笑わないヨハネ
warawanai yohane
Johannes Doesn’t Laugh
Vocals: 初音ミク (Hatsune Miku)
Lyrics: Minase
Composed by: Minase
Release Date: 21 November 2020
Requested by: Mah
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Update (5 September 2021): Updates based on comments by Tackmyn. Thank you very much!
The name used in the title (ヨハネ) appears to be based on ‘Johannes’ or ‘Ioannes’, Latin versions of ‘John’.
I originally thought ‘笑わないヨハネ’ was intended to be a command, a bit like 笑わないでヨハネ (don’t laugh, Johannes). But since you see some areas that are specifically commands (e.g. 泣かないで), it made me think that the lyricist would have included the で if they wanted us to interpret it as a command.
I made a conscious decision to translate this as if the speaker is talking to Johannes the entire time, bearing in mind that 君 (kimi – you) is only used once towards the end.
日本語
鋭い爪も牙も 自分を傷つけるだけで
守りたいものなんて
簡単に見つからない 見つけたくもない
そのくせ思うんだ
我儘さ 愛を知りたいなんて
どんな色してるかな 赤ければいいのにな なんて
巫山戯た言葉 それなりに 真面目なのにさ
ねぇ 何がお望みなの?
これじゃまるで僕だけが 馬鹿みたいだな!
笑わないヨハネ 冷たいままで
生きる術を教えて
僕一人か 僕以外か
どちらが間違っているの?
笑わないヨハネ 気付いているさ
どちらも同じことさ
それでもただ 生きてくのさ
夜が来ればただ眠るだけさ
消えかけのランプで 帳の降りた街を歩く
雨が降りませんように
下らない祈りだろう
生憎だけど 傘は要らないさ
濡れていたほうが まだましだから
一人で別にいいさ
どうにせよ 傷つくのならば
笑わないヨハネ こんな歪で
醜い僕のことを
どこのだれが 分かるのだろう
分かりたいと思うのだろう
笑わないヨハネ こんな自分を
好きになれるだろうか
みんなが言う 当たり前が
僕には一つも分からないのに
ねぇ
嗤ってよ ヨハネ
こんな世界さ
だけどこれで全部さ
産まれてから 独りきりで
ずっと戦ってきたのさ
寂しいの ヨハネ
泣けば泣くほど
置いてかれる気がして
傷つくのが 怖いだけで
それでも一人じゃ歩けないから
泣かないで ヨハネ
君の涙は
僕を濡らす雨だと
気が付いてる? 気が付いてよ
風邪ひいてからじゃ遅いよ
往かないで ヨハネ
もう少しだけ
笑顔なんか見せないで
今の僕じゃ 弱すぎてさ
作り笑いしか返せないから
Romanisation
surudoi tsume mo kiba mo jibun o kizutsukeru dake de
mamoritai mono nante
kantan ni mitsukaranai mitsuketaku mo nai
sono kuse omou nda
wagamama sa ai o shiritai nante
donna iro shiteru ka na akakereba ii no ni na nante
fuzaketa kotoba sore nari ni majime na no ni sa
nee nani ga o nozomi na no?
kore ja maru de boku dake ga baka mitai da na!
warawanai yohane tsumetai mama de
ikiru sube o oshiete
boku hitori ka boku igai ka
dochira ga machigatte iru no?
warawanai yohane kizuite iru sa
dochira mo onaji koto sa
sore demo tada ikiteku no sa
yoru ga kureba tada nemuru dake sa
kiekake no ranpu de tobari no orita machi o aruku
ame ga furimasen you ni
kudaranai inori darou
ainiku dakedo kasa wa iranai sa
nurete ita hou ga mada mashi dakara
hitori de betsu ni ii sa
dou ni seyo kizutsuku no naraba
warawanai yohane konna ibitsu de
minikui boku no koto o
doko no dare ga wakaru no darou
wakaritai to omou no darou
warawanai yohane konna jibun o
suki ni nareru darou ka
minna ga iu atarimae ga
boku ni wa hitotsu mo wakaranai no ni
nee
waratte yo yohane
konna sekai sa
dakedo kore de zenbu sa
umarete kara hitorikiri de
zutto tatakatte kita no sa
sabishii no yohane
nakeba naku hodo
oitekareru ki ga shite
kizutsuku no ga kowai dake de
sore demo hitori ja arukenai kara
nakanaide yohane
kimi no namida wa
boku o nurasu ame da to
ki ga tsuiteru? ki ga tsuite yo
kaze hiite kara ja osoi yo
yukanaide yohane
mou sukoshi dake
egao nanka misenaide
ima no boku ja yowasugite sa
tsukuriwarai shika kaesenai kara
Translation
I just hurt myself with my sharp claws and fangs.
Something I want to protect?
I can’t find it easily. I don’t want to find it.
And yet, I think.
It’s selfish for me to want to know love,
selfish to wonder what colour it is. If only it was red.
My jokes are, in their own way, serious.
Hey, what do you desire?
It’s like only I’m the foolish one here!
You don’t laugh, Johannes. While remaining cold-hearted,
teach me how to live.
Living alone or living with others…
which one’s wrong?
You don’t laugh, Johannes. I’ve noticed—
they’re both the same.
And yet, I live
and when night falls, I just sleep.
With an almost extinguished lamp, I wander the streets after nightfall.
I hope it won’t rain.
What a stupid prayer.
Sorry, but I don’t need an umbrella
since I’d still rather get wet.
I don’t mind if I’m alone
if I’m just going to get hurt.
You don’t laugh, Johannes. I wonder,
who would understand someone
as twisted and ugly as me?
Who would want to?
You don’t laugh, Johannes. Could you really
love someone like me?
Even though I don’t understand a single thing
about what people call ‘ordinary’.
Hey…
Laugh, Johannes!
This is what the world’s like
but that’s all there is to it.
Since birth, I’ve been all alone
fighting the whole time.
I’m lonely, Johannes.
The more I cry
the more I feel like I’m being left behind.
After all, I’m just afraid being hurt
and yet I can’t walk alone.
Don’t cry, Johannes.
Your tears
are the rain that drenches me.
Have you noticed? You have.
Once I’ve caught a cold, it’s too late!
Don’t leave, Johannes.
Stay a little longer.
Don’t smile at me
because I’m too weak now
and can only force a smile back.
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