The Wintry Scenery of Tsugaru Strait(津軽海峡冬景色 Tsugarukaikyō Fuyugeshiki) by Ishikawa Sayuri(石川さゆり)

歌名: 津軽海峡冬景色

唄: 石川さゆり

作詞: 阿久悠

作曲: 三木たかし

上野発の夜行列車　おりた時から

青森駅は　雪の中

北へ帰る人の群れは　誰も無口で

海鳴りだけを　きいている

私もひとり　連絡線に乗り

こごえそうな鴎見つめ

泣いていました

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

ごらんあれが竜飛岬　北のはずれと

見知らぬ人が　指をさす

息でくもる窓のガラス　ふいてみたけど

はるかにかすみ　見えるだけ

さよならあなた　私は帰ります

風の音が胸をゆする

泣けとばかりに

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

さよならあなた　私は帰ります

風の音が胸をゆする

泣けとばかりに

ああ　津軽海峡冬景色

Utamei: Tsugarukaikyō Fuyugeshiki

Uta: Ishikawa Sayuri

Kashi: Aku Yu'u

Sakkyoku: Miki Takashi

Uenohatsuno yakō ressha orita tokikara

Aomoriekiwa yukino naka

Kitae kaeru hitono murewa daremo mukuchide

Umiaridakewo ki'iteiru

Watashimo hitori renrakusenni nori

Kogoe-sō na kamome mitsume

Naiteimashita

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Goran arega Tappimsaki hitano hazureto

Mishiranu hitoga yubiwo sasu

Ikide kumoru madono garasu fuitemitakedo

Harukani kasumi merudake

Sayonara anata watashiwa kaerimasu

Kazeno otoga munewo yusuru

Naketo bakarini

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Sayonara anata watashiwa kaerimasu

Kazeno otoga munewo yusuru

Naketo bakarini

Aa Tsugarukaikyō fuyugeshiki

Song name: The Wintry Scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Singer: Ishikawa Sayuri

Lyrics: Aku Yuu

Composer: Miki Takashi

After getting off the night train departing from Ueno Station

The Aomori Station is covered in snow

Everyone in the crowd of people returning north is silent

Just listening to the rumblings of the sea

I also get on the renrakusen* alone

I stared at a freezing seagull

And started crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Take a look, that's the Tappi Cape, at the northern edge

An unfamiliar person points it out

I tried wiping the window fogged by (my) breath

But I could only see the distant haze

Goodbye, I am returning home

The sound of the wind shakes my chest

Imploring me to start crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

Goodbye, I am returning home

The sound of the wind shakes my chest

Imploring me to start crying

Oh, the wintry scenery of Tsugaru Strait

*Renrakusen is a railroad that connects different railroads.

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Oh... Anta River(あぁ… あんた川 Aa... Antagawa) by Ishikawa Sayuri(石川さゆり)

歌名: あぁ…　あんた川

唄: 石川さゆり

作詞: 吉幾三

作曲: 吉幾三

編曲: 南郷達也

発売日: 2015年1月21日

レコード会社: テイチクエンタテインメント

夢の続きが　あるのなら

連れて逃げると　言った人

川の流れが　人生（みち）ならば

あんた任せで　流されて

惚れて　惚れて

惚れて一緒になったはず

一人じゃ漕げない　あんた川

流れつく先　無くていい

ずっと流され　行（ゆ）きましょう

向かい風でも　構わない

たまにゃあるでしょ　追い風も

好きで　好きで

好きでここまでついてきた

戻るとこない　あんた川

どこへ行こうと　この流れ

月が照らして　くれましょう

二人水面に　影ひとつ

あんた抱かれて　眠るから

これで　これで

これでいいのよ二人なら

命を掛けます　あんた川

命を掛けます　あんた川

Utamei: Aa... Antagawa

Uta: Ishikawa Sayuri

Kashi: Yoshi Ikuzō

Sakkyoku: Yoshi Ikuzō

Henkyoku: Nangō Tatsuya

Hatsubaibi: 1/21/2015

Reko-do gaisha: Teichiku Entateinmento

Yumeno tsudzukiga arunonara

Tsurete nigeruto itta hito

Kawano nagarega michinaraba

Antamakasede nagasarete

Horete horete

Horete isshoni nattahazu

HItorija kogenai antagawa

Nagaretsuku saki nakute i'i

Zutto nagasare yukimashō

Mukaikazedemo kamawanai

Tamanya arudesho oikazemo

Sukide sukide

Sukide kokomade tsuitekita

Modoru tokonai antagawa

Dokoe yukōto kono nagare

Tsukiga terashite kuremashō

Futari minamo'ni kage hitotsu

Anta dakarete nemurukara

Korede korede

Korede i'inoyo futarinara

Inochiwo kakemasu antagawa

Inochiwo kakemasu antagawa

Song name: Oh... Anta* River

Singer: Ishikawa Sayuri

Lyrics: Yoshi ikuzō

Composer: Yoshi Ikuzō

Arrangement: Nangō Tatsuya

Release Date: 1/21/2015

Record Label: Teichiku Entertainment, Inc.

If the dream continues

You said you'll take me and run away

If the flow of the river is life

I'll follow you and be swept away

I fell in love, I fell in love

We got together because we fell in love

The river which cannot be rowed across alone, anta* river

We don't need a destination to row to

Let's just ride this flow along

It doesn't matter even if this is the headwind

We may yet see some tailwind from time to time

I like you, I like you

I followed you all this time because I like you

There is no place to go back, anta* river

No matter where we go, this flow

The moon will surely light the way

Both of us cast a single shadow upon the river's surface

I'll fall asleep as you hold me

This is, this is

This is the way it should be, if both of us are together

I will place my life on the line, anata* river

I will place my life on the line, anata* river

*Anta is used by a woman to refer to her significant other. A slightly less formal way of "anata."

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Ishikawa Sayuri(石川さゆり)

Ishikawa Sayuri(石川さゆり) first became interested in singing when she was in first grade after attending Shimakura Chiyoko(島倉千代子)'s concert. In fifth grade, her family moved, and she started taking singing lessons.

In the third year of junior high school, she entered and successfully passed Fuji Television's singing competition in place of her friend who applied but wasn't able to make it. That year, she appeared in a serial drama "The Shining Sea(光る海 Hikaru Umi)."

She made her singing debut with Columbia Records in March of 1973 singing "Hide and Seek(かくれんぼ Kakurenbo)."

Her 1977 single "The Wintry Scenery of Tsugaru Strait(津軽海峡冬景色 Tsugarukaikyō Fuyugeshiki)" became a smash hit, winning multiple awards such as the 19th Annual Japan Record Awards' Singing Award.

She continued to release multiple hit songs in the 1980s including "Amagigoe(天城越え)" and "Drizzle at the Wharf(波止場しぐれ Hatobashigure)."

She married her former manager Baba Kenji(馬場憲治) in 1981, and her only child Saori(佐保里)(daughter) was born in 1984. They divorced in 1989, and she took custody of Saori. She has remained single since then.

Suzuki Ichiro(鈴木一朗) used her song "Amagigoe(天城越え)" in 2008 as one of his at-bat music.

She first appeared on Kōhaku Utagassen in 1977 and has appeared each year since then except 1983. She has sung in the tori(トリ) position six times and in the torimae(トリ前) position four times (as of 2014).

This blog post translates and incorporates information from the Wikipedia articles 石川さゆり, 馬場 憲治, and Sayuri Ishikawa which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.