米良美一 - ヨイトマケの唄
カウンターテナー '米良美一'Counter Tenor 'Yoshikazu Mera'카운터 테너 '메라 요시카즈'《Yoitomake no Uta》"For the sake of my husband, heave-ho!""For the sake of my child, heave-ho!""One more time,heave-ho!""One more time,heave-ho!"Still, this song's coming to me, Yoitomake no Uta",Day laborer song, that's my lullaby song.In the lunch time at the construction site,When I smoke with my eyes closed,This song comes up to my mind, Yoitomake no Uta,Day laborer's song, that's for poor workers. When I went to an elementary school, Everybody says "Hey you! day laborer's son of bitch".I was always bullyed and teased terribly.In my mortification with tears,I run away from the classroom.Being crying on my way home,I saw my mother working hard.I saw my mother working hard. With a towel around head, covered with mud,Deeply tanned, in the sweat of her brow,Together with laborers, she was pulling a rope,Looking upwards and singing repeatedlyIn tune at the top of her lungs.I saw my mother working hard.I saw my mother working hard. I was runnning to my house in a hurry,Wishing to be cheered up and hugged by my mother,But when I saw my mother working hard,I gave up weeeping and forgot all the bullying.Then I went back to school.Mumbling away to myself "I swea Mam to study hard".Mumbling away to myself "I swea Mam to study hard". How many years has it been passed since then?I graduated at high school and finished university, too.Nowadays, it's an age of machinery.Further, I've become an IT engineer.Look at me! Mam, who died after many hard works.Look at my job, Mam! my brave figure, Mam! I was sometimes on the verge of going astray,But finally I stayed on the right track.Than any other beautifull songs,Than any other beautifull voices,My mother's song was more encouraging and consoled me.My mother's song is certainly the best in the world.My mother's song is indeed the best in the world. Now this song remainds me of that Yoitomake no Uta,Day laborer song, that's my lullaby song."For the sake of my husband, heave-ho!""For the sake of my child, heave-ho!""One more time,heave-ho!""One more time,heave-ho!"