Blue Fish
Kanenobu Sachiko
The blue sea and the blue fish
I held them all, long ago, in my hands
But now all I’m holding onto
Is a cold wind
Slipping through my fingers
A group of grotesque children
Tire tracks on the sidewalk
Only the dim-faced moon
Follows after
Yesterday’s tracks
Even when the blinders
had been removed from the chickens
They never, never
Never again
Looked up at the sky
青い魚
金延幸子
青い海も 青い魚も
みんな昔 手にした物
今 私の この手の平の中を
冷たい風だけが
通りぬけて行く
グロテスクな子供達の群れや
歩道に残った車の足跡
ぼやけ顔の月だけが
昨日残した
足跡をた辿って行く
鶏の目隠し
剥がれたはずなのに
空を見つめたまま
止まって 止まって
止まってしまった
NOTES: Original Japanese lyrics taken from this video.
Kanenobu Sachiko became one of Japan’s first woman singer-songwriters (perhaps the first) in the late-60s folk scene. Today, her 1973 album, み空 (Misora), is a recognized classic.
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