn away from the structure of school, and the friends and memories you’ve built up, and having to forge your own path in life at the same time all that support is torn away from you. It’s not easy, it’s maybe not even something you want to do, but every step you take – good or bad – shapes you as a person more, and it’s all about ensuring that’s for the better.

At least, that’s my interpretation now, and maybe it’ll change as hard again given more time. It’s a beautiful song though, in that it’s emotive and powerful without being pretentious, and I can only hope I too am doing it something resembling justice.

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