Coal Pits (Yama) in the Old Days: Bugle Song #7
1958 - 1963

Mukashi no Yama: Rappa Bushi #7
[Coal Pits (Yama) in the Old Days: Bugle Song #7]
21.2 x 30.4 cm Ink Painting

(1) Kao o nozoite, "Ne anata,
rinki de yu no ja nai keredo,
hobenta ni tsuiteru sono iro wa
tadano iro to wa omoware nu."
Toko-tottoko-toh!
(2) Rinki suru ni mo hodo ga aru.
Kyo wa kaisha no keisan-bi.
Sewashi magire ni pensaki no
aka no inki ga tsuita no ja.
Toko-totoko-toh!
(3) Nambo iiwake nasare temo,
ja no michya hebi da yo sugu wakaru.
Anata no uwaki o shiranu yona
yabona watashi ja nai wai na.
Toko-totoko-toh!
(4) Kenka ni hana o sakasu no ka.
Yube no tsure wa otoko zure.
Kikeba sonata no moto najimi.
So nara rinki wa kochira kara.
Toko-tottoko-toh!
(5) Sonna sakaneji yame ni shite.
Kyobi choito no dekigokoro,
fuzake te kita to otokorashyu
ie ba watashi mo akirameru.
Toko-tottoko-toh!

(1) She said to me, looking into my face:
"Darling, I'm not telling this to you because I'm jealous.
But that colored mark on your cheek
looks very strange to me."
Toko-totoko-toh! (Onomatopoeia of the sound of a bugle)
(2) You are too jealous to say so.
Today was the accounting day of my company.
I was so busy that my cheek got stained
with the red ink from my pen.
Toko-totoko-toh!
(3) However hard you may plead it was just ink,
I can see the truth because I'm a woman.
I'm not a stupid woman who can't see
you are having an affair.
Toko-totoko-toh!
(4) Are you going to keep arguing with me?
That girl was with another man and
he said he was your ex-boyfriend.
I must be jealous of you if it's true.
Toko-tottoko-toh!
(5) Stop retorting like that, and admit your fault like a man!
Say that you were just fooling around.
And I'll forgive you.
Toko-tottoko-toh!

This is the end of the "Rappa Bushi" song series.


Translation Assisted by Mr. Nathan Johndro

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