人間の心の中には生まれつきある音楽が流れていてそれに似た曲を人は好きになるんだとか。「自分の曲」は何だろうといつも考えながら歌詞を和訳しています。
I have heard that every one of us has a special music running deep inside our soul and whatever music we love in our lives has something in common with it. I always translate English lyrics into Japanese, wondering what my music sounds like.
大学の頃，自分ではそれと気づかずに相手に気があるような態度を取る知り合いがいて，少なからぬ人間がそれにやられたそうです。 When I was in uni, I knew a person who always unwittingly behaved like she liked others. I heard many boys fell for her. Uninvited (Alanis Morissette)
[Verse 1] Like anyone would be I am flattered by your fascination with me Like any hot blooded woman I have simply wanted an object to crave
[Chorus] But you, you're not allowed You're uninvited An unfortunate slight
[Verse 2] Must be strangely exciting To watch the stoic squirm Must be somewhat heartening To watch shepherd meet shepherd
[Chorus] But you, you're not allowed You're uninvited An unfortunate slight
[Verse 3] Like any uncharted territory I must seem greatly intriguing You speak of my love like You have experienced love like mine before
[Chorus] But this is not allowed You're uninvited An unfortunate slight
[Outro] I don't think you unworthy But I need a moment to deliberate
「フィーバー・ドリーム（a fever dream）」とは「通常病気が原因で高熱が出た場合に見る奇妙な夢」だそうですが私の見る夢は病気でなくてもほとんどが奇妙なものです。 A fever dream is "a vivid and often bizarre dream that occurs when a person has a fever, typically due to illness." Well, almost all of my dreams are bizarre even when I'm totally fine. Fever Dream (Alex Warren)
[Verse 1] How did you know I was hoping for a sign? My heart was so Close to closing time
[Pre-Chorus] Somethin' 'bout you hit me like a freight train to the chest, uh-huh The day we met, uh-huh My loneliness
[Chorus] Left the room the second that you walked in, somethin' like a fever dream Haven't slept in weeks, I think I'm seeing things Like our shadows dancing us out of our clothes I'll be damned if you love me, damned if you don't
[Verse 2] Maybe it's fate, maybe it's late Told you I ain't no liar Watching you leave's haunting my dreams
[Pre-Chorus] Baby, it hit me like a freight train to the chest, uh-huh The day we met, uh-huh My loneliness
[Chorus] Left the room the second that you walked in, somethin' like a fever dream Haven't slept in weeks, I think I'm seeing things Like our shadows dancing us out of our clothes I'll be damned if you love me, damned if you don't
[Bridge] One foot on the edge, uh-huh That silhouette, uh-huh I can't forget Somethin' 'bout you hit me like a freight train to the chest, uh-huh The day we met, uh-huh My loneliness
[Chorus] Left the room the second that you walked in, somethin' like a fever dream Haven't slept in weeks, I think I'm seeing things (Seeing things) Like our shadows dancing us out of our clothes I'll be damned if you love me, damned if you don't
歌詞の中で「天国に行っちまったヤツもいりゃ（Some of them fell into Heaven）」と語る主人公ですが天国というのは意に反して行く場所なのでしょうか？そうかもしれません。不快なことがなにひとつないのが天国という場所であるならそれは非常に退屈でしょうから。 In the song, the narrator says, "Some of them fell into Heaven." Is Heaven a place to fall into? Maybe. If there's nothing unpleasant in Heaven, it would be extremely boring. A Rainy Night in Soho (The Pogues)
[Verse 1] I've been loving you a long time Down all the years, down all the days And I've cried for all your troubles Smiled at your funny little ways
[Verse 2] We watched our friends grow up together And we saw them as they fell Some of them fell into Heaven Some of them fell into Hell
[Verse 3] I took shelter from a shower And I stepped into your arms On a rainy night in Soho The wind was whistling all its charms
[Verse 4] I sang you all my sorrows You told me all your joys Whatever happened to that old song? To all those little girls and boys
[Verse 5] Now the fun is nearly over We may never find out what it means Well, there's a light I hold before me And you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
[Verse 6] Sometimes I wake up in the morning The ginger lady by my bed Covered in a cloak of silence I hear you talking in my head
