"Aizenbashi" was Momoe Yamaguchi's 28th single, released 1979

Aya sang it in a duet with Takao Horiuchi on the 2007
"Daimei no nai Ongakukai 21"

Mus: Takao Horiuchi (堀内孝雄), Lyr: Takashi Matsumoto (松本隆)

TV version:

Kanji

春一番が吹き荒れた後
花を敷いた路地へ
今日こそ返事聞かせてくれと
問いつめられそうで

あなた以上にやさしい人は
いそうにもないけど
結婚なんて旧い言葉に
縛られたくなくて

橋の名は愛染橋
ほほえんで渡れば恋がかなう
うつむけばそれきりとまどい橋

うちは淋しい女やからね
愛なんてよう知らん
時の流れも春のうららに
渡りたい 渡れない

髪の芯まで飽きられる日が
来ないとも限らず
そしたらすぐに別れる勇気
ありそうでなさそで

橋の名は愛染橋
ただ一度渡ればもう戻れぬ
振り向けばそこから想い出橋

うちは愚かな女やからね
人生もよう知らん
けれどあなたに手招きされて
渡りたい 渡れない

Romaji

haruichiban ga fukiareta ato
hana o shiita roji e
kyoo koso henji kikasete kure to
toitsumeraresoo de

anata ijoo ni yasashii hito wa
isoo ni mo nai kedo
kekkon nante furui kotoba ni
shibararetaku nakute

hashi no na wa aisenbashi
hohoende watareba koi ga kanau
utsumukeba sore kiri tomadoi bashi

uchi wa samishii onna ya kara ne
ai nante yoo shiran
toki no nagare mo haru no urara ni
wataritai watarenai

kami no shin made akirareru hi ga
konai to mo kagirazu
soshitara sugu ni wakareru yuuki
arisoo de nasa sode

hashi no na wa aisenbashi
tada ichido watareba moo modorenu
furimukeba soko kara omoide bashi

uchi wa oroka na onna ya kara ne
jinsei mo yoo shira n
keredo anata ni temaneki sarete
wataritai watarenai

Translation

When the first day of spring has blown
The path strewn with flowers
Please, give me answer at last, today
You'll ask me again

A person kinder than you
Cannot be
An old word like "marriage"
I don't want to be tied by it

The bridge is called "The bridge of love"
If I smile and cross, I'll be loved
If I look down that will be the end

I'm a lonely woman
I don't know love
The flow of time like the beauty of spring
I want to cross, I can't cross

That I'll never get tired
I can't say
If that happens, I won't have the courage
To break apart

The bridge is called "The bridge of love"
If I cross it I can't go back
If I turn around, the bridge of memories

I'm a stupid woman
I don't know life well
But if you gesture me to cross
I want to cross, I can't cross