赤とんぼ / Aka Tombo Lyrics

赤とんぼ / Aka Tombo (Red Dragonfly)

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
(Yūyake koyake no aka tonbo)
In the red glow of sunset, a red dragonfly

負われて見たのは いつの日か
(Owarete mita no wa itsu no hi ka)
I wonder when it was that I saw one while on someone’s back

山の畑の 桑の実を
(Yama no hatake no kuwa no mi o)
Mulberries from a field in the mountains

小籠に摘んだは まぼろしか
(Kobako ni tsunda wa maboroshi ka)
Was it only a dream that I picked them into a small basket?

十五で姐やは 嫁に行き
(Jūgo de neeya wa yome ni iki)
My nanny went away as a bride at fifteen

お里のたよりも 絶えはてた
(Osato no tayori mo tae hateta)
And I have stopped hearing from the home town

夕焼け小焼けの 赤とんぼ
(Yūyake koyake no aka tonbo)
In the red glow of sunset, a red dragonfly

止まっているよ 竿の先
(Tomatte iru yo sao no saki)
Is resting on the tip of a pole