Seikatsu no Gara (My Lifestyle) 生活の柄 [Cover]

     

"Seikatsu no Gara" was a song by folk legend Wataru Takada,
released on several albums

Momoclo sang it together with Kenichi Nagira in the twelvth (deluxe)
"Sakazaki Kounosuke no Momoiro Folk Mura" episode in 2015

Mus: Wataru Takada (高田渡), Lyr: Baku Yamanokuchi (山之口貘)

TV version:

 

Translated by Takashi Ikenouchi

Kanji

 

歩き疲れては 夜空と陸との
隙間にもぐり込んで
草に埋もれては寝たのです
所かまわず寝たのです

歩き 疲れては
草に埋れて寝たのです
歩き疲れ 寝たのですが
眠れないのです

近ごろは眠れない
陸をひいては眠れない
夜空の下では眠れない
ゆり起こされては眠れない

歩き 疲れては
草に埋もれて寝たのです
歩き疲れ 寝たのですが
眠れないのです

そんな僕の生活の柄が
夏向きなのでしょうか
寝たかと思うと寝たかと思うと
またも冷気にからかわれて
秋は 秋からは
浮浪者のままでは眠れない
秋は 秋からは
浮浪者のままでは眠れない

歩き疲れては 夜空と陸との
隙間にもぐり込んで
草に埋もれては寝たのです
所かまわず寝たのです 

Romaji

 

aruki tsukarete wa yozora to riku to no
sukima ni moguri konde
kusa ni uzumorete wa ne ta no desu
tokoro kamawa zu ne ta no desu

aruki tsukarete wa
kusa ni umorete ne ta no desu
aruki tsukare neta no desu ga
nemurenai no desu

kongoro wa nemurenai
oka oshite wa nemurenai
yozora no shita de wa nemurenai
yuri okosarete wa nemurenai

aruki tsukarete wa
kusa ni uzumorete ne ta no desu
aruki tsukare neta no desu ga
nemurenai no desu

sonna boku no seikatsu no e ga
natsumuki na no deshou ka
netaka to omou to netaka to omou to
mata mo reiki ni karakawarete
aki wa aki kara wa
furou sha no mama de wa nemurenai
aki wa aki kara wa
furou sha no mama de wa nemurenai

aruki tsukarete wa yozora to riku to no
sukima ni moguri konde
kusa ni uzumorete wa ne ta no desu
tokoro kamawa zu ne ta no desu

Translation

 

As I walk my legs off
I slip between the night sky and the earth
sleep with sinking down into the deep weeds
sleep soundly everywhere

I walk my legs off
I sleep with sinking down into the deep weeds each time
Though after overwalking myself and taking a load off my feet as per usual
I can not fall asleep

Recently I can not sleep
I can not fall asleep on the ground on the earth
I can not sleep one second little bit beneath the night sky
that starts to turn autumnal cold

I can not sleep
some one who has the kind heart or the cop on his beat shakes me awake
I walk my legs off
I sleep with sinking down into the deep weeds each time

Though after overwalking myself and taking a load off my feet as per usual
I can not fall asleep
This life style of mine is advantageous to the summer season
I take a rib from the freezer air again and again when I fall asleep these days When the autumn comes from autumn onward
I would not be able to sleep as I am a complete trampWhen the autumn comes from autumn onward
I would not be able to sleep as I am a complete tramp

As I walk my legs off
I slip between the night sky and the earth
sleep with sinking down into the deep weeds
sleep soundly everywhere