Eisaku Okawa (大川栄策), born 30 October 1948, is a Japanese enka singer from F… Read Full Bio ↴Eisaku Okawa (大川栄策), born 30 October 1948, is a Japanese enka singer from Fukuoka, Kyushu. His real name is Itsuzo Aramaki (荒巻逸造). After graduating from a trade school in Saga Prefecture, Kyushu, Okawa left for Tokyo, where he studied music under composer Masao Koga (古賀正男). Okawa made his début as a recording artist in 1969 with his version of "Men Nai Chidori" (目ン無い千鳥), which was the B-side to a single by Antonio Koga (アントニオ古賀). In 1982, Okawa released his greatest hit so far, "Sasanqua no Yado" (さざんかの宿). Okawa also writes both Japanese and Korean music using the alias "Tatsuhei Tsukishi" (筑紫竜平).

For more information (in Japanese), please visit Eisaku Okawa's official website at:
http://www.ans.co.jp/u/e-ohkawa/index.htm

泣かせ雨
大川栄策 Lyrics

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あなたに夢で逢えたらいいと
今夜も想う雨の宿
いつか添えると信じて待って

愛の季節の花も散り
独り淋しさ抱きしめる抱きしめる

男の恋はひと夜の情け

女の恋は死ぬ日まで
冬でなくても心は寒い
見捨てないでとすがっても
揺れておもかげ遠ざかる遠ざかる

運命のままにただ生きるのは
馬鹿よと泣いて叱る雨
いまも好きですあなたの許へ

漕いで行きたい夢小舟
熱い命火届けたい届けたい

Overall Meaning

The song "泣かせ雨" or "Crying Rain" by Japanese singer Eika Okawa is about reminiscing and yearning for lost love. The singer expresses her longing to see her loved one again in her dreams, and spends her nights at the mercy of the weeping rain in her temporary shelter. She still believes that someday they will be reunited, and waits steadfastly.

The lyrics speak of the loneliness that persists even after the blossoming of love has wilted away, and the stark contrast between a man's love, which can be fleeting and temporary, and a woman's love, which lasts until the end of her life. Even when it's not winter, the heart can feel cold and forsaken, and despite crying out for that love and clinging to fading memories, they continue to retreat farther away.

The song acknowledges the powerlessness of fate and the harshness of reality that goes against our desires. Despite feeling foolish for living according to destiny's whims, the singer cries out in anguish to the rain, feeling the warmth of a passionate flame burning within her that she wants to share with her loved one.

Overall, the song is about the vulnerability of loving someone deeply and how that love can linger even when the relationship has ended.

Line by Line Meaning

あなたに夢で逢えたらいいと
I wish to meet you in my dreams

今夜も想う雨の宿
Tonight, I think of the rainy sanctuary

いつか添えると信じて待って
I believe that I'll be with you someday, so I'll wait

愛の季節の花も散り
The flowers of the season of love have withered

独り淋しさ抱きしめる抱きしめる
I embrace the loneliness of being alone

男の恋はひと夜の情け
For men, love is just a one-night stand

女の恋は死ぬ日まで
For women, love lasts until they die

冬でなくても心は寒い
Even when it's not winter, my heart is cold

見捨てないでとすがっても
Even if I beg you not to abandon me

揺れておもかげ遠ざかる遠ざかる
My memories waver and drift away into the distance