Monja （竹とんぼ） from 幕ノ内 / MAKUNOUCHI by 円人図　/　ENGINEZ

(Japanese - Original)
【】竹とんぼ【】
暇すぎるぜ
平日にやることがないって
ボンクラの典型的（いつも）のピース

電話したぜ
「今日、なにしてんの?」なんて聞いたら
「働け!」真面目なのね

隅田川のほとりでボクは　煙草のけむりと雲を重ねて

このままボクも消えちゃうかな　涙が ドラマのように
こぼれて上を向いたらカラスが笑ってた
こんな日だっても　まぁいいじゃん？

メールは見ねぇ
仕事は考えたくもないって
明日ね　全て後回し

大空飛べ
竹とんぼが宙（そら）を舞って墜ちる
下手くて　オイラみたいだ

下町の風情に酔い痴れ　どうにかなる　口笛を吹きながら

夕陽が落ちて今日が終わる　帰り道ふと気づいたんだ
明日も未来もこのままじゃ　終わってる人生だと
世界が笑う　ヤバいじゃん！

下町の風情に酔い痴れ　どうにかなる　口笛を吹きながら

夕陽が落ちて今日が終わる　帰り道ふと気づいたんだ
明日も未来もこのままじゃ　終わってる人生だと
カラスが笑ってた　世界も笑ってた　こんな日があったら　ヤバいじゃん！


(Japanese - Transliteration)
【】Take-tombo【】
Hima sugiru ze
Heijitsu ni yaru koto ga nai tte
Bonkura no tenkei-tekina (itsumo no) pīsu

Denwa shita ze
“Kyō, nani shite n no?” Nante kītara
“Hatarake!” Majime na no ne

Sumidagawa no hotori de boku wa, tabako no kemuri to kumo o kasanete

Konomama boku mo kiechau ka na, namida ga, dorama no yō ni
Koborete ue o muitara karasu ga waratteta
Konna hi ga atte mo, ma~ ī jan?

Mēru wa mine~
Shigoto nante kangaetaku mo nai tte
Ashita ne, subete ato-mawashi

Ōzora o tobe
Taketombo ga chū (sora) o matte ochiru
Heta kute oira mitai da

Shita-machi no fuzei ni yoi shire, dōnika naru, kuchibue o fukinagara
Yūhi ga ochite kyō ga owaru, kaeri-michi fu to kidzuita nda
Ashita mo mirai mo ko no mama ja, owatteru jinsei da to
Sekai ga warau, yabai jan!

Shita-machi no fuzei ni yoi shire, dōnika naru, kuchibue o fukinagara

Yūhi ga ochite kyō ga owaru, kaeri-michi fu to kidzuita nda
Ashita mo mirai mo ko no mama ja, owatteru jinsei da to
Karasu ga waratteta sekai mo waratteta kon'na hi ga attara yabai jan!


(English - Translation)
【】Monja【】
Ain’t got shit to do, man
It’s a weekday and I’ve got nowhere to be
That’s the downtown life, quintessential peace

I called your phone, man
I asked you, “Anything going on today?”
“Get a job!” Such a harsh thing to say

I’m sitting by the Sumida riverbank, cigarette smoke blends in with cumulus clouds

If I keep on going this way I’ll disappear like the smoke, tears falling down like something from a TV show
Flowing down but I keep my head up high, ravens laughing at me
Even a day like this, maybe it’s all right?

Ain’t checking my messages
I said I don’t even wanna think about work
Tomorrow, just put it all off til then

Taketombo fly away
Bamboo copter whirls through the air and falls
Such a piece of shit, just like me down here

Intoxicated with this downtown charm, what’ll become of me? Just whistling a tune

Sun’s going down and another day is ending, suddenly found the way back
Another day and again tomorrow always the same, it’s a deadend life, that’s what
They’ll laugh at me. Ah shit, man!

Intoxicated with this downtown charm, what’ll become of me? Just whistling a tune

Sun’s going down and another day is ending, suddenly found the way back
Another day and again tomorrow always the same, it’s a deadend life, that’s what
The ravens laughed at me, the world laughed at me, even a day like this, that’s shit, man!


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Translation by Alexander Michaelson

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