Not Worth the Confession(ざんげの値打ちもない Zangeno Neuchimonai) by Kitahara Mirei(北原ミレイ)

歌名: ざんげの値打ちもない

唄: 北原ミレイ

作詞: 阿久悠

作曲: 村井邦彦

発売日: 1970年10月

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

あれは二月の　寒い夜

やっと十四に　なった頃

窓にちらちら　雪が降り

部屋はひえびえ　暗かった

愛というのじゃ　ないけれど

私は抱かれて　みたかった

あれは五月の　雨の夜

今日で十五と　云う時に

安い指輪を　贈られて

花を一輪　かざられて

愛と云うのじゃ　ないけれど

私は捧げて　みたかった

あれは八月　暑い夜

すねて十九を　超えた頃

細いナイフを　光らせて

にくい男を　待っていた

愛と云うのじゃ　ないけれど

私は捨てられ　つらかった

あれは何月、風の夜

とうに二十も過ぎた頃

鉄の格子の空を見て

月の姿がさみしくて

愛と云うのじゃないげれど

私は誰かが　ほしかった

そしてこうして　暗い夜

年も忘れた　今日のこと

街にゆらゆら　灯りつき

みんな祈りを　するときに

ざんげの値打ちも　ないけれど

私は話して　みたかった

Kamei: Zangeno Neuchimonai
Uta: Kitahara Mirei
Kashi: Aku Yu'u
Sakkyoku: Murai Kunihiko
Hatsubaibi: 10/1970
Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunikēshonzu

Arewa nigatsuno samui yoru
Yatto jūshininatta koro
Madoni chirachira yukiga furi
Heyawa hiebie kurakatta
Aito iunoja naikeredo
Watashiwa dakarete mitakatta

Arewa gogatsuno ameno yoru
Kyōde jūgoto iu tokuni
Yasui yubiwawo okurarete
Hanawo ichirin kazararete
Aito iunoja naikeredo
Watashiwa sasagete mitakatta

Arewa hachigatsu atsui yoru
Sunete jūkuwo koeta koro
Hosoi naifuwo hikarasete
Nikui otokowo matteita
Aito iunoja naikeredo
Watashiwa suterare tsurakatta

Arewa nangatsu, kazeno yoru
Tōni hatachimo sugita koro
Tetsuno kōshino sorawo mite
Tsukino sugataga samishikute
Aito iunoja naikeredo
Watashiwa darekaga hoshikatta

Soshite kōshite kurai yoru
Toshimo wasureta kyōno koto
Machini yurayura akari tsuki
Min'na inoriwo suru tokini
Zangeno neuchimo naikeredo

Watashiwa hanashite mitakatta

Song Name: Not Worth the Confession

Singer: Kitahara Mirei

Lyrics: Aku Yuu

Composer: Murai Kunihiko

Release Date: 10/1970

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

It was a February, a cold night

Around the time when I finally became fourteen

Snow fluttered to the ground beyond the window

My room was cold and dark

Though it really wasn't love

I wanted to be held (by someone)

It was May, a rainy night

The day when I became fifteen

I was sent a cheap ring

I was given a single flower

Though it really wasn't love

I wanted to devote myself (to someone)

It was August, a steamy night

Shortly after sulking past nineteen

I let a thin knife glitter

I waited for the man I hated

Though it really wasn't love

I was thrown away and hurt inside

Which month was it, a windy night

Long time past twenty

Looking up at the iron grid sky

The moon's appearance felt lonely

Though it really wasn't love

I was yearning for anyone

And so now, in this dark night

Even forgotten by the year, today

The city's lights waver as they turn on

Around the time when everyone prays

Though it's not worth the confession

I wanted to tell my story to someone

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The Wind's Afternoon(風の午後 Kazeno Gogo) by Kitahara Mirei(北原ミレイ)

歌名: 風の午後

唄: 北原ミレイ

作詞: 城岡れい

作曲: 田尾将実

編曲: 若草恵

発売日: 2015年1月28日

レコード会社: 徳間ジャパンコミュニケーションズ

木枯らし窓辺を打ち　舗道が見える席

全てがあの日のまま　あなたがいないだけ

泣いて泣いて　待って待って

すこし慣れた　悲しみに

嘘など許せたら　愛はつづいたのに...

