Drifter

Kirinji

Engels vertaling

Album:

Fine

Originele teksten

Japans

Vertaling

Engels

Drifter

交わしたはずのない約束に縛られ

破り棄(す)てようとすれば

うしろめたくなるのはなぜだ

手巻きの腕時計で永遠は計れない

虚しさを感じても

手放せない理由(わけ)がこの胸にある

※たとえ鬱が夜更けに目覚めて

獣(けだもの)のように襲いかかろうとも

祈りをカラスが引き裂いて

流れ弾の雨が降り注ごうとも

この街の空の下(もと) あなたがいるかぎり※

僕は逃げない

人形の家には人間は棲めない

流氷のような街で

追いかけてたのは逃げ水

いろんな人がいていろんなことを言うよ

「お金がすべてだぜ」と言い切れたなら

きっと迷いも失せる

みんな愛の歌に背突かれて

与えるより多く奪ってしまうんだ

乾いた風が吹き荒れて

田園の風景を砂漠にしたなら

照りつける空の下

あなたはこの僕の傍にいるだろうか?

(※くり返し)

僕はきっとシラフな奴でいたいんだ

子供の泣く声が踊り場に響く夜

冷蔵庫のドアを開いて

ボトルの水飲んで誓いをたてるよ

欲望が渦を巻く海原さえ

ムーンリヴァーを渡るようなステップで

踏み越えてゆこうあなたと

この僕の傍にいるだろう?

Drifter

Bound by a promise whose terms shouldn't change

What would happen if I tried to break it

Why do you want to blame me?

You can't measure eternity with a hand-wound watch

Even if I feel empty inside

The reason I can't let go is still in my heart

Even if depression wakes you up in the middle of the night

and it attacks you like a beast

Even if crows tear through all of your prayers

and rain continues to drench you

As long as you are here under the sky of this town

I can't run away

Humans can't live in a dollhouse

In this town that's like drifting ice

I was chasing after the melting water

There's a lot of people out there and they say a lot of things

If I could just say "Money is all that matters"

I'm sure I could stop feeling lost

Everyone has been stabbed in the back by a love song

I've taken more than I've given

A dry wind is blowing

If you change the landscape of the countryside into a desert

Under the blazing heat of the sun

Will you still be by my side?

(Chorus)

I definitely want to be one of those sober guys

The night that the crying voice of a child echoes past the dance floor,

The fridge door stands open

I'll make a vow to drink a bottle of water

Even as an ocean of my desires swirls beneath

With a step like I'm crossing the Moon River

the two of us will drift right past it

Will you still be by my side?

Song details

Translation details

1phazer1

submitted on 13 nov 2020 - 05:42

Give a shoutout to 1phazer1

Toelichting van de vertaler:

The song title is a reference to Audrey Hepburn's Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's.
"Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end, waitin' 'round the bend
My huckleberry friend, moon river, and me"

The broader story of the song is of a man who wants to recover from his alcoholism to be there for his wife and children, but struggles with his addiction and the uncertainty that his wife will wait for him to complete his journey. But, they are like the drifters in the song looking for "the rainbow's end" or his recovery, so it gives him the strength to continue on.