IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI

Released on 2013 Jan. 9th. [MV]
Lyric: NAKAMETAL, TSUBOMETAL / Music: KxBxMETAL, TSUBOMETAL, TAKEMETAL / Arr.: Kyôtô

In short: Hey, bystanders! Sometimes you get hurt, sometimes you hurt someone, and we all get badly hurt. Say "Never" to bullying! Don't be bystanders!

IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI (Bullying, No, Absolutely)

  [Rururu...]

  [Ah.]

Dreaming, I couldn't have even it.
Between the light and the darkness, I stayed alone.

Those who got hurt were not only I myself,
but also those who kept on watching me. It was you.

Confidence,   [Have it!]
I couldn't have.   [Don't be beaten!]
I kept on hiding   [I dislike to be found!]
until yesterday.   [Yesterday is gone!]
But good-bye to yesterdays' myself.   [Bye-bye!]

Bullying.   [No!]   Bullying.   [No!]
It's disgraceful.   [No! No! No! No!]
Sometimes you get hurt, sometimes you hurt someone,
and we all get badly hurt.

Fox,   [Fly!]   Fox,   [Fly!]
I'm sure you can fly.   [Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Let your pain and sadness all go outside!
It's OK because I'll protect you.

I didn't show my tears, and in the night I was about to cry,
in a room deep inside my heart, I stayed alone.

Those who hurt me were not only someone else,
but also those who pretended not to notice. It was my friend.

Nothing   [Nothing!]
could I say.   [Say nothing!?]
I was about to give up   [No easy throwing out!]
until yesterday.   [Yesterday is gone!]
But good-bye to yesterdays' myself.   [Bye-bye!]

Bullying.   [No!]   Bullying.   [No!]
It's disgraceful.   [No! No! No! No!]
Sometimes you get hurt, sometimes you hurt someone,
and we all get badly hurt.

Fox,   [Fly!]   Fox,   [Fly!]
I'm sure you can fly.   [Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Let your pain and sadness all go outside!
It's OK because I'll protect you.

Pain...
Aching...
All the while...
Alone...
Your heart...
Pretending not to notice...
Anymore...
I'll never get away.
Bullying, No, Absolutely.

Full of dearest-ness, it's pressuring but also encouraging.
Anymore, anymore your...
I don't want to see anymore your tearful face.

Bullying.   [No!]   Bullying.   [No!]
It's disgraceful.   [No! No! No! No!]
Sometimes you get hurt, sometimes you hurt someone,
and we all get badly hurt.

Fox,   [Fly!]   Fox,   [Fly!]
I'm sure you can fly.
Let your pain and sadness all go outside!
It's OK because I'll protect you.

Bullying, No, absolutely.   [No! No! No! No!]
Bullying, No, forever.
Bullying, No, absolutely.   [No! No! No! No!]
Bullying, No, never.

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  ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW.

[i] Who Are "I" and "You" of This Song?

In the original lyric there are only one "anata" and four "kimi" (these for single "you") and none for "I", "we" and plural "you". There are also three "jibun" but this word is for "one" of "saying one's opinion", "seeing oneself", etc. So, for a proper translation, I should decide who say and to whom it is to say. I've tried but I may have mistaken.

If you feel nothing strange about my uses of "I", "you", etc. in the translation, or if you already know what the bullying is like, these analyses are redundant.

In so-called verses (in Japanese, A mero; ="Dreaming..." and "I didn't show..."), "I" is the bullied (= someone that is being bullied). "You" at the end of the first verse is the friend of the bullied, and probably "my friend" of the second refers to the same person.

In so-called bridges (in Japanese, B mero; ="Confidence..." and "Nothing..."), "I" is the bullied (or possibly the friend). Anyway, the determination "good-bye to yesterdays' myself" is expressed. Or, this section may be the imperative sentence from the lyric writer to both the bullied and the friend (= Say good-bye to yesterdays' yourselves). As said above, literally it's not "myself" but "oneself", and there is none for "I".

Each of so-called choruses (in Japanese, sabi) is divided in two. In the first halves (= "Bullying..."), "I" is anyone that stands against the bullying. "You" are those who hurt someone: the bullier, the bystander (maybe including the friend), and possibly the bullied oneself (because the bullied may be a bystander, or even a bullier, for the others that are bullied). I use the inclusive "we", thinking of, say, the whole (school) class including the bulliers, the bullieds, and the bystanders. And I want to say "We hurt each other."

In the second halves of choruses (= "Fox..."), "I" is those against the bullying and "you" is those who are hurt.

