これで、スミスのオリジナル・アルバム＋活動期間中のコンピ3枚は全て訳し終わりました。。『Louder Than Bombs』は曲被りが多いので、それは省いてます。ので、それ以外となると下の3曲のみでした。ちなみに、コンピ盤でも『Hatful of Hollow』『The World …

He was a sweet and tender hooligan, hooliganHe said that he'd never, never do it againAnd of course he won't, oh, not until the next time He was a sweet and tender hooligan, hooliganAnd he swore that he'll never, never do it againAnd of co…

Is it wrong to want to live on your own?No, it's not wrong, but I must knowHow can someone so youngSing words so sad? Sheila take a, Sheila take a bowBoot the grime of this world in the crotch, dearAnd don't go home tonightCome out and fin…

I don't wanna ruin anythingMy head, my heart, or my box springBut I feel the need to hideWhere I slipped off to last nightIf I left this bed, I swear it was only in my headBut it's still hard to reveal, even if it wasn't real It seems I da…

I left the NorthI traveled SouthI found a tiny houseAnd I can't help the way I feelOh yes, you can kick me And you can punch meAnd you can break my faceBut you won't change the way I feel'Cause I love youOh... And is it really so strange ?…

趣味で英語の歌詞・詩の対訳をしていたのですが、いつの間にか100曲以上に。その対訳だけの目次を作りました。拙訳ですが、それより何より、世界は美しい歌にあふれていることを共有できたらと。こちらもまた追々増やしていきます。拙訳：【The Smiths】 ◆Th…

モリッシーのツアー前座に抜擢されて知ったバンドなのだけれど、とてつもなくいい。ライブで演奏している映像で知って、いい曲だなーと繰り返し聴いていた曲が先日リリース。このボーカルの方の出生図Nの海王星（一番度数が高い天体、2nd ASCともいわれる）…

ラストアルバムを訳し終えました。なんだかさびしい。。このアルバムは、特に解説いらないぐらい歌詞が簡潔。この1つ前の『The Queen Is Dead』がとにかく複雑で難儀したけれど、その難解さが恋しくなったりも。強いて付け加えれば、”5. Stop Me If You Thin…

I won't share you, noI won't share youWith the driveAnd ambitionThe zeal I feelThis is my time The note I wroteAs she read, she said"Has the Perrier goneStraight to my headOr is life sick and cruel, instead?" "Yes!"No - no - no - no - no -…

Oh GlennDon't come to the house tonightOh GlennOh GlennDon't come to the house tonightOh GlennBecause there's somebody hereWho really really loves youOh Glenn Stay homeBe bored(It's crap, I know)Tonight Oh GlennOh GlennDon't come to the ho…

At the record company meetingOn their hands - a dead starAnd oh, the plans they weaveAnd oh, the sickening greed At the record company partyOn their hands - a dead starThe sycophantic slags all say :"I knew him first, and I knew him well" …

I've come to wish you an unhappy birthdayI've come to wish you an unhappy birthday'Cause you're evilAnd you lieAnd if you should dieI may feel slightly sadBut I won't cry Loved and lostAnd some may sayWhen usually it's nothingSurely you're…

Last night I dreamtThat somebody loved meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarm Last night I feltReal arms around meNo hope, no harmJust another false alarm So, tell me how longBefore the last one?And tell me how longBefore the right one…

Stop me, oh, stop meStop me if you think that you've heard this one beforeStop me, oh, stop meStop me if you think that you've heard this one before Nothing's changedI still love you, oh, I still love youOnly slightly, only slightly less t…

Girlfriend in a coma, I knowI know, it's seriousGirlfriend in a coma, I knowI know, it's really serious There were times when I couldHave murdered herBut you know, I would hateAnything to happen to her No, I don't want to see her Do you re…

The death of a disco dancerWell, it happens a lot 'round hereAnd if you think peaceIs a common goalThat goes to showHow little you knowThe death of a disco dancerWell, i'd rather not get involvedI never talk to my neighbourI'd rather not g…

The lanes were silentThere was nothing, no one, nothing around for milesI doused our friendly ventureWith a hard-facedThree-word gesture I started somethingI forced you to a zoneAnd you were clearlyNever meant to goHair brushed and partedT…

Oh helloI am the ghost of Troubled JoeHung by his pretty white neckSome eighteen months agoI travelled to a mystical time zoneAnd I missed my bedAnd I soon came home They said "There's too much caffeineIn your bloodstreamAnd a lack of real…

I'm gonna rock you child,I'm gonna rock you tender,I'll sing a song of mine,Will make you feel so tender,I hold you tight and keep my fears at bay When I was just a child,My life was not so tender,They wouldn't sing to me,And though I stil…

ペースがすっかりノソノソになってしまったけど、一応訳し終えた。1stも別の方向で込み入ってたけど、今回が群を抜いて1番難しかったー。1stで慣れたかと思ってたら、視界が拡大した分より一層複雑。今思うと、あの時間がたくさんあった頃に、下手な訳でも訳…

10. Some Girls are Bigger than Others From the ice-age, to the dole-ageThere is but one concernI have just discovered Some girls are bigger than othersSome girls are bigger than othersSome girls’ mothers are bigger than other girls' mother…

9. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out Take me out tonight Where there's music and there's people And they're young and alive Driving in your car I never, never want to go home Because I haven't got one Anymore Take me out tonight Because…

8. Vicar In a Tutu I was minding my businessLifting some lead off the roof of the Holy Name churchIt was worthwhile living a laughable lifeTo set my eyes on the blistering sight Of a Vicar in a tutu, he's not strangeHe just wants to live h…

The Boy with the Thorn in His SideThe boy with the thorn in his sideBehind the hatred there liesA murderous desire for love How can they look into my eyesAnd still they don't believe me?How can they hear me say those wordsAnd Still they do…

Bigmouth strikes againSweetness, sweetness I was only joking When I said I'd like to smash every tooth In your head Sweetness, sweetness, I was only jokingWhen I said by rights you Should be bludgeoned in your bed And now I know how Joan o…

Cemetry Gates A dreaded sunny day so I meet you at the cemetry gatesKeats and Yeats are on your sideA dreaded sunny day so I meet you at the cemetry gatesKeats and Yeats are on your side while Wilde is on mine So we go inside and we gravel…

Never Had No One Ever When you walk without easeOn these streets where you were raisedI had a really bad dreamIt lasted 20 years, 7 months and 27 days And I know alone that I never, ever ohHad no one everNow I'm outside your houseI'm alone…

20250316追記I know it’s over Oh mother, I can feelThe soil falling over my headAnd as I climb into an empty bedOh well, enough said I know it's over, still I clingI don't know where else I can goOver... Oh mother, I can feelThe soil fallin…

Frankly, Mr. Shankly Frankly, Mr. Shankly, this position I’ve heldIt pays my way and it corrodes my soulI want to leave, you will not miss meI want to go down in musical history Frankly, Mr. Shankly, I'm a sickening wreckI’ve got the 21st …

The Queen Is Dead “Oh! Take me back to dear old Blighty, Put me on the train for London Town, Take me anywhere, Drop me anywhere, In Liverpool, Leeds, or Birmingham, ‘Cause I don’t care, I should like to see my…” -Farewell to this land's c…