Lyrics and translation Saori Yuki & Sachiko Yasuda - 赤とんぼ

赤とんぼ

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
負われて見たのは いつの日か

山の畑の 桑の実を
小かごに摘んだは まぼろしか

十五でねえやは 嫁に行き
お里の便りも 絶え果てた

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
とまっているよ 竿の先

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
負われて見たのは いつの日か

山の畑の 桑の実を
小かごに摘んだは まぼろしか

十五でねえやは 嫁に行き
お里の便りも 絶え果てた

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
とまっているよ 竿の先

Red Dragonfly

Oh, dragonfly as red as the sunset
Do you remember when I carried you?

On a mountain farm, picking mulberries,
Filling my little basket—was it long ago?

When I was fifteen, I married and left,
And news from my home village has faded away.

Oh, dragonfly as red as the sunset
You're perched on a reed at the water's edge.

Oh, dragonfly as red as the sunset
Do you remember when I carried you?

On a mountain farm, picking mulberries,
Filling my little basket—was it long ago?

When I was fifteen, I married and left,
And news from my home village has faded away.

Oh, dragonfly as red as the sunset
You're perched on a reed at the water's edge.