Translation of the song 船方さんよ artist Haruo Minami

おーい船方さん　船方さんよ

Hey Mr boatman, Mr boatman

土手で呼ぶ声　きこえぬか

Can you hear me calling from the bank?

姉サかぶりが　見えないか

Can you see my older sister hair?

エンヤサーと　まわして

Turn charmingly

とめてお呉れよ

And lower the spead

船脚を　船脚を

Of your boat, of your boat

おーい船方さん　船方さんよ

Hey Mr boatman, Mr boatman

昨夜一節　きかせたは

Last night when I heard a song

河原すゝきの　つなぎ船

The boats tied to the dry riverbed

エンヤサーと　帆をあげ

Sail charmingly

あとは白波

And after, the white tides

つれなかろ　つれなかろ

Are cold, are cold

おーい船方さん　船方さんよ

Hey Mr boatman, Mr boatman

月の出汐を　忘れずに

Without forgetting the moonrise tides

早寝千鳥を　起さずに

Without waking up the plovers who sleep early

エンヤサーと　流して

Flow charmingly

人目忍んで

Hidden from the public gaze

来てお呉れ　来てお呉れ

Come, come