港町ブルース (Minato-machi Blues)

大震災、大津波で犠牲になられた方々、被災者の方々に心からお悔やみを申し上げますとともにお見舞いを申し上げます。　We express great sympathy to those who suffered from disasters in the following port towns in this song: 函館 (Hakodate), 宮古 (Miyako), 釜石 (Kamaishi), 気仙沼 (Kesennuma), and in many other areas.

Please enjoy Teresa's performance of "港町ブルース (Minato-machi Blues)" meaning Port town blues, originally sung by 森進一(Mori Shin-ichi). 猪俣公章 (Inomata Koushou) composed the song. 深津武志 (Fukatsu Takeshi) wrote, and なかにし礼 (Nakanishi Rei) arranged the lyrics.

Teresa's corresponding Chinese song is "誰來愛我 Who Will Love Me".

The following are the Japanese lyrics, with my English translation.

背のびして見る　海峡を
Senobi shitemiru kaikyou wo
(In the strait I am watching by stretch,)

今日も汽笛が　遠ざかる
Kyou mo kiteki ga toozakaru
(the steam whistles are receding today again)

あなたにあげた　夜をかえして
Anata ni ageta yoru wo kaeshite
(Please return the night I gave you)

港　港　函館　通り雨
Minato minato Hakodate toori ame
(Port, Port Hakodate, a passing shower)


流す涙で　割る酒は
Nagasu namida de waru sake wa
(The sake (wine) mixed with my shed tear)

だました男の　味がする
Damashita otoko no aji ga suru
(has the taste of the man who deceived me)

あなたの影を　ひきずりながら
Anata no kage wo hikizuri nagara
(by carrying your shade)

港　宮古　釜石　気仙沼
Minato Miyako Kamaishi Kesennuma
(Ports Miyako, Kamaishi, and Kesennuma)


出船　入船　別れ船
Defune irifune wakare bune
(There are out-vessels, in-vessels, and parting vessels)

あなた乗せない　帰り船
Anata nosenai kaeribune
(But, the returning vessel does not carry you)

うしろ姿も　他人のそら似
Ushiro sugata mo tanin no sorani
(Someone's back accidentally resembled you)

港　三崎　焼津に　御前崎
Minato Misaki Yaizu ni Omaezaki
(Ports Misaki, Yaizu, and Omaezaki)


別れりゃ三月　待ちわびる
Wakarerya mitsuki machi wabiru
(It is already three months since your departure, and I was waiting for you)

女心の　やるせなさ
Onna gokoro no yaruse nasa
(How disconsolate I am as a woman)

明日はいらない　今夜が欲しい
Asu wa iranai konya ga hoshii
(I do not need tomorrow, but want tonight)

港　高知　高松　八幡浜
Minato Kochi Takamatsu Yawatahama
(Ports, Kochi, Takamatsu, and Yawatahama)

呼んでとどかぬ　人の名を
Yonde todokanu hito no na wo
(I am writing your name that cannot reach you by calling,)

こぼれた酒と　指で書く
Koboreta sake to yubi de kaku
(by my finger with spilled wine)

海に涙の　ああ愚痴ばかり
Umi ni namida no aa guchi bakari
(Ah, I can just complain the sea in tears)

港　別府　長崎　枕崎
Minato Beppu Nagasaki Makurazaki
(The ports Beppu, Nagasaki, and Makurazaka)


女心の　残り火は
Onna gokoro no nokoribi wa
(The embers of my woman's heart)

燃えて身をやく　桜島
Moete mi wo yaku Sakurajima
(are burning myself, at Sakurajima)

ここは鹿児島　旅路の果てか
Koko wa Kagoshima tabiji no hateka
(This is Kagoshima, the last of my journey)

港　港町　ブルースよ
Minato minato machi buruusu (blues) yo
(The Port, Port Town Blues)


Pictrues of these local port towns are included in my video to match the lyrics in the following order
.
函館 (Hakodate)
宮古 (Miyako)
釜石 (Kamaishi)
気仙沼 (Kesennuma)
三崎 (Misaki)
焼津 (Yaizu) (Not Yaezu)
御前崎 (Omaezaki)
高知 (Kochi)
高松 (Takamatsu)
八幡浜 (Yawatahama) (Not Yahatahama)
別府 (Beppu)
長崎 (Nagasaki)
枕崎 (Makurazaki)
鹿児島 (Kagoshima)
桜島 (Sakurajima)

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[Teng295]

Is it Nagasaki?

[Masami43A]

Please read the description at the right side.

Nagasaki Harbor viewed from Glover Garden is shown toward the end of the series of pictures.

[1040KA]

私も涙が止まりません　特に２番３番の歌詞は永遠に歌い継ぎたいです。

現地の方々m頑張ってください！ーーー合掌

[KittieGeorge]

I have been to Matsushima close to Kesennuma because it had been called the 3 best scenery of Japan.

It was indeed beautiful.

I feel so sorry if that seashore was gone as well as the victims.

Btw, I wonder why people up there did not live on higher place where tsunami would not reach by learning from history.

[mikeikeda2009]

名曲です。

[Criticalheritage]

Beautiful verses. Tribute to those port citeis destroyed by the earthquake.

Therea Teng is a musician who foresaw the future .

[A101144093]

感覺上唱得比森進一還有味道....

[HeSapawin]

Mori Shinichi's Minato-machi Blues was the first song I heard when I arrived in Japan in 1969. I lived in Kitakurihama until 1973. This has been one of my favorite songs from Japan. I have always considered Japan my other home. I met my only true love, Mochizuki Hideomi-san of Fuji City, while living there, and left my heart with him and Japan. Sadly we had to part, but if anyone knows him, please tell him that his Susan has never forgotten the memories that we made.

[tibita21]

本当に涙が出ますね。でも，海を母として生きてきた港町の人々は­，決して海を憎みません。また必ず復興し，三陸の海の幸を世界中­に届けてくれるでしょう。　合　掌

[jj34gtr]

ほんのさっきまで、活気ある湊町が消える。。。時に自然の力は人­の全てを奪う、人の人生を変えてしまう、同じ日本人として小生が­出来ること、小さな寄付金、そしてこの港町を訪れわずかでもお金­を落とすことぐらいしか出来ません。

[ougonfuji]

本当にみなさまのおっしゃるとおりです。

どうかあの情緒ある美しい港街が少しでも早く戻ってきますように­。私たち日本の宝ですから。

[rabi19610921]

テレサの、言葉を暖かく包み込むような歌い方、素晴らしいですね­。宮古、釜石、気仙沼。思わず涙が溢れます。

[kieran196]

This better than the original.

[KIMAJIMESAN]

東日本大震災で被災されたすべての皆さまにこころよりお見舞い申­し上げます。テレサの歌声が尚更心に染みてまいります。テレサも­天国より祈っているに違いありません。避難生活が今暫くは続くと­思われますが、決して焦ることなく復興間違いありませんので、生­まれ変わった近代的な港町が皆さまの前に現れることを期待してお­ります。