Paroles et traduction Tsuyoshi Nagabuchi - Nishishinjukuno Oyajino Uta

Nishishinjukuno Oyajino Uta

続けざまに苦しそうなせきばらいをしてた
西新宿の飲み屋の親父が昨日死んだ
「俺の命もそろそろかな」って

吸っちゃいけねえ タバコふかし
「日本も今じゃクラゲになっちまった」って笑ってた
わりと寂しい葬式で春の光がやたら目をつきさしてた
考えてみりゃ親父はいい時に死んだのかもしれねえ
地響きがガンガンと工事現場にいきわたり
やがて親父の店にも新しいビルが建つという
銭にならねえ歌を唄ってた俺に
親父はいつもしわがれ声で俺を怒鳴ってた
錆ついた包丁研ぎ
とれたての鯛をさばき
「出世払いでいいからとっとと食え」って言ってた
「やるなら今しかねえ やるなら今しかねえ」
66の親父の口癖は「やるなら今しかねえ」
古いか新しいかなんてまぬけな者たちの言い草だった
俺か俺じゃねえかで ただ命がけだった
酒の飲めない俺に無理矢理とっくりかたむけて
「男なら髪の毛ぐらい短く切れよ」ってまた怒鳴った
西新宿の飲み屋の親父に別れを告げて
俺は通い慣れた路地をいつもよりゆっくり歩いてる
すすけた畳屋の割れたガラスにうつっていた
暮らしにまみれた俺が一人うつっていた
「やるなら今しかねえ やるなら今しかねえ」
66の親父の口癖は「やるなら今しかねえ」
「やるなら今しかねえ やるなら今しかねえ」
66の親父の口癖は「やるなら今しかねえ」
やるなら今しかねえ やるなら今しかねえ
やるなら今しかねえ やるなら今しかねえ.

Nishishinjukuno Oyajino Uta

He kept on coughing, it sounded painful to hear
The Nishishinjuku barkeep died yesterday
He said, “My time is almost here”

He shouldn't have smoked, he puffed away
He laughed and said, “Japan has turned into a jellyfish”
It was a rather sad funeral, the spring sunlight seemed to hurt my eyes
Now that I think about it, maybe he died at a good time
The construction site's roar shook the ground
Soon, a new building will be built where his bar stood
I sang songs that made no money
And he would always scold me in his hoarse voice
Sharpening his rusty knives
He would cut up a fresh sea bream
And say, “Eat up, I'll get paid when you make it big”
“Do it now or never, do it now or never”
At 66, that was his motto, “Do it now or never”
Old or new, that's just the talk of fools
For me, it was just a matter of life and death
He couldn't drink, but he forced a cup into my hand
And yelled, “If you're a man, cut your hair short”
I bid farewell to the Nishishinjuku barkeep
And walked down that familiar alley, slower than usual
In the cracked glass of the old tatami shop
I saw my own face, stained with life
“Do it now or never, do it now or never”
At 66, that was his motto, “Do it now or never”
“Do it now or never, do it now or never”
At 66, that was his motto, “Do it now or never”
Do it now or never, do it now or never
Do it now or never, do it now or never.