Mariya Takeuchi 竹内まりや
五線紙 lyrics with English translation
- Language
- Japanese
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2019
- Genre
- City Pop
- Length
- 3:45
人気のないホールの
In the empty hall,
折りたたみ椅子たち
Foldable chairs stand,
リハーサル前の暗い空気
The dark atmosphere before rehearsal,
靴音さえも途切れた休止符
Even the sound of shoes is a paused rest,
あの頃のぼくらは
Back in those days, we,
美しく愚かに
Beautifully foolish,
愛とか平和を詞(うた)にすれば
Believed that if we sang of love and peace,
それで世界が変わると信じてた
The world would change because of it,
耳元を時の汽車が
A train of time whispers by my ear,
音もなく過ぎる
Silently passing through.
ぼくの想い出の時計は
The clock of my memories
あの日を差して止まってる
Is stopped, pointing to that day.
12弦ギターの
With a twelve-string guitar,
銀の糸張りかえ
Re-stringing the silver strings.
旧い仲間もやって来るさ
Old friends will come by,
後ろの方でひっそり見てくれよ
So watch quietly from the back.
耳元を時の汽車が
The train of time whispers by my ear,
音もなく過ぎる
Passing silently.
ぼくの想い出の時計は
The clock of my memories
あの日を差して止まってる
Is stopped, pointing to that day.
10年はひと色
Ten years hold a single hue,
街影も夢色
The shadows of the streets shine dreamlike,
変わらないものがあるとしたら
If there’s something that never changes,
人を愛する魂(こころ)の 人を愛する魂(こころ)の
It's the soul that loves, the heart that loves,
人を愛する魂(こころ)の五線紙さ
The soul that loves is like a musical staff.
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Key vocabulary
- 人気にんき
- popularityN4
- 仲間なかま
- companionN3
- 空気くうき
- airN4
- 詞ことば
- poem
- 折りたたみおりたたみ
- folding
- 方ほう
- personN5
- 旧きゅう
- old
- 時計とけい
- clockN5
- 止とめ
- stop
- 汽車きしゃ
- trainN4
About this song
Japanese singer-songwriter whose 1984 song 'Plastic Love' became a global city pop hit decades later.