Lyrics and translation Kiyoshi Hikawa - Tsumakoi Douchuu

Tsumakoi Douchuu

好いた女房に 三下り半を
投げて長脇差 永の旅
怨むまいぞえ 俺等のことは
またの浮世で 逢うまでは

惚れていながら 惚れない素振り
それがやくざの 恋とやら
二度と添うまい 街道がらす
阿呆阿呆で 旅ぐらし

泣いてなるかと 心に誓や
誓う矢先に またほろり
馬鹿を承知の 俺等の胸を
何故に泣かすか 今朝の風

Tsumakoi Douchuu (Wife-loving Journey)

I gave my beloved wife a divorce letter,
threw on my long sword, and began an eternal journey.
Don't resent me, my love, for what we were,
until we meet again in the next life.

Though I love you, I pretended not to,
that's what a yakuza's love is like.
I'll never settle down, a wandering rogue,
a fool, a fool, I wander on.

I swore to myself I wouldn't cry,
but the moment I swore, tears fell again.
Why does this morning wind,
make our foolish hearts weep so?