Back Town Regrets(裏町みれん Uramachi Miren) by Ōkawa Eisaku(大川栄策)

歌名: 裏町みれん

唄: 大川栄策

作詞: 秋浩二

作曲: 筑紫竜平

発売日: 2015年05月13日

レコード会社: 日本コロムビア

淋しがり屋の悲しさ辛さを

酒で紛らし生きてる俺さ

雨よ流しておくれよ心の傷あと

ため息洩らせばネオン泣いてる

酔えば聞こえる

あの娘の声が

いつの間にやら季節は過ぎ行き

愛を語れば散りゆく花も

俺を泣かせたあの娘の優しいまごころ

忘れはしないさ可愛い笑顔を

抱いてやりたい

か細い肩を

今日も馴染みの酒場の隅で

呑めばせつない思い出ばかり

呼んでみたって二度とは戻りはしないさ

いまでもこの目に浮かぶ面影

夢遊を爪弾く

裏町流し唄

Utamei: Uramachi Miren
Uta: Ōkawa Eisaku
Kashi: Aki Kōji
Sakkyoku: Chikushi Ryūhei
Hatsubaibi: 5/13/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Nippon Coromubia

Samishigariyano kanashisa tsurasawo
Sakege magirashi ikiteru oresa
Ameyo nagashite okureyo kokorono kidzuato
Tameiki moraseba neon naiteru
Yoeba kikoeru
Ano musumeno koega

Itsuno maniyara kisetsuwa sugiyuki
Aiwo katareba chiriyuku hanamo
Arewo nakaseta ano musumeno yasashi'i magokoro
Wasurewa shinaisa kawai'i egaowo
Daite yaritai
Kabosoi katawo

Kyōmo najimino sakabano sumide
Nomeba setsunai omoidebakari
Yondemitatte nidotowa modoriwa shinaisa
Imademo kono meni ukabu omokage
Muyūwo tsumabiku

Uramachi nagashiuta

Song Name: Back Town Regrets

Singer: Ōkawa Eisaku

Lyrics: Aki Kōji

Composer: Chikushi Ryūhei

Release Date: 5/13/2015

Record Label: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

The sadness and the pain of a lonely man

I live by trying to forget drinking sake

Rain, wash away the wounds of my heart

If I let a sigh spill over, the neon lights are crying

After getting drunk, I can hear

Her voice

Unbeknownst to me, the seasons had passed by

If I talk love, the flowers fall

The girl who made me cry, her sincere kindness

I won't forget her lovely smile

I want to hold her

Her slender shoulders

Today I go to the usual tavern sitting in the corner yet again

If I drink the many sad memories

Even if I call out her name she won't come back

Even now her face appears in my eyes

Plucking a dream world

Back town nagashi song**

*Chikushi Ryūhei is Ōkawa Eisaku's pen name.

**Nagashi songs are sung by performers who go to patrons in taverns and perform requested songs for a fee.

Please click the above picture to purchase the CD including a recording of this song from Amazon.com.

A Man's Pier(男の桟橋 Otokono Sanbashi) by Ōkawa Eisaku(大川栄策)

歌名: 男の桟橋

唄: 大川栄策

作詞: たきのえいじ

作曲: 筑紫竜平

発売日: 2015年05月13日

レコード会社: 日本コロムビア

船もなければ　カモメもいない

酒場は未練の　船着場

あれから二年　別れて二年

今も気になる　身を責める

まぶた閉じれば　おまえが浮かぶ

呑んでわびてる　男の桟橋

無理を通して　身勝手ばかり

それでもくれたね　優しさを

今更遅い　悔やんでみても

ひとり手酌の　酒を呑む

捜さないでと　書き置きひとつ

文字が泣いてる　男の桟橋

もしも逢えたら　やり直せたら

包んでやりたい　この胸に

ラジオでもれる　流行の歌を

聴けばあの日が　舞い戻る

灯り点した　赤ちょうちんが

風に揺れてる　男の桟橋

Utamei: Otokono Sanbashi
Uta: Ōkawa Eisaku
Kashi: Takino Eiji
Sakkyoku: Chikushi Ryūhei
Hatsubaibi: 5/13/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Nippon Coromubia

Funemo nakereba kamomemo inai
Sakabawa miren'no funatsukiba
Arekara ninen wakarete ninen
Imamo kininaru miwo semeru
Mabuta tojireba omaega ukabu
Nonde wabiteru otokono sanbashi

Muriwo tōshite migatte bakari
Soredemo kuretane yasashisawo
Imasara osoi kuyandemitemo
Hitori tejakuno sakewo nomu
Sagasanaideto kakioki hitotsu
Mojiga naiteru otokono sanbashi

Moshimo aetara yarinaosetara
Tsutsundeyaritai kono muneni
Rajiode moreru hayarino utawo
Kikeba ano higa maimodoru
Akari tomoshita akachōchinga

Kazeni yureteru otokono sanbashi

Song Name: A Man's Pier

Singer: Ōkawa Eisaku

Lyrics: Takino Eiji

Composer: Chikushi Ryūhei

Release Date: 5/13/2015

Record Label: Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

No ships are here even the seagulls aren't here

The tavern is the dock for regrets

It's been two years since then, two years since we parted

I still think about it, blame myself

If I close my eyelids, you appear in my mind

I drink and apologize, a man's pier

I forced through unreasonable things, I was always selfish

Even so, you were always kind to me

It's too late now, though I am regretful

I drink sake I poured myself

"Don't look for me" a single note left behind

The letters are crying, a man's pier

If I could see you again, if I could do everything over again

I wand to wrap you around this chest

The popular song spilling over from the radio

Listening to it, that day dances back

The red lantern lit

And wavering in the wind, a man's pier

*Chikushi Ryūhei is Ōkawa Eisaku's pen name.

Please click the above picture to purchase the CD including a recording of this song from Amazon.com.

Ōkawa Eisaku(大川栄策)

Ōkawa Eisaku(大川栄策) was a fan of Murata Hideo(村田英雄) when he was younger.

He became composer Koga Masao(古賀政男)'s apprentice right after graduating from high school. In fact, he was Koga Masao's last apprentice.

In 1969, he made is professional debut with Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. singing the song "Eyeless Plover(目ン無い千鳥 Men'naichidori)," which became a revival hit.

Recently he has been composing  and releasing songs using the pen name Chikushi Ryūhei(筑紫竜平).

He has appeared on Kōhaku Utagassen four times, from 1983 to 1986.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 大川栄策 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.