Translation of the song 赤とんぼ artist Chieko Baishō

夕焼け小焼けの赤とんぼ

Red dragonflies in the sunset

負われてみたのはいつの日か

When was it that I watched them on someone’s back?

山の畑の桑の実を

In mountain fields we gathered mulberries

小籠に摘んだはまぼろしか

In small baskets

十五で姐やは嫁に行き

At fifteen my big sister left home to get married

お里の便りも絶え果てた

Her letters have long since ceased to come

夕焼け小焼けの赤とんぼ

A red dragonfly in the sunset

止まっているよ竿の先

On the tip of a bamboo pole