Sukiyaki

上を向いて歩こう

作詞：永六輔

作曲：中村八大

上を向いて歩こう　(Looking up as I walk)

涙がこぼれないように　(To stop tears from dropping)

思い出す春の日　(Remember those spring days)　

一人ぽっちの夜　(And tonight I am all alone)

上を向いて歩こう　(Looking up as I walk)

にじんだ　星を数えて　(Count the emerged stars)

思い出す夏の日　(Remember those summer days)　

一人ぽっちの夜　(And tonight I am all alone)

しあわせは　雲の上に　(Joy is beyond the clouds)

しあわせは　空の上に　(Joy is above the sky)

上を向いて歩こう　(Looking up as I walk)

涙がこぼれないように　(To stop tears from dropping)

泣きながら　歩く　(Crying as I walk)　

一人ぽっちの夜　(For tonight I am all alone)

思い出す秋の日　(Remember those autumn days)　

一人ぽっちの夜　(And tonight I am all alone)

悲しみは　星の影に　(Sorrow in the shadow of stars)

悲しみは　月の影に　(Sorrow in the shadow of moon)

上を向いて歩こう　(Looking up as I walk)

涙がこぼれないように　(To stop tears from dropping)

泣きながら　歩く　(Crying as I walk)　

一人ぽっちの夜　(For tonight I am all alone)

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零れる：こぼれる

滲む：にじむ

by 坂本九 (1961)

by 夏川りみ

by 徳永英明

2014 アルバム

Inspired by a Yeats poem I came across this morning, I translated the lyrics into English.  Though it is rather difficult to see any similarities between the two.