Ever Been Left on Read 「既読のまま」 – Aoi Runa

Read… but never replied to. 既読のまま (Kidoku no Mama) – Aoi Runa, a sad Japanese ballad about waiting all night for a reply that never comes. Kanji + romaji + English translation below. 🎧 🎵 Song: 「既読のまま」 (Kidoku no Mama) 🎤 Artist: Aoi Runa (蒼井 ルナ) 📼 16:9 lyric video – lyrics synced to the original vocals 📖 LYRICS (kanji + romaji + English) buatk [Intro – 0:00] 午前零時…… 小さな光が / まだ消えない Gozen reiji… chiisana hikari ga / mada kienai Midnight… a small light / still hasn't gone out. [Verse 1 – 0:09] 眠った街の片隅で / 青い画面が夜を照らす Nemutta machi no katasumi de / aoi gamen ga yoru wo terasu In the corner of the sleeping city / a blue screen lights up the night. 短い言葉をひとつだけ / 海へ投げたら戻ってこない Mijikai kotoba wo hitotsu dake / umi he nagetara modotte konai One short message I threw / into the sea will never come back. [Pre-Chorus – 0:25] きっと忙しいだけ / きっと眠っているだけ / そう言いながら時計を三度見た Kitto isogashii dake / kitto nemutteiru dake / sou iinagara tokei wo sando mita She's probably just busy / she's probably just asleep / I tell myself, glancing at the clock three times. [Chorus – 0:36] 既読のまま……星がひとつ消えていく / 返事のない静けさだけ夜より長く伸びていく Kidoku no mama… hoshi ga hitotsu kieteiku / henji no nai shizukesa dake yoru yori nagaku nobiteiku Left on read… one star fades away / only the reply-less silence stretches longer than the night. 既読のまま……たぶん明日には笑える / そう思って目を閉じても指だけがまた画面を探す Kidoku no mama… tabun ashita niwa waraeru / sou omotte me wo tojitemo yubi dake ga mata gamen wo sagasu Left on read… maybe tomorrow I can laugh / I think, and close my eyes — yet my fingers keep searching the screen. [Verse 2 – 0:56] 窓の外には白い雲 / カーテン越しに朝が来る Mado no soto niwa shiroi kumo / kaaten-goshi ni asa ga kuru White clouds outside the window / morning arrives through the curtains. 昨日の言葉を読み返して / 句読点まで気になってる Kinou no kotoba wo yomikaeshite / kutouten made ki ni natteru I re-read yesterday's words / obsessing over every last punctuation mark. [Pre-Chorus 2 – 1:08] もしかして何か変だった？ / いや何も変じゃない / そう言いながら文章を書き直す Moshikashite nanika hen datta? / iya nanimo hen janai / sou iinagara bunshou wo kakinaosu Was something I said strange? / No, nothing was strange / I tell myself, rewriting the sentence again. [Chorus 2 – 1:17] 既読のまま……昼の風が通り過ぎる / 返事ひとつ待つだけなのに季節みたいに長くなる Kidoku no mama… hiru no kaze ga toorisugiru / henji hitotsu matsu dake nanoni kisetsu mitai ni nagaku naru Left on read… the noon wind passes by / waiting for a single reply, yet it feels long as a season. 既読のまま……きっと夜には返ってくる / そう思ってまた笑って通知の音を待っている Kidoku no mama… kitto yoru niwa kaette kuru / sou omotte mata waratte tsuuchi no oto wo matteiru Left on read… surely she'll reply by tonight / I think, smile again, and wait for the notification sound. [Bridge – 1:38] もしも言葉が鳥なら / 今ごろ君の窓辺まで飛んでいっているのかな Moshimo kotoba ga tori nara / imagoro kimi no madobe made tondeitte iru no kana If words were birds / would they be flying to your window by now? それともただの紙切れで / 風のない場所に落ちているのかな Soretomo tada no kamikire de / kaze no nai basho ni ochiteiru no kana Or are they just scraps of paper / fallen somewhere the wind never blows? [Final Chorus – 1:58] 既読のまま……月がまた細くなる / 返事のないこの夜さえいつか笑える日が来るかな Kidoku no mama… tsuki ga mata hosoku naru / henji no nai kono yoru sae itsuka waraeru hi ga kuru kana Left on read… the moon grows thin again / will there come a day I can laugh about this reply-less night? 既読のまま……それでも少し嬉しい / 君が一度でも読んだこと / それだけで今日は眠ろう Kidoku no mama… soredemo sukoshi ureshii / kimi ga ichido demo yonda koto / sore dake de kyou wa nemurou Left on read… still, I'm a little glad / that you read it, at least once / that's enough — tonight, I'll sleep. [Outro – 2:23] 午前零時……小さな光が / まだ……消えない Gozen reiji… chiisana hikari ga / mada… kienai Midnight… the small light / still… hasn't gone out. 💬 Which line hit you hardest? Mine: "my fingers keep searching the screen." Drop yours below — the most relatable one gets pinned. 🙏 🔔 Subscribe for sad Japanese lyric videos every week. #KidokuNoMama #既読のまま #JapaneseLyricVideo #AoiRuna #jpopballad