風の午後　吹き溜まり　誰も急ぎ足

風の街あてもなく　ひとり彷徨う（さまよう）私

粉雪両手に受け　肩寄せ歩いてた

突然くちづけされ　ぬくもり分けた日よ

泣いて泣いて　待って待って

胸の痛み　抱きしめる

上手に甘えたら　夢はつづいたのか...

風の午後　セピア色　時が立ち止まる

風にさえ負けそうな　瞳うつろな私

泣いて泣いて　待って待って

やっと晴れた　冬の空

嘘など許せたら　愛はつづいたのか...

風の午後　石畳　過去を乗り越えて

風の中未来（あした）へとひとり生きてく私

Utamei: Kazeno Gogo

Uta: Kitahara Mirei

Kashi: Shiro'oka Rei

Sakkyoku: Tao Masami

Henkyoku: Wakakusa Kei

Hatsubaibi: 1/28/2015

Reko-do gaisha: Tokuma Japan Komyunikēshonzu

Kogarashi madobewo uchi hodōga mieru seki

Subetega ano hino mama anataga inaidake

Naite naite matte matte

Sukoshi nareta kanashimini

Usonado yurusetara aiwa tsudzuitanoni...

Kazeno gogo fukidamari daremo isogiashi

Kazeno machi atemonaku hitori samayou watashi

Konayuki ryōteni uke kata yose aruiteta

Totsuzen kuchidzuke sare nukumori waketa hiyo

Naite naite matte matte

Muneno itami dakishimeru

Jōzuni amaetara yumewa tsudzuitanoka...

Kazeno gogo sepiairo tokiga tachidomaru

Kazenisae makesōna hitomi utsurona watashi

Naite naite matte matte

Yatto hareta fuyuno sora

Usonado yurusetara aiwa tsudzuitanoka...

Kazeno gogo ishidatami kakowo norikoete

Kazeno naka ashitaeto hitori ikiteyuku watashi

Song Name: The Wind's Afternoon

Singer: Kitahara Mirei

Lyrics: Shiro'oka Rei

Composer: Tao Masami

Arrangement: Wakakusa Kei

Release Date: 1/28/2015

Record Label: Tokuma Japan Communications Co., Ltd.

Cold wintry winds hit the window, the seat where I can see the pavement

Everything remains the same as that day, but you're not there

I cried I cried I waited I waited

The sadness I'm starting to get used to

If I could forgive a lie, our love would have continued...

The windy afternoon, snowdrift, everyone walking quickly

The windy city aimlessly wandering alone, me

I caught the powdery snow with both hands, we walked shoulders side by side

I was suddenly kissed and shared the warmth on that day

I cried I cried I waited I waited

The pain of my heart, I hold tight

If I fawned well, would our love have continued...

The windy afternoon, sepia colored, the time stands still

As if even losing to the wind, having hollow eyelids, me

I cried I cried I waited I waited

The sky finally became clear, the wintry sky

If I could forgive a lie, would our love have continued...

The windy afternoon, the stone pavement, rise over the past

In the wind, I walk alone towards tomorrow (the future)

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Kitahara Mirei(北原ミレイ)

Kitahara Mirei(北原ミレイ) entered high school with a sports scholarship and was an excellent tennis player while there.

After she graduated from high school, she moved to Tokyo and sung at a night club. While she was working there, she also studied various forms of music such as jazz from Henry Kurata(ヘンリー・倉田) and Hamaguchi Kuranosuke(浜口庫之助), and canzone from Ōmoto Kyōkei(大本恭敬).

After Mizuhara Hiroshi(水原弘) and composer Aku Yuu(阿久悠) also took note of her singing at the night club, she made her debut with "Not Even Worth a Confession(ざんげの値打ちもない Zangeno Neuchimo Nai)."

In 1995, she released the single "I Want to Love(愛したいの Aishitaino)" for the twenty-fifth anniversary of her debut, which ended up being used as the ending theme to TV Tokyo's "Special Wandering Journey(特選ぶらり旅 Tokusen Buraritabi)."

In 2008, NHK included her debut single "Not Even Worth a Confession(ざんげの値打ちもない Zangeno Neuchimo Nai)" in a show commemorating Aku Yuu's achievements, but cut out the fourth verse of the five verse song, stating that the verse was "too forward."

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 北原ミレイ, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.