Source text in English — View comments about this source text » | Translation by Rika Katsuta (X) (#14443) |
Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down Well, I woke up Sunday morning With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt. And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, So I had one more for dessert. Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes And found my cleanest dirty shirt. Then I washed my face and combed my hair And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day. I'd smoked my mind the night before With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking. But I lit my first and watched a small kid Playing with a can that he was kicking. Then I walked across the street And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken. And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost Somewhere, somehow along the way. On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned. 'Cause there's something in a Sunday That makes a body feel alone. And there's nothing short a' dying That's half as lonesome as the sound Of the sleeping city sidewalk And Sunday morning coming down. In the park I saw a daddy With a laughing little girl that he was swinging. And I stopped beside a Sunday school And listened to the songs they were singing. Then I headed down the street, And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing, And it echoed through the canyon Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday. On a Sunday morning sidewalk, I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned. 'Cause there's something in a Sunday That makes a body feel alone. And there's nothing short a' dying That's half as lonesome as the sound Of the sleeping city sidewalk And Sunday morning coming down. | 日曜の朝がやって来る 目を覚ませば日曜の朝 苦でもないが 正気ではいられない 朝食にビールも悪くない だから おまけにもう一杯 そしてクローゼットの中から 一番イカしたシャツを探し出し 顔を洗って 髪をとかす よろめきながら階段を降りると一日が始まる 昨夜はタバコをふかしながら曲をやり 心の中までもやもやしている だが まずはタバコに火を点け カン蹴りしている幼い子に目をやった そして通りを横切ると 誰かがチキンを揚げている日曜らしい匂いがする ああ それはどこかで失ったものを思い起こさせる どういうわけか道の途中で失ったものを 日曜の朝の散歩道 酔っ払っていればよかったのにと思う だって日曜という日には もぬけの殻のような気にさせられる 日曜は終わる様子などなく 眠っている街道の静けさが 一人ぼっちで寂しくさせる そして日曜の朝がやって来る 公園ではブランコに乗った女の子が笑い お父さんと一緒に遊んでいる おれは日曜学校のそばで立ち止まり 彼らの歌声に耳を傾けた そしてまた歩き出すと どこか遠くから寂しげなベルの音が響き 峡谷にエコーした まるで昨日の夢が消えていくように |