ringo shiina lyrics & translation
Minato-machi Juusan-banchi / Port City, No. 13
Electric Mole

nagai tabiji no koukai oete
fune ga minato ni tomaru yoru
umi no kurou o gurasu no sake ni
minna wasureru madorosu sakaba
aa minatomachi juusanbanchi

ichou namiki no shikiishi o
kimi to aruku mo hisashiburi
toboru neon ni sasowarenagara
hatoba toori o hidari ni magarya
aa minatomachi juusanbanchi

fune ga tsuku hi ni sakaseta hana o
fune ga deru yoru chirasu kaze
namida koraete kanpai sureba
mado de naiteru mikazukisama yo
aa minatomachi juusanbanchi
On the night the ship stops in the port,
ending a voyage of a long journey
Everyone forgets the troubles of the sea
in glasses of alcohol at the sailor bar
Oh, Port City, No. 13

It has been a while since I walked with you
along a paved road lined with ginkgo trees
While being lured out by burning neon,
the wharf street must bend left
Oh, Port City, No. 13

On the day the ship arrives – the wind scatters
is the night the ship leaves – the flowers it made bloom
If we give a toast, enduring our tears,
we are crying at the window, oh crescent moon
Oh, Port City, No. 13

Song info: Original by Hibari Misora.


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