[Verse 7] I'm not singing for the future I'm not dreaming of the past I'm not talking of the first time I never think about the last
[Verse 8] Now this song is nearly over We may never find out what it means Still there's a light I hold before me And you're the measure of my dreams, the measure of my dreams
大切なものであればあるほど失うと傷つきます。自分の知らない有名人が亡くなったと聞いてもなんとも思いませんが自分の推しがそうなるとダメージが大きいものです。 The more it means to you, the more you get hurt when you lose it. You don't feel a thing when a celebrity you don't know passed away but you'd be devastated when your favorite star did. To Love Somebody (Holly Humberstone)
[Verse 1] So you crashed into the wall You're cleaning up the broken glass Thinking, "What the hell was that?" Yeah In the movie of your life You're the first to die And the critics called it trash (Too bad)
[Pre-Chorus] They tell you that you feel too much Euphoria right down to the crush It all breaks down, it always does It all works out, it always does And the shit they say in the songs you love The greatest hits and the deepest cuts It all breaks down, it always does It all works out, it always does
[Chorus] To love somebody To hurt somebody To lose somebody Is to know you're only human, honey To love somebody To hurt somebody To lose somebody Well, at least you got to love somebody
[Post-Chorus] I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I Well, at least you got to love somebody
[Verse 2] You took a right hook to the jaw So you go and brush your teeth A little powder on your cheeks And you feel a little better And this blue and green ball Keeps spinning to the beat You gotta try and move your feet Gotta be boxing clever
[Pre-Chorus] They tell you that you feel too much You bet it all on a summer crush It all breaks down, it always does It all works out, it always does And you wear his T-shirt, you hate his guts You read the handbook, you take the drugs You said, "From here on out, it's us" It always was, it always was
[Chorus] To love somebody To hurt somebody To lose somebody Is to know you're only human, honey To love somebody To hurt somebody To lose somebody Well, at least you got to love somebody
[Post-Chorus] I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I At least you got to love somebody I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I
[Pre-Chorus] They tell you that you feel too much (Na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na) Euphoria right down to the crush (Na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na) It all breaks down, it always does It all works out, it always does And the shit they say in the songs you love (Na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na) The greatest hits and the deepest cuts (Na-na, na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na) It all breaks down, it always does It all works out, it always does
[Chorus] To love somebody (To love you) To hurt somebody (To hurt you) To lose somebody (To lose you) Is to know you're only human, honey (It's only human) To love somebody (To love you) To hurt somebody (To hurt you) To lose somebody (To lose you) Well, at least you got to love somebody
[Outro] I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I (To love you, to hurt you, to lose you) Well, at least you got to love somebody (It's only human, honey) I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I (To love you, to hurt you, to lose you) At least you got to love somebody I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I (To love you, to hurt you, to lose you) I-I, I-I-I, I-I, I-I-I
いい友人に恵まれることは人生の最大の喜びのひとつかもしれません。それによって人生がより楽しく輝いてくるからです。 Maybe having a good friend is one of the greatest joys in life. It makes our life much more enjoyable and bright. Thank You for Being a Friend (Andrew Gold)
Thank you for being a friend Traveled down the road and back again Your heart is true You're a pal and a confidant
I'm not ashamed to say I hope it always will stay this way My hat is off Won't you stand up and take a bow
And if you threw a party Invited everyone you knew You would see The biggest gift would be from me And the card attached would say "Thank you for being a friend."
