Jpop Recommend #364 Eki by Mariya Takeuchi

 

駅 Eki

竹内 まりや Mariya Takeuchi

Originally this was released as one of the songs in the album, "CRIMSON" in December, 1986, which was Akina Nakamori's 10th album.  And later the singer-song-writer, Mariya Takeuchi, who wrote this song covered this song and released in 1987.   Which version do you like better?

The song is about the past love and bitter memories she can't forget even after two years.  Is it a regret? nostalgia? or lingering feelings of love?

Akina Nakamori version

Mariya Takeuchi version

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Lyrics

Japanese

Japanese pronunciation

English translation

見 覚え  の ある レイン コート

mi-oboe no aru rain    coat

The raincoat I recall

黄昏        の  駅 で   胸     が  震えた

tasogare no eki de mune ga furueta

Seeing that made my heart tremble at a station in the dusk

はやい 足  どり  まぎれ も    なく

hayai ashi-dori magire mo naku
Walking fast   undoubtly

昔          愛してた あの  人  なの  ね

mukashi aishiteta ano hito nano ne

It was that man I used to love

懐かしさ        の 一歩    手前 で

natsukashisa no ippo temae de
One step before feeling nostalgia

こみあげる  苦い  思い出  に

komiageru nigai omoide ni 
bitter memories overflow

言葉      が とても    見つからない わ

kotoba  ga totemo mitsukaranai wa
I can't find any word to describe how I feel

あなた が  いなくても こうして

anata ga inakutemo koushite
Even if you are not with me

元気   で 暮らして いる こと を

genki de kurashite iru koto wo

I'm doing good like this

さり気なく  告げたかった  のに・・・

sarigenaku tsugetakatta noni

I wanted to tell you in a casual way

二年   の  時   が  変えた もの は

ninen no toki ga kaeta mono wa
What the past two years have changed

彼    の  まなざし    と   私       の  この   髪

kare no manazashi to watashi no kono kami
is the way he looks and my hairstyle

それぞれ に  待つ   人   の  もと  へ

sorezore ni matsu hito no moto e
To the one who waits for each of us

戻って     ゆく のね  気づき も  せず  に

modotte yuku none kizuki mo sezu ni 

we will return without noticing anything

ひとつ     隣    の  車両     に 乗り

hitotsu tonari no sharyou ni nori
Riding on a car next to him

うつむく     横顔    見て いたら

utsumuku yokogao mite itara
I was watching his face looking down from the side

思わず        涙      あふれて きそう

omowazu namida afurete kisou
Without realizing I almost cried

今   に なって あなた の 気持ち

ima ni natte  anata no kimochi 
Now I know how you've felt

初めて     わかる の  痛い ほど

hajimete wakaru no itai hodo
for the first time so much that it hurts

私          だけ 愛してた こと  も

watashi dake aishiteta koto mo 

I now know that you've loved only me

ラッシュ の  人波       に  のまれて

rush      no hitonami ni nomarete
Blended into human waves in a rush hour

消えて  ゆく   後ろ     姿     が

kiete   yuku ushiro-sugata ga
the way you look from the back in a distance

やけに    哀しく       心    に   残る

yakeni kanashiku kokoro ni nokoru
looked so sad that it remained in my heart

改札        口    を   出る   頃   には

kaisatsu-guchi wo deru koro niwa
By the time I step out from the station's exit

雨     も  やみかけた   この   街     に

ame mo yamikaketa kono machi ni 
rain almost stopped in this town

ありふれた 夜   が  やって 来る

arifureta   yoru ga yatte kuru
and ordinary night falls

ラララララララララ・・・・

La la la la la

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Any comment about this blog is highly appreciated.  Requests to pick up any singer or song are always welcome!