AKAI KUTSU
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akai kutsu

akai kutsu haiteta onna no ko
ijinsan ni tsurerarete icchatta

Yokohama no hatoba kara fune ni notte
ijinsan ni tsurerarete icchatta

ima dewa aoi me ni nacchatte
ijinsan no okuni ni irundaro

akai kutsu miru tabi kangaeru
ijinsan ni au tabi kangaeru


English Translation

Red Shoes

A young girl with red shoes,
gone far away with a foreigner.

She rode on a ship from Yokohama pier,
gone far away with a foreigner.

I imagine right now she has become blue-eyed,
living in that foreigner's country.

Every time I see red shoes, I think of her.
And every time I meet a foreigner, I think of her.