Nmb48 – Hajimete No All Lyrics ( English Translation )

[Intro]
Oh my gosh!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey — hey, hey.

[Verse 1]
We finished singing our last song — morning’s here.
Step outside the karaoke box,
and the blazing sun is way too much to bear.

Sorry for making you worry about me —
Yeah, I should’ve texted, I know.
But even if you told me to come straight home,
honestly, that was just too much of a hassle.

[Pre-Chorus]
My first all‑nighter —
I wonder if I’m a little older than I was yesterday.
Looking in the side mirror of an illegally parked car,
I touch up my makeup just a bit.

Oh baby, until the first train leaves,
we kill time at the triangle park — nowhere to go.
Before I knew it, it was just the two of us.
Where did everybody else disappear to?

I love you — I love you so much.
That’s why I stayed up all night with you.

[Chorus]
Oh my gosh!
Hey, hey, hey!

[Verse 2]
Crows pick through the trash bags, making noise.
Today is arriving, just like every other day.
And just like this, our youth comes to an end.

People are such fools, aren’t we?
Throwing away moments we’ll never get back.
One day we’ll realize —
what a waste it all was.

[Pre-Chorus]
After a few all‑nighters,
I stopped feeling any guilt at all.
The respectable people heading to the station
somehow looked like tiny ants to me.

Oh baby, once we graduate,
we won’t be able to wander till dawn like this.
So at least for now,
I want to live this meaningless life with you.

Because I love you — I really love you.
So what do we do next?

[Bridge]
The numbers on my phone’s lock screen —
what are they counting down to?
Drifting, drifting — just being swept away.

I always wanted to pull an all‑nighter —
just a naive dream, means nothing at all.
Thinking that crossing midnight would take us to a different world —
that was just a stupid misunderstanding.

[Outro]
Oh baby, until the first train leaves,
we kill time at the triangle park — nowhere to go.
Before I knew it, it was just the two of us.
Where did everyone else disappear to?

I love you — I love you so much.
That’s why I stayed up all night with you.
That’s why I stayed up all night with you.

Oh my gosh!
Hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey — hey, hey.

📖 Lyrics Meaning

This song captures the bittersweet, reckless energy of youth — specifically the experience of staying out all night with friends (or a lover) and the quiet melancholy of realizing that this phase is ending. It blends euphoria, nostalgia, and a sense of impending adulthood.

Key themes:

1. The all‑nighter as a rite of passage – Finishing the last song at karaoke, stepping into blinding morning sunlight, and killing time at a “triangle park” until the first train. This is not a party anthem but a soft, intimate rebellion against routine.

2. Guilt and freedom – At first, she feels sorry for making someone worry. But after a few all‑nighters, the guilt fades. She even sees “respectable people” heading to work as tiny ants — a flicker of teenage contempt for the adult world.

3. Youth ending – Direct line: “Just like this, our youth comes to an end.” Throwing away irreplaceable time is foolish, but that’s exactly what youth does. Future regret is acknowledged but not avoided.

4. Foolish creatures – People waste time they’ll never get back. The song doesn’t moralize; it simply observes. The shame of waste is for “someday,” not tonight.

5. The two of us – Everyone else disappears, leaving just the speaker and the person she loves. The night becomes an intimate, shared secret. “I love you” is repeated quietly, not dramatically.

6. Misunderstanding of midnight – Thinking that crossing a date line (past midnight) would transport them to a different world was a “stupid misunderstanding.” The world doesn’t change. Only they do — slightly older, slightly more aware.

7. Lock screen countdown – The numbers on her phone (likely battery, time, or notifications) are meaningless. She’s “drifting, being swept away” — no control, just the flow of the night.

8. No grand conclusion – The song ends the same way it began: killing time, not knowing where everyone went, still in love, still waiting for the first train. Adulthood hasn’t arrived yet — but it’s coming.