Translation of the song 越前竹舞い artist Sayuri Ishikawa

Japanese

越前竹舞い

English translation

Echizen is a bamboo dance

白山おろしの　風にのり

Boarding the wind coming down from the Haku Mount

雪ふり虫がきたという

The snow fell and bugs came I say

愛しい人の　その胸に

On the heart of my lover

私もすがって　すがってみたかった

I neither tried to hang

唇に触れもせぬ　それも恋

Not touching your lips is also love

躯だけ求めても　それも恋

Even if I only want your body, is also love

きしむ　はじける　反りかえる

Creaks, bounces, warps

たたく　震える　波を打つ

Strikes, shivers, hits the tides

障子あければ　あゝいちめん　竹の海

If I open the Shōji, ah, the surface is a bamboo sea

命の終りが　そこにある

The end of life is there

あなたと生きていたいのに

Despite I want to live with you

はじめて握る　手のぬくみ

For the first time I grasp the warmth of your hand

ようやく女に　女になれました

Finally I became a woman

報われぬ愛ですが　それも恋

Unrewaded love, however, is also love

心だけひとすじに　恋は恋

Love is love only true to the heart

まだけ　くれたけ　はこねだけ

Madake, kuretake, hakonedake

やだけ　くろたけ　おなごだけ

Yadake, kurotake, onagodake

瞼とじれば　あゝ越前　竹の舞い

If I close the eyelids, ah, Echizen is a bamboo dance