中島みゆき – 悪女

Miyuki Nakajima – Bad Woman     

I called Mariko in her room, and  

Kept pretending to be flirting with a man, but  

She seems to be busy, so  

I cannot bother her any longer  

Except for Saturdays, movies end early  

I cannot stay forever at a hotel lobby  

In your room to which I could return  

Your phone is off the hook and on another line  

If you wanna act as a bad woman,

You should avoid a moonlit night

You would be too honest, and

Let out the words you’ve held back

“Don’t walk away”

If you wanna act as a bad woman,

You should first sob barefoot on board a train at dawn

Shedding tears and letting them dry up

I buy cologne not for women,

Apply it to the nape of my neck in front of a mirror at a café in the middle of the night,

Wait for dawn, and get on the first train,

Arrive home while shivering, and

Fire a parting shot intentionally

Throwing away tears and emotions

Until you cease to love me

Until I surrender you to that girl you are hiding

I will act as a bad woman

I avoid a moonlit night

I would become too honest, and

Let out the words I’ve held back

“Don’t walk away”

If you wanna act as a bad woman,

You should first sob barefoot on board a train at dawn

Shedding tears and letting them dry up

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受話器 [juwaki]: a phone receiver, a handset