In so-called middle eight or release (in Japanese, C mero; ="Pain... get away") and farther until "... crying face", "I" is the friend and "you" is the bullied.

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IJIME, DAME, ZETTAI (Bullying, No, Absolutely *1)

Romaji Lyric	English Translation	Notes
[Rururu...]	[Rururu...]	(s)
[Aa.]	[Ah.]	(s)
Yume o miru koto	Dreaming,	2
sore sae mo mote-nakute	I couldn't have even it.
hikari to yami no hazama	Between the light and the darkness,
hitori.	I stayed alone.
Kizutsuita no wa	Those who got hurt were
jibun jishin dake ja naku	not only I myself,
mitsume-tsuzukete kureta	but also those who kept on watching me.
anata.	It was you.
Jishin	Confidence,	3
[Motte!]	[Have it!]
mote-zu ni	I couldn't have.
[Make-naide!]	[Don't be beaten!]
kakure tsuzuketa	I kept on hiding
[Mitsuke-cha iya!]	[I dislike to be found!]	4
kinoo	until yesterday.
[Iesutadee!]	[Yesterday is gone!]	5
made no jibun sayonara.	But good-bye to yesterdays' myself.
[Bai-bai!]	[Bye-bye!]
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]	6
ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]
kakko-warui yo.	It's disgraceful.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt,	[i]
kizutsukete	sometimes you hurt someone,
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	and we all get badly hurt.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]	7,8
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure you can fly.
[Tobe! Tobe! Tobe! Tobe!]	[Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain and sadness	9
subete tokihanate!	all go outside!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's OK because I'll protect you.	10
Namida mise-zu ni,	I didn't show my tears,	11
nakidashi-soona yoru wa	and in the night I was about to cry,
kokoro no oku no heya ni	in a room deep inside my heart,
hitori.	I stayed alone.
Kizutsuketa no wa	Those who hurt me were
hoka no dareka dake ja naku	not only someone else,	12
kizuka-nai furi shiteta	but also those who pretended not to notice.
nakama.	It was my friend.
Nani mo	Nothing	13
[NOTHING!]	[Nothing!]
ie-zu ni	could I say.	14
[SAY NOTHING!?]	[Say nothing!?]
akirame kaketa	I was about to give up
[Poi-sute kinshi!]	[No easy throwing out!]	15
kinoo	until yesterday.
[Iestadee!]	[Yesterday is gone!]
made no jibun sayonara.	But good-bye to yesterdays' myself.
[Bai-bai!]	[Bye-bye!]
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]
ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]
kakko-warui yo.	It's disgraceful.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt,
kizutsukete	sometimes you hurt someone,
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	and we all get badly hurt.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure you can fly.
[Tobe! Tobe! Tobe! Tobe!]	[Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain and sadness
subete tokihanate!	all go outside!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's OK because I'll protect you.
Itami	Pain...	16,M
Kanjite	Aching...	Y
Zutto	All the while...	S
Hitori	Alone...	M
Kokoro	Your heart...	Y
Kizuka-nai furi	Pretending not to notice...	S
Moo	Anymore...	M
Nige-nai.	I'll never get away.	Y
Ijime Dame Zettai.	Bullying, No, Absolutely.	A
Itoshikute	Full of dearest-ness,	17
setsunakute	it's pressuring
kokoro-zuyokute	but also encouraging.
kore ijoo	Anymore...
moo kimi no	anymore your...
nakigao wa mitaku-nai.	I don't want to see anymore your tearful face.	18
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]
ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying.   [No!]
kakko-warui yo.	It's disgraceful.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt,
kizutsukete	sometimes you hurt someone,
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	and we all get badly hurt.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	Fox,   [Fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure you can fly.
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain and sadness
subete tokihanate!	all go outside!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's OK because I'll protect you.
Ijime dame zettai.	Bullying, No, absolutely.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Ijime dame FOREVER.	Bullying, No, forever.
Ijime dame zettai.	Bullying, No, absolutely.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Ijime dame dame.	Bullying, No, never.

