Текст и перевод песни Kiyoshi Hikawa - 裏町人生

裏町人生

暗い浮世の この裏町を
覗く冷たい こぼれ陽よ
なまじかけるな 薄情け
夢も侘しい 夜の花

誰に踏まれて 咲こうと散ろと
要らぬお世話さ 放っときな
渡る世間を 舌打ちで
すねた妾が なぜ悪い

やけにふかした 煙草のけむり
心うつろな おにあざみ
ままよ火の酒 あおろうと
夜の花なら くるい咲き

霧の深さに 隠れて泣いた
夢が一つの 想い出さ
泣いて泪が 枯れたなら
明日の光りを 胸に抱く

Back Alley Life

A cold, stray sunbeam peers down
Into this dark, back alley town.
Don't bother with your shallow grace,
My dreams are as lonely as this night-blooming flower's face.

Whether trampled or scattered free,
It's none of your concern, just leave me be.
With a click of my tongue at the world's parade,
What's wrong with this scorned woman's charade?

Exhaling a cloud of bitter smoke,
Like a thistle, my heart's fragile and broke.
Come what may, I'll drown my sorrows in firewater's hold,
If I'm a flower of the night, I'll bloom wild and bold.

Hidden in the depths of the mist, I cried,
Over a single dream, a memory that died.
When my tears have finally run dry,
I'll embrace tomorrow's light, held close and high.