ヨイトマケの唄（Live at パシフィコ横浜国立大ホール）
桑田佳祐 Lyrics

今も聞こえるヨイトマケの唄
The Yoitomake lullaby is still audible to me even now.

今も聞こえるあの子守唄
That lullaby is still audible to me even now.

工事現場のひるやすみ
During the lunch break at the construction site.

たばこふかして目を閉じりゃ
When I close my eyes while smoking a cigarette,

聞こえてくるよあの唄が
I can hear that lullaby.

働く土方のあの唄が
The lullaby sung by hardworking construction workers.

貧しい土方のあの唄が
The lullaby sung by poor construction workers.

子供の頃に小学校で
During my childhood at elementary school,

ヨイトマケの子供きたない子供と
I, a dirty child, was bullied and teased with that Yoitomake lullaby.

いじめぬかれてはやされて
Teased and ridiculed,

くやし涙にくれながら
In anger and tears,

泣いて帰った道すがら
Crying on the way back home.

母ちゃんの働くとこを見た
I saw where my mother worked.

姉さんかぶりで泥にまみれて
Covered in dirt like my big sister,

日に灼けながら汗を流して
Sweating under the scorching sun,

男にまじって綱を引き
Pulling ropes alongside men,

天にむかって声あげて
Raising my voice towards the sky,

力の限りにうたってた
Singing with all my might.

慰めて貰おう抱いて貰おうと
Yearning to be comforted and held,

息をはずませ帰ってはきたが
I returned home breathless,

母ちゃんの姿見たときに
When I saw my mother's figure,

泣いた涙も忘れはて
Even the tears I shed were forgotten.

帰っていったよ学校へ
I went back to school after returning home.

勉強するよと云いながら
Saying that I would study.

あれから何年たったことだろ
I wonder how many years it's been since then.

高校も出たし大学も出た
I went to high school and then to college.

今じゃ機械の世の中で
Nowadays in a world of machines,

おまけに僕はエンジニア
And on top of that, I'm an engineer.

苦労苦労で死んでった
My hardships nearly killed me,

母ちゃん見てくれこの姿
Look, mother, at me now.

何度か僕もグレかけたけど
I've made some mistakes along the way,

やくざな道はふまずにすんだ
But I managed to stay away from the path of the yakuza.

どんなきれいな唄よりも
More than any beautiful song,

どんなきれいな声よりも
More than any beautiful voice,

僕をはげまし慰めた
My mother's song encouraged and comforted me.

母ちゃんの唄こそ世界一
My mother's song is the best in the world.

今も聞こえるヨイトマケの唄
The Yoitomake lullaby is still audible to me even now.

今も聞こえるあの子守唄
That lullaby is still audible to me even now.