Paroles et traduction Yoshikazu Mera - ヨイトマケの唄

ヨイトマケの唄

"父(とう)ちゃんのためなら エンヤコラ
母(かあ)ちゃんのためなら エンヤコラ
もひとつおまけに エンヤコラ"

今も聞こえる ヨイトマケの唄
今も聞こえる あの子守唄
工事現場の ひるやすみ
たばこふかして 目を閉じりゃ
聞こえてくるよ あの唄が
働く土方の あの唄が
貧しい土方の あの唄が

子供の頃に 小学校で
ヨイトマケの子供 きたない子供と
いじめぬかれて はやされて
くやし涙に くれながら
泣いて帰った 道すがら
母(かあ)ちゃんの働く とこを見た
母(かあ)ちゃんの働く とこを見た

姉(あね)さんかむりで 泥にまみれて
日に灼(や)けながら 汗を流して
男にまじって 網を引き
天にむかって 声をあげて
力の限りに うたってた
母(かあ)ちゃんの働く とこを見た
母(かあ)ちゃんの働く とこを見た

慰(なぐさ)めてもらおう 抱いてもらおうと
息をはずませ 帰ってはきたが
母(かあ)ちゃんの姿 見たときに
泣いた涙も 忘れはて
帰って行ったよ 学校へ
勉強するよと 云いながら
勉強するよと 云いながら

あれから何年 たった事だろ
高校も出たし 大学も出た
今じゃ機械の 世の中で
おまけに僕は エンジニア
苦労苦労で 死んでった
母(かあ)ちゃん見てくれ この姿
母(かあ)ちゃん見てくれ この姿

何度か僕も グレかけたけど
やくざな道は ふまずにすんだ
どんなきれいな 唄よりも
どんなきれいな 声よりも
僕をはげまし 慰めた
母(かあ)ちゃんの唄こそ 世界一
母(かあ)ちゃんの唄こそ 世界一

今も聞こえる ヨイトマケの唄
今も聞こえる あの子守唄
"父(とう)ちゃんのためなら エンヤコラ"
"子供のためなら エンヤコラ"

The Song of Yoitomake

"If it's for my (husband), then En-ya-kora
If it's for my (wife), then En-ya-kora
And one more thing, En-ya-kora"

The Song of Yoitomake can still be heard
The lullaby can still be heard
The noon break at the construction site
Taking a deep breath of cigarette and closing my eyes
I can hear it, that song
The song of the working laborer
The song of the poor laborer

When I was a child, in elementary school
A child of Yoitomake, a dirty child
Bullied and teased
Bitterly crying
While crying and walking home
I saw my (wife) working
I saw my (wife) working

Sister-in-law in a headscarf, covered in mud
Exposed to the sun and sweating profusely
Mixed in with the men, pulling on the nets
Raising her voice towards the heavens
Singing with all her might
I saw my (wife) working
I saw my (wife) working

I tried to comfort and embrace her.
Out of breath, I went home
When I saw my (wife)
Tears that I'd been crying
I went back to school
Promising to study
Promising to study

How many years have passed?
I graduated high school and university
Now it's a world of machines
And besides, I'm an engineer
She died after a life of toil and hardship
(Wife), look at me, your child
(Wife), look at me, your child

I almost went astray several times
But I didn't take the path of a gangster
More than any beautiful song
More than any beautiful voice
It's my (wife's) song that has encouraged and comforted me
My (wife's) song is the best in the world
My (wife's) song is the best in the world

The Song of Yoitomake can still be heard
The lullaby can still be heard
"If it's for my (husband), then En-ya-kora"
"If it's for my child, then En-ya-kora"