Notes

0. The lines marked with "M" are spoken by MOAMETAL, with "Y" by YUIMETAL, with "S" by SU-METAL, with "A" by all three members. The enclosed phrases [---] marked with "(s)" are sung by SU-METAL. (Added on 2017 Mar. 17.)
1. BABYMETAL official YouTube channel used "No more bullying" as English title until 2015, and I thought "Zettai" (= absolutely) is indispensable. Since the summer of 2014, this song has been introduced as "No More Bullying, Forever" in the English prologue (revised on 2017 Mar. 17th).
2. Simply "I couldn't even dream". But the original line is also redundant and I feel there might hide something, so I translate very literally for the moment.
3. This is "I say good-bye to yesterdays' myself who couldn't have confidence and kept on hiding.", ignoring the word order and the inserted Yui&Moa's words.
4. Literally "I dislike that (someone) finds (someone).", and usually translated to "I dislike you to find me." or "Don't find me!". But in this sentence, who is "you" is ambiguous.
5. You can hear "is gone!" in the tone of Yui&Moa's voice. Or, just see YUIMETAL and MOAMETAL stretching out their arms on PV
6. "Dame" has two meanings: "useless" (hopeless) and forbiddance "must not". These ones are latter.
7. For me, "Kitsune" sounds like the vocative case and I translate so. I think it might be possibly a nickname of "you" or something. See note [i].
8. "Tobe" (= tobu) has two meanings: to fly and to jump, and the Japanese are told to use different kanji ("飛ぶ" & "跳ぶ") to distinguish these meanings (there are many cases like this in Japanese). Foxes can't fly, but　all "tobe" are written as "飛べ" (fly) in the official lyric.
9. I want to say "Express your pain and sadness, ( (and I'll receive your words,) then they will disappear)". "Tokihanate" = "tokihanatsu" = "toku"+"hanatsu" = to untie and to let go. "Hanatsu" is sometimes used for speaking (= letting words go outside), etc. At first I simply thought "let them go" as "throw them away", but it's easier said than done.
10. The original line has none for "It's OK", but, being afraid of the readers thinking "because" as strange, I complement.
11. Literally "not showing tears," and, hearing this line on the melody, it seems like saying "in the night that I was about to cry without tears". But I think my translation more natural, that is, "Because I didn't want someone to see my tears, I stayed alone in the night when I ...". Only putting one comma into the Japanese lyrics is enough for my interpretation, and the melody afford enough space to do that.
12. "Someone else" is someone who hurt me physically ("else" = other than my friend).
13. This is "I say good-bye to yesterdays' myself who couldn't say anything and was about to give up.", ignoring the word order and the inserted Yui&Moa's words.
14. At first I missed "ni" in Japanese lyric, and I forgot negative inversion in English, translating "(Nothing,) I couldn't say".
15. It is usually translated to "No littering!" as a notice and so did I. But I change it, thinking "poi-" (= lightly) is important.
16. As a whole, this sequence of words says like "(You were) feeling pain. (You were) alone all the while. (I) pretended not to notice (your) heart (aching). (But I will) never get away anymore".
17. More detailed "I feel my heart filled up with the dearest-ness (to you), and I feel my heart being pressured by this emotion, meanwhile, I feel being encouraged by this emotion". This "itoshikute" (= itoshii) means the dearest-ness of "my dear friend". "Setsunakute" (= setsunai) always means the pressure of some emotion (affection, sadness, etc) and there being no help for it. Why is it encouraging? It's open to the listeners.
      I found these three lines borrowed from the title of hit song "Itoshisa to Setsunasa to Kokorozuyosa to" sung by Ryoko SHINOHARA with Tetusya KOMURO in 1994. But I can't find the explanation for why encouraging.
18. This line alone is literally "I don't want to see tearful face." and the rest is in the preceding line.

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Please see [About English Lyrics for Singing] for the details of notation.
'lone = alone, 'way = away, 'cause = because, 'bout = about, 'twas = it was です。 (But), (I), (who) は歌いません。表記の詳細は [英語の歌詞について] を見てください。

Bullying, No, Absolutely (English Lyric for Singing)

