The Smiths
I decree today that life is simply taking and not givingEngland is mine, it owes me a livingBut ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeOh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeBut we cannot cling to the old dreams anymoreNo, we cannot cling …
Hand in gloveThe sun shines out of our behindsNo, it's not like any other loveThis one is different, because it's usHand in gloveWe can go wherever we pleaseAnd everything depends uponHow near you stand to me And if the people stareThen th…
All the streets are crammed with thingsEager to be heldI know what hands are forAnd I'd like to help myselfYou ask me the timeBut I sense something moreAnd I would like to give youWhat I think you're asking forYou, handsome devilOh you, ha…
How Soon Is Now? I am the sonAnd the heirOf a shyness that is criminally vulgarI am the son and heirOf nothing in particular You shut your mouthHow can you sayI go about things the wrong way?I am human and I need to be lovedJust like every…
This Charming Man Punctured bicycleOn a hillside desolateWill nature make a man of me yet? When in this charming carThis charming man Why pamper life's complexityWhen the leather runs smoothOn the passenger seat? I would go out tonightBut …
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkindYou took me behind a dis-used railway lineAnd said, "I know a place where we can go, where we are not known"And then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon But I can't belie…
All men have secrets and here is mineSo let it be knownFor we have been through hell and high tideI think I can rely on youAnd yet you start to recoilHeavy words are so lightly thrownBut still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you S…
William, It Was Really Nothing The rain falls hard on a humdrum townThis town has dragged you downOh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum townThis town has dragged you down Oh no, and everybody's got to live their lifeAnd God knows I've got t…
2nd訳し終わったので、まとめ。歌詞としては、1stは1stで鬼気迫っててこわかったけど、そのあとに2ndを訳したらちょっと物足りなくも思ったり。音楽的には表現力が増して、メッセージがより明確になっている。文学的な言葉から、音楽的な言葉へ。そう考える…
Meat Is Murder Heifer whines could be human criesCloser comes the screaming knifeThis beautiful creature must dieThis beautiful creature must dieA death for no reasonAnd death for no reason is murder And the flesh you so fancifully fryIs n…
Barbarism Begins At HomeUnruly boys who will not grow upMust be taken in handUnruly girls who will not settle downThey must be taken in hand A crack on the headIs what you get for not askingAnd a crack on the headIs what you get for asking…
Well I wonder Well I wonderDo you hear me when you sleep?I hoarsely cry Well I wonderDo you see me when we pass?I half-die Please keep me in mindPlease keep me in mind Gasping but somehow still aliveThis is the fierce last stand of all I a…
I'd like to drop my trousers to the worldI am a man of means, of slender meansEach household applianceIs like a new science in my town And if the day came when I felt a natural emotionI'd get such a shock I'd probably jump in the oceanAnd …
I am the sonAnd the heirOf a shyness that is criminally vulgarI am the son and heirOf nothing in particular You shut your mouthHow can you sayI go about things the wrong way?I am human and I need to be lovedJust like everybody else does I …
Park the car at the side of the roadYou should know time's tide will smother youAnd I will tooWhen you laugh about people who feel so very lonelyTheir only desire is to dieWell, I'm afraid it doesn't make me smileI wish I could laugh But t…
What she said :"How come someone hasn't noticedThat I'm deadAnd decided to bury me?God knows, I'm ready!"La-la-la... What she said was sadBut then, all the rejection she's hadTo pretend to be happyCould only be idiocyLa-la-la... What she s…
On the day that your mentalityDecides to try to catch up with your biology Come round ...'Cause I want the one I can't haveAnd it's driving me madIt's all over, all over, all over my face On the day that your mentalityCatches up with your …
The last night of the fairBy the big wheel generatorA boy is stabbedAnd his money is grabbedAnd the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine She is famousShe is funnyAn engagement ringDoesn't mean a thingTo a mind consumed by brass (money) And …
Belligerent ghouls run Manchester schoolsSpineless swines, cemented mindsSir leads the troops, jealous of youthSame old suit since 1962 He does the military two-stepDown the nape of my neck I wanna go home, I don't want to stayGive up educ…
1stを訳し終わったので、まとめ。訳してて、こわかったー。。もちろん感動もしましたが。あんなキラキラした音楽で、こういう歌詞だと余計に得体が知れないというか。例えば旅先での早朝に景色を見に散歩へ出て、ひんやりと湿った気持ちのいい空気の中で、事…
「ザ・スミス」というバンド名の由来について、パティ・スミス、マーク・E・スミス（ザ・フォール）、デヴィッド・スミスたち、クラブ「ミスタースミス」…と評伝には書き連ねてある。イギリスで最も多い姓をアイルランド移民のバンドが名乗る皮肉、とも。メ…
★2024.6.14.追記Over the moor, take me to the moorDig a shallow graveAnd I'll lay me down Over the moor, take me to the moorDig a shallow graveAnd I'll lay me down Lesley-Anne, with your pretty white beadsOh John, you'll never be a manAnd y…
Bought on stolen wineA nod was the first stepYou knew very wellWhat was coming next Bought on stolen wineA nod was the first stepYou knew very wellWhat was coming next Did I really walk all this wayJust to hear you say :"Oh, I don't want t…
今日2024年6月6日、21:37に双子座新月。双子座に木星入ってから最初の新月で、マドモアゼル愛先生曰く「お正月のようなもの」らしい。みなさま、明けましておめでとうございます。双子座といえば、読み書き話しのプロ。言語化の精度が高い。けど、いいたくな…
All men have secrets and here is mineSo let it be knownFor we have been through hell and high tideI think I can rely on youAnd yet you start to recoilHeavy words are so lightly thrownBut still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you S…
★2024.6.4.追記Hand in gloveThe sun shines out of our behindsNo, it's not like any other loveThis one is different, because it's usHand in gloveWe can go wherever we pleaseAnd everything depends uponHow near you stand to me And if the peopl…
I decree today that life is simply taking and not givingEngland is mine, it owes me a livingBut ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeOh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeBut we cannot cling to the old dreams anymoreNo, we cannot cling …
↑上はベルギーの音楽番組に出演した時のもので、ちょっともう面白過ぎて大好きな映像の1つ。のっけからオチまで、つっこみどころ満載。当時、本国のイギリスも含めて、殆どの音楽番組はバックに正規音源を流した弾き真似のパフォーマンスだった。それでバン…
アルバム冒頭から、何だかプルースト*みたいだなと思っていたら、歌詞がどんどんどつぼにはまっていくので、訳してて心配になってくる。元々のアルバムとしては、この曲でA面が終わり、初期の代表作である"Still Ill"、"Hand in Glove"（デビュー曲）、"What…
Upon the sand, upon the bay"There is a quick and easy way" you sayBefore you illustrateI'd rather stateI'm not the man you think I amI'm not the man you think I am And sorrow's native sonHe will not smile for anyoneAnd pretty girls make gr…
