8番目の路地 || The Eighth Alley

歌詞

深閑とした雨の日に
心身ともに冷えて
コーヒーの豆を
挽いて淹れて美味しいの
重ねた傘が逆さになって
中からカエルが水たまりに飛ぶの
水たまりに飛ぶの

こそこそしてる　こそこそしてる
子供を隠して雨の日に
電信柱にカラス
水たまりにタバコ
誰も乗せていない
王冠をつけてるタクシーは
黒く汚いゴミのようだ　ゴミのようだ

見たもの覚えて　学ぶ　学ぶ　学ぶ
人と話す　体まるく座る
集中している運転は
ぶつかりそうならブレーキを
前方にはアライグマ
後方にはピザ屋

でも通りを進んで見えてきた
もうすこししたら体をあたためる
飲み物と　食べ物と　人がたくさん
淡々としすぎでしょう
全員簡単に見過ぎだから
もとのばしょに戻る　もとに戻る

Romanisation

shinshin to shita ame no hi ni
shinshin to mo ni hiete
koohii no mame wo
hiite irete oishii no
kasaneta kasa ga sakasa ni natte
naka kara kaeru ga mizu tamari ni tobu no
mizu tamari ni tobu no

koso koso shiteru koso koso shiteru
kodomo wo kakushite ame no hi ni
denshinbashira ni karasu
mizu tamari ni tabako
dare mo nosete inai
oukan wo tsuketeru takushii wa
kuroku kitanai gomi no you da gomi no you da

mita mono oboete manabu manabu manabu
hito to hanasu karada maruku suwaru
shuuchuu shite iru unten wa
butsukarisou nara bureeki wo
zenpou ni wa araiguma
kouhou ni wa pizaya

demo toori wo susunde miete kita
mou sukoshi shitara karada wo atatameru
nomimono to tabemono to hito ga takusan
tantan to shisugi deshou
zen’in kantan ni misugi dakara
moto no basho ni modoru moto ni modoru

Translation

During a silent rainy day
Both my mind and body grow cold.
I grind up the coffee beans
And brew them up. How delicious!
The piled-up umbrellas go upside-down,
And from inside, frogs soar into the puddles.
They soar into the puddles.

Sneakily, sneakily
Hiding its children during a rainy day,
A crow sits upon the telephone pole.
A cigarette lies in the puddle.
With nobody on board,
The taxi, bearing its crown,
Is just like black, dirty rubbish. Like rubbish.

I memorise what I saw, and I learn. I learn. I learn.
I speak with people, and we sit in a circle.
Driving whilst concentrating
Involves braking when you’re about to crash.
A common raccoon is before me.
And behind is a pizzeria.

But I walked down the road and it came into view.
If I walk a little longer, I’ll warm myself up.
There’s drinks and food and lots of people.
They’re all too bland, I suppose…
Everyone overlooks each other far too easily
So I’ll return to where I was before. I’ll return.