Saigo no Kyojin

nani ka ga hoshiku te nobashi ta te wa tasogare ni somaru

The hand I reached out wanting something is stained by twilight.

doko ka e iki taku te kakedashi ta ashi de

With the feet that started running wanting to go somewhere.

dareka wo ichiichi fumitsubushita

I trampled someone, one by one.

(Der letzte Titan)

(untranslated)

yumiya no yō ni tobidashi ta jiyū o yumemi ta dorei wa

Like a bow and arrow launched forth, the slave who dreamed of freedom...

ikutsumo no shinzou inochi miokutte

Seeing off many hearts (lives) —

kurenai ni somaru tori to naru

...becomes a bird dyed in crimson.

shikabane o shikitsume ta michi wa

The road paved with corpses...

arasoi o tadori umi o koe

Tracing conflict, crossing the sea.

tada ookiku chi wo narashi nagara

While making the earth thunder greatly,

sore demo susumi tsuzukeru

Even so, we keep moving forward.

yoiyami no chihei de ne wo haru youni

As if taking root on the twilight horizon,

dareka wo matsu ichiichi

— waiting for someone, one by one.

oretachi wa dorei ja nee umare ta toki kara jiyū da

We are not slaves! We've been free since the moment we were born!

kyosei o ha te kyokō o ikiru

Putting on bravado, living a fiction.

shinjitsu ga genjitsu ni naru made

Until the truth becomes reality.

ikinone wo tomete miro

Try to snuff out my very breath!

kuchisaki dake no seigi ja todokanai

Empty-lipped justice won't reach anyone.

kabe wo hakaishita monotachi oretachi wa susumitsudzukeru

We — those who broke the wall — keep advancing!

kono zankoku na kabe no sekai tatoe doko e nigetemo

In this cruel walled world, even if you run anywhere

rakujitsu ni oware hane wo mogare yoake no uta wo machiwabiru

Chased by the setting sun, wings torn off, yearning for dawn's song.

toki ni ai no na wo azamuite shougeki to zetsubou wo kainarashi

At times deceiving the name of love, taming shock and despair.

tada akuma to sagesumarete mo onaji ki no shita niitakatta

Even scorned as a demon, I wanted to be under the same tree.

daga kore wa osanai kanshou nara ukeirete nomikome

But if this is childish sentiment — swallow it.

sekaijuu no mori wo narashitai nara sekai waano ki wo nagitaosu

If you want to raze every forest, the world will cut down that tree.

hito no nozomi ga unda tooki itami jidai wo koete tsumi wa meguru

A distant pain born of human wishes — sin revolves across eras.

nara machigatte iru no wa mou ore dake de ii

Then... 'It's fine if I'm the only one who's wrong now'

tada saigo no kyojin wa hitori sakebe ta

The last titan merely cried out alone.

kako wo idaita yume no naka de deai to wakare wo kurikaeshi megutta

In a dream clutching the past, I cycled through meetings and partings.

nisennen go no kimi no haru wa donna hana ga saku

In your spring 2000 years from now, what flowers will bloom?

oretachi wa nakama ja nee umareta toki kara hitori da

We are not friends — we've been alone from the moment we were born

kyogen wo haite kyokou wo matou shingeki wo shingeki tonasu made

Spitting lies and clad in fiction, until advance turns into invasion.

omaera wa mori wo dero nando michi ni mayottemo

All of you — leave the forest, however many times you lose the way.

mukuwareru made oretachi wa susumitsudzukeru

Until we are rewarded, we keep advancing.

dakara kono tsumi wa yurusazu ni yuke

So march on without forgiving this sin.

soshite kare wa kono sekai kara kyojin o kuchiku shi ta

"And he eradicated the titans from this world."

dare ka o fumi tsubushi ta

I trampled over someone.

kono zankoku na kabe no sekai

This cruel world of walls.

machiga te iru no wa mō ore dake de ii

"The one who is wrong... let it just be me."