Текст песни и перевод на английский Kiyoshi Hikawa - 浅草人情

浅草人情

ひとつたのむと 肩叩かれりゃ
横にゃ振れない 首根っこ
そんな気性が つっ張りすぎて
いつか浮巣の 都鳥
なつかしいねえ
月もおぼろな 浅草は

大川で生まれた 小魚たちも
夢の浅瀬を さかのぼる
橋を渡れば おふくろさんの
なさけ細露地 向島
おっといけねえ
俺にゃ敷居が 高すぎる

幼馴染の 観音さまが
男ごころの 蝶番
どこを押しても 弱音は吐かぬ
意地の張子が ついほろり
泣けてくるねえ
時雨 馬道 鐘の音

Asakusa Sentiment

If I ask for one favor, a pat on the shoulder,
I can't shake you off, you're stuck to me like glue.
That stubborn streak, so over the top,
Makes me feel like a tern, flown from the nest.
It's nostalgic, isn't it, my love?
Asakusa, hazy in the moonlight.

Even the minnows born in the Sumida River,
Swim upstream towards their dreams.
Across the bridge, my mother's kindness,
A narrow alley filled with compassion, Mukojima.
Oh, I shouldn't,
That threshold is too high for me.

The Kannon statue, my childhood friend,
Is the hinge of my manly heart.
No matter how hard you press, I won't complain,
But this stubborn papier-mâché figure, sheds a tear.
It makes me want to cry, doesn't it, love?
The sound of the bell, the drizzle, and the horse path.