Thank you for being a friend Thank you for being a friend Thank you for being a friend
If it's a car you lack I'd surely buy you a Cadillac Whatever you need Anytime of the day or night
I'm not ashamed to say I hope it always will stay this way My hat is off Won't you stand up and take a bow
And when we both get older With walking canes and hair of gray Have no fear, even though it's hard to hear I will stand real close and say Thank you for being a friend
(I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Let me tell you bout a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend
And when we die and float away Into the night, the Milky Way You'll hear me call, as we ascend I'll see you there, then once again Thank you for being a friend
Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend (I want to thank you) Thank you for being a friend Whoa, tell you about a friend (Thank you right now, for being a friend) Thank you for being a friend (I wanna tell you right now, and tell you again) Thank you for being a friend (I wanna thank you, thank you, for being a friend) Thank you for being a friend
この曲を耳にした時，一番印象に残ったのは歌詞がクドいということでした。ほとんど同じことを少しだけ形を変えて何度も繰り返していたからです。 What hit me the most when I heard this song was the lyrics are too long, just repeating the same thing over and over again in slightly different way. Celebrate Me (IngaRose)
When I look at my life You see what I see
Yeah I made it through more than they know Mm Mm
When I look at my life And all that i’ve been Every scar every fall Every place i’ve been in I’m still here breathing Still finding my way Through the nights I thought I wouldn’t see another day
Ain’t nobody clapping for me So I’m clapping for myself All the times I held on When I needed help
Oh I celebrate me For everything I survived All the nights I cried But still I stayed alive
I celebrate me Yeah I’m standing on me Even when it’s hard I’m who I need to be
You got to do it for yourself Ain’t nobody coming through You got to find your strength Even when you don’t want to It’s gon’ be hard sometimes It’s going to feel too much You gon’ break you gon’ cry You gon’ want to give up
But believe me you gon’ make it Even when you can’t see You’re stronger than the moment You just got to believe
I celebrate me For everything I survived All the storms I walk through Still I’m here still alive
Oh I celebrate me Yeah I’m rising slowly Even with no clear view Nothing’s stopping me
It’s your eyes Even if it don’t feel like it yet You’re still standing That means something No one can take that from you No one
I celebrate me For the woman I became Through the hurt through the pain I still found my way
I celebrate me And I won’t apologize Every step I took Got me to this life
BBCのドラマPeaky Blindersのために作られたわけではないとわかっていても，この曲はそのシリーズの雰囲気を驚くほど良く表しています。 I know it's not written for a BBC drama series Peaky Blinders but it captures the vibes of it surprisingly well. Red Right Hand (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds)
[Verse 1] Take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks Where the viaduct looms, like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks Where secrets lie in the border fires in the humming wires Hey man, you know you're never coming back Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills, past the stacks On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man In a dusty black coat with a red right hand
[Verse 2] He'll wrap you in his arms, tell you that you've been a good boy He'll rekindle all the dreams, it took you a lifetime to destroy He'll reach deep into the hole, heal your shrinking soul But there won't be a single thing that you can do He's a god, he's a man, he's a ghost, he's a guru They're whispering his name through this disappearing land But hidden in his coat is a red right hand
[Verse 3] You don't have no money? He'll get you some You don't have no car? He'll get you one You don't have no self-respect, you feel like an insect Well don't you worry buddy 'cause here he comes Through the ghettos and the barrio and the Bowery and the slums A shadow is cast wherever he stands Stacks of green paper in his red right hand
[Verse 4] You'll see him in your nightmares, you'll see him in your dreams He'll appear out of nowhere but he ain't what he seems You'll see him in your head, on the TV screen Hey buddy, I'm warning you to turn it off He's a ghost, he's a god, he's a man, he's a guru You're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan Designed and directed by his red right hand
（補足） * the ghetto, the barrio and the Bowery and the slum ・・・ the ghetto（ユダヤ人街） the barrio （ヒスパニックの暮らす地区）the Bowery（バワリー通り：ニューヨーク市のマンハッタン南端部の通りおよび地域。酒場が多くいざこざの絶えない地域として有名） and the slum（貧民街）
