Translation of the song 鴎という名の酒場 artist Sayuri Ishikawa

Japanese

鴎という名の酒場

English translation

A bar called gull

黒地に白く 染めぬいた

Dyed in white on the black ground

つばさをひろげた 鴎の絵

There's the image of a gull with the wings open

翔んで行きたい 行かれない

Someone laughs saying that my heart

私の心と 笑うひと

Wants to go flying and it can't

鴎という名の 小さな酒場

At a small bar called gull

窓をあけたら海

When I open the window

北の海 海 海

I see the northern sea

海鳴りだけが 空オケで

If I could sing only the oceanic noise

歌えば悲しい 歌になる

In the karaoke, it would be a sad song

とてもあなたは この町で

Someone laughs saying that you

くらせはしないと 笑うひと

You don't live in this city

鴎という名の 小さな酒場

At a small bar called gull

窓をあけたら海

When I open the window

北の海 海 海

I see the northern sea

昔の男(ひと)と 思うから

Because I think of a man of before

言葉もなんだか つまりがち

I tend to be at loss of words

只の男と 女なら

Someone laughs saying that a man

気楽にのめると 笑うひと

And a woman can drink carefree

鴎という名の 小さな酒場

At a small bar called gull

窓をあけたら海

When I open the window

北の海 海 海

I see the northern sea

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