Kiyoshi Nakajo (中条きよし, born as Kiyoshi Shimomura in Gifu City, Gifu, Japan)… Read Full Bio ↴Kiyoshi Nakajo (中条きよし, born as Kiyoshi Shimomura in Gifu City, Gifu, Japan) is an enka-kayokyoku singer and actor. Nakajo made his début as a recording artist in 1968 using the stage name Akira Takanami (高波明), but allegedly his recordings didn't sell well, so in 1971 he changed his stage name to Ken Atsumi (渥美健), but didn't garner much success under this alias either, and returned to being an office worker (salaryman), and running a bar in Tokyo. After winning a singing contest in 1973, Nakajo adopted his current stage name, and tried for the third time to succeed as a singer, releasing his first single in 1974. And with his third single under this name, "Uso" (「うそ」), he finally had his breakthrough, selling more than 1.5 million copies of that single alone.

恋吹雪
中条きよし Lyrics

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あなたが浴びる湯の音が
せせらぎみたいに聴こえます
ゆきずりのゆきずりのあゝ夢一夜
墜ちてみたってかまわない
燃えて散れ散れ恋吹雪

陽(ひ)なたのようなその胸に
一生棲むのは無理なのね

つかのまのつかのまのあゝ夢一夜
声を殺して指をかむ
おんな心の恋吹雪

寝息をたてる横顔に
ネオンがこぼれる仮の宿
抱きしめて抱きしめてあゝ夢一夜

朝になるまで酔わせてよ
おとぎばなしの恋吹雪

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song 恋吹雪 by 中条きよし convey a dreamlike sense of love that appears fleeting and impermanent. The opening lines express the sound of water from the bath heard like a babbling brook. The singer seems to be lost in the moment and accepts that he might fall deep into this dream one night. The following line, “burning and scattering love blizzards,” indicates the passionate intensity that love can bring about.

The second verse expresses a sense of resignation and impossibility. The singer feels that he cannot live in the heart of the person he loves forever, despite his wish to do so. He implores her to savor the night they have together, though it is as fleeting as a dream. The line “biting my fingers and killing my voice” implies the fear and nervousness that love can induce.

In the final verse, we see the singer in a temporary neon-lit shelter, watching the sleeping woman beside him. Here he asks to be intoxicated with love until morning. The “fairy tale love blizzard” that he experiences suggests that this is maybe a fantasy that is not meant to last.

Line by Line Meaning

あなたが浴びる湯の音が
The sound of the water you hear while taking a bath is like a flowing stream

せせらぎみたいに聴こえます
It sounds like a murmuring of a stream

ゆきずりのゆきずりのあゝ夢一夜
Passing by, passing by, oh what a dream night

墜ちてみたってかまわない
I wouldn't mind falling

燃えて散れ散れ恋吹雪
Burn and scatter, love blizzard

陽(ひ)なたのようなその胸に
Inside your chest, like a sunny place

一生棲むのは無理なのね
It's impossible to live there forever

つかのまのつかのまのあゝ夢一夜
Just a brief moment, oh what a dream night

声を殺して指をかむ
Silencing the voice, biting the finger

おんな心の恋吹雪
Love blizzard of a woman's heart

寝息をたてる横顔に
On the sideways face making a sleeping breath