Romaji Lyric	English Lyric
[Rururu...]	[Rururu...]
[Aa.]	[Ah.]
Yume o miru koto	Though I wanted peace of mind,
sore sae mo mote-nakute	I couldn't even have a chance to dream.
hikari to yami no hazama	In between the darkness and the twilight,
hitori.	I stayed 'lone.
Kizutsuita no wa	Really those who got hurt were
jibun jishin dake ja naku	not only I myself who got actually,
mitsume tsuzukete kureta	(but) also those who kept on watching me_.
anata.	It was you.
Jishin	Confidence,
[Motte!]	[Have it!]
mote-zu ni	I couldn't have.
[Make-naide!]	[Don't be beaten!]
kakure tsuzuketa	I kept on hiding myself.
[Mitsuke-cha iya!]	[I dislike to be found!]
kinoo	Yesterdays,
[Iesutadee!]	[Yesterdays!]
made no jibun sayonara.	go 'way! And good-bye to my timidness.
[Bai-bai!]	[Bye-bye!]
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying is,   [No good!]
ijime   [Dame!]	bullying is   [No good!]
kakko-warui yo.	nothing to boast about.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt.	*1
kizutsukete	Sometimes you do hurt.	*1
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	We'll_ all get badly hurt in the end.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	KITSUNE,   [Let's fly!]
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	dear my friend,   [Let's fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure that you can fly.
[Tobe! Tobe! Tobe! Tobe!]	[Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain come out. Let your sadness out.
subete tokihanate!	Express all that's kept in your heart!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's alright (be)cause I will guard you.
Namida mise-zu ni,	No. I didn't show my tears.
nakidashi-soona yoru wa	And in the night when I was 'bout to cry,
kokoro no oku no heya ni	(I) shut myself up deep inside my heart, and
hitori.	I stayed 'lone.
Kizutsuketa no wa	Really those who hurt me were
hoka no dareka dake ja naku	not only someone else who did actually,
kizuka-nai furi shiteta	(but) also those (who) pretended not to notice.
nakama.	'Twas my friend.
Nani mo	Not a word
[NOTHING!]	[Nothing!]
ie-zu ni	could I_ say.	*2
[SAY NOTHING!?]	[Say nothing!?]
akirame kaketa	I was about to give up.
[Poi-sute kinshi!]	[No_ easy throwing out!]
kinoo	Yesterdays,
[Iestadee!]	[Yesterdays!]
made no jibun sayonara.	go 'way! And good-bye to my weak-willed-ness.
[Bai-bai!]	[Bye-bye!]
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying is,   [No good!]
ijime   [Dame!]	bullying is   [No good!]
kakko-warui yo.	nothing to boast about.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt.
kizutsukete	Sometimes you do hurt.
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	We'll_ all get badly hurt in the end.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	KITSUNE,   [Let's fly!]
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	dear my friend,   [Let's fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure that you can fly.
[Tobe! Tobe! Tobe! Tobe!]	[Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly!]
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain come out. Let your sadness out.
subete tokihanate!	Express all that's kept in your heart!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's alright 'cause I will guard you.
Itami	Pain...
Kanjite	Aching...
Zutto	All the while...
Hitori	Alone...
Kokoro	Your heart...
Kizuka-nai furi	Pretending not to notice...
Moo	Anymore...
Nige-nai.	I'll never get away.
Ijime Dame Zettai.	Bullying, No, Absolutely.
Itoshikute	Full of dearest-ness,
setsunakute	it's so pressuring.
kokoro-zuyokute	Also it's encouraging.
kore ijoo	No_ anymore...
moo kimi no	no_ anymore...
nakigao wa mitaku-nai.	(I) don't_ want to see your tears anymore.
Ijime   [Dame!]	Bullying is,   [No good!]
ijime   [Dame!]	bullying is   [No good!]
kakko-warui yo.	nothing to boast about.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[No! No! No! No!]
Kizutsuite	Sometimes you get hurt.
kizutsukete	Sometimes you do hurt.
kizudarake ni naru no sa.	We'll_ all get badly hurt in the end.
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	KITSUNE,   [Let's fly!]
Kitsune   [Tobe!]	dear my friend,   [Let's fly!]
kitto toberu yo.	I'm sure that you can fly.
Kurushimi mo kanashimi mo	Let your pain come out. Let your sadness out.
subete tokihanate!	Express all that's kept in your heart!
Kimi o mamoru kara.	It's alright 'cause I will guard you.
Ijime dame zettai.	Bullying should never be allowed.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[Never! Never! Never! Never!]
Ijime dame FOREVER.	Bullying is no good forever.
Ijime dame zettai.	Bullying should never be allowed.
[Dame! Dame! Dame! Dame!]	[Never! Never! Never! Never!]
Ijime dame dame.	Bullying is no good, no good.

1. I think the notes for "kizu" are not long enough for "sometimes". Lengthen them double moving ahead.
   ____ kizu
   sometimes
   "きず" の長さで "sometimes" は無理でしょうから、その前から二倍の長さで歌ってください。
2. I'm sorry. I missed "ni" in Japanese lyric, nor negative inversion in English.
   ごめんなさい。日本語の歌詞の "に" が抜けていました。英語の否定文の倒置も。