Translation of the song 信濃路梓川 artist Masako Mori

かなかな鳴いてるひぐらしが

The singing cicadas

心にしみこむ昼下り

Soak in my heart in the early afternoon

信濃路　梓川　ひとり旅

I'm doing a trip alone by the Azusa river on the Shinano road

竹籠を　背負ったおばさんが

A woman carrying a bamboo basket on her back

日やけした顔をほころばせ　話しかける

Starts talking making her tanned face smile

ふと浮ぶやさしい　あのひとの顔

Suddenly I remember the tender face of that person

短い夏の日おしむよに

As if I mourn the short summer days

コスモス垣根に　もたれてる

I lean on the cosmos fence

信濃路　梓川　ひとり旅

I'm doing a trip alone by the Azusa river on the Shinano road

笹舟を流して届くなら

If it comes in a toy boat

私にも想い届けたいひとが　ひとり

Only one person would want to give me his love

ふと浮ぶやさしい　あのひとの顔

Suddenly I remember the tender face of that person

緑の風吹く縁側に

On the corridor where the prairie wind blows

古びた時計が刻(とき)をうつ

An old clock ticks the time

信濃路　梓川　ひとり旅

I'm doing a trip alone by the Azusa river on the Shinano road

いつの日か　ふたりで来ませんか

Don't you want to come with me someday?

絵葉書に書いておくります　恋ごころ

My romantic heart will write you a postcard

ふと浮ぶやさしい　あのひとの顔

Suddenly I remember the tender face of that person