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Ai Higuchi · Attack on Titan · Attack on Titan Final Season
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tetsu no tama ga seigi no shoumei
An iron bullet is the proof of justice.
iron + of + bullet + subject + justice + of + proof
tsuranukeba eiyuu ni chikazuita
If you pierce through, you drew closer to being a hero.
if-pierce + hero + to + drew-closer
sono me wo tojite furete mireba
Close those eyes and if you try to touch,
that + eyes + object + closing + touching + if-you-try
onaji katachi onaji taion no akuma
the same shape, the same body temperature — a devil.
same + shape + same + body-temperature + of + devil
boku wa dame de aitsu wa ii no
I'm no good, but that person is fine?
I + topic + no-good + copula + that-guy + topic + good + question
soko ni kabe ga atta dake nanoni
Even though there was just a wall there.
there + at + wall + subject + existed + only + even-though
umarete shimatta unmei nageku na
Don't lament the fate you were born into.
born + ended-up + fate + lament + don't
bokura wa minna jiyuu nan dakara
Because we are all free.
we + topic + everyone + free + is + because
tori no youni hane ga areba
If I had wings like a bird,
bird + of + like + wings + subject + if-there-are
doko e datte ikeru kedo
I could go anywhere, but
where + to + even + can-go + but
kaeru basho ga nakereba
if there's no place to return to,
return + place + subject + if-there-is-no
kitto doko e mo ikenai
surely I can't go anywhere.
surely + where + to + also + cannot-go
tadatada ikiru no wa iya da
I hate just merely living.
merely + live + nominalizer + topic + hateful + is
sekai wa zankoku da soredemo kimi wo aisu yo
The world is cruel, but even so, I love you.
world + topic + cruel + is + even-so + you + object + love + emphasis
nani wo gisei ni shite mo soredemo kimi wo mamoru yo
No matter what I sacrifice, even so, I'll protect you.
what + object + sacrifice + as + doing + even + even-so + you + object + protect + emphasis
machigai da to shite mo utagattari shinai
Even if it's a mistake, I won't doubt it.
mistake + is + quotation + even-if + doubt + and-such + don't-do
tadashisa towa jibun no koto tsuyoku shinjiru koto da
Righteousness is believing strongly in yourself.
correctness + as-for + oneself + of + matter + strongly + believe + thing + is
tetsu no ame ga furichiru joukei
A scene of iron rain scattering down,
iron + of + rain + subject + scattering-down + scene
terebi no naka eiga ni mieta nda
it looked like a movie on TV.
television + of + inside + movie + like + looked + explanatory
sensou nante oroka na kyoubou
War is just foolish violence,
war + such-a-thing + foolish + attributive + violence
kankeinai shiranai kuni no hanashi
it's not my concern — a story from a country I don't know.
unrelated + don't-know + country + of + story
sorenara nande aitsu nikunde
Then why do I hate that person,
if-so + why + that-person + hating
kuroi kimochi kakushikirenai riyuu
the reason I can't fully hide these dark feelings?
black + feelings + can't-fully-hide + reason
setsumei datte dekiyashinai nda
I can't even explain it.
explanation + even + can't-even-do + explanatory
bokura wa nante mujun bakka nanda
We are nothing but contradictions.
we + topic + how + contradiction + nothing-but + is
kono kotoba mo yakusarereba hontou no imi wa tsutawaranai
Even these words, if translated, their true meaning won't get across.
this + words + even + if-translated + true + of + meaning + topic + won't-convey
This verse is a meta-commentary on the limitations of translation itself, deeply relevant to the multilingual themes of Attack on Titan's world.
shinjiru no wa sono me wo hiraite fureta sekai dake
What I believe in is only the world I touched with open eyes.
believe + nominalizer + topic + that + eyes + object + opening + touched + world + only
tadatada ikiru no wa iya da
I hate just merely living.
merely + live + nominalizer + topic + hateful + is
sekai wa zankoku da soredemo kimi wo aisu yo
The world is cruel, but even so, I love you.
world + topic + cruel + is + even-so + you + object + love + emphasis
nani wo gisei ni shite mo soredemo kimi wo mamoru yo
No matter what I sacrifice, even so, I'll protect you.
what + object + sacrifice + as + doing + even + even-so + you + object + protect + emphasis
eranda hito no kage suteta mono no shikabane
The shadow of the one I chose, the corpses of what I discarded.
chose + person + of + shadow + discarded + things + of + corpse
kizuita nda jibun no naka sodatsu no wa akuma no ko
I realized that what grows inside me is a devil's child.
realized + explanatory + oneself + of + inside + grows + nominalizer + topic + devil + of + child
seigi no ura gisei no naka kokoro ni wa akuma no ko
Behind justice, within sacrifice, in the heart lives a devil's child.
justice + of + behind + sacrifice + of + inside + heart + in + topic + devil + of + child