Lyrics and translation Saori Yuki - 無縁坂

無縁坂

母がまだ若い頃 僕の手をひいて
この坂を登るたび いつもため息をついた
ため息つけば それで済む
後ろだけは見ちゃだめと
笑ってた白い手は とてもやわらかだった
運がいいとか 悪いとか
人は時々 口にするけど
そういうことって 確かにあると
あなたをみてて そう思う
忍ぶ 不忍 無縁坂 かみしめる様な
ささやかな 僕の母の人生

いつかしら僕よりも 母は小さくなった
知らぬまに白い手は とても小さくなった
母はすべてを暦にきざんで
流してきたんだろう
悲しさや苦しさは きっとあったはずなのに
運がいいとか 悪いとか
人は時々 口にするけど
めぐる暦は 季節の中で
漂い乍ら 過ぎてゆく
忍ぶ 不忍 無縁坂 かみしめる様な
ささやかな 僕の母の人生

"Unrelated Slope"

When my mother was still young, she would take my hand,
and as we climbed this slope, she would always sigh
She would sigh and let it go at that
She told me not to look back
Her smiling, white hand was so soft
Good luck or bad
People sometimes say
There's no doubt, such things exist
I think so when I look at you
Bearing with, Un忍, Unrelated Slope - I feel the weight
My quiet mother's life

At some point, my mother became smaller than me
Without me knowing, her white hand had become so tiny
Mother etched everything on the calendar
And let it flow
She must have carried sadness and pain
Good luck or bad
People sometimes say
As the calendar turns, and the seasons pass
It drifts along and fades away
Bearing with, Un忍, Unrelated Slope - I feel the weight
My quiet mother's life