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Itsuki no Komoriuta（五木の子守唄)

おどま盆ぎり　盆ぎり
盆から先ゃ　おらんど
盆が早よ来りゃ　早よもどる
 
おどまかんじん　かんじん
あん人達ゃ　よか衆（しゅう）
よかしゃよか帯（おび）　よか着物（きもん）
 
おどんが打死（うっちん）だちゅて
誰（だい）が泣いてくりょか
裏の松山　蝉（せみ）が鳴く
 
蝉じゃ　ござんせぬ
妹（いもと）でござる
妹泣くなよ　気にかかる
 
おどんが打死（うっちん）だば
道端（みちばた）いけろ
通る人ごち　花あぎゅう
 
花はなんの花
つんつん椿
水は天から　貰い水
 
Translation

The Lullaby of Itsuki

I will stay here until Bon comes.
As soon as Bon is over, I will not be here.
The sooner Bon comes, the sooner I can go home.
 
I am a beggar, just a beggar
They are rich people.
With good sashes and good dresses.
 
Who will cry for me
When I die?
Only the cicadas in the mountain behind the house.
 
No, it’s not cicadas.
It’s my little sister.
Don’t cry, little sister, I will be worried about you.
 
When I'm dead,
Bury me by the roadside.
The passers-by will lay flowers for me.
 
What flowers will they lay?
Cam-cam-camellias
The water will come falling down from the sky.
 
*Bon - Buddhist feast on and around September 15, when apprentices were given holidays.
 
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Comments
tonyltonyl    Sun, 01/01/2017 - 17:36

Hey, I hope I haven't annoyed you with questions,

「花あぐる」, あぐる, are you sure?
Could you please explain some of the "different" things, like what 打死（うっちん）だちゅて means exactly, 貰い水, and おらんど?

Maybe the lyrics are a bit off? Because they're different here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxp6ATnJp3g&ab_channel=%E9%BB%92%E6%BE%A... (second song)

snoriosnorio
   Mon, 02/01/2017 - 12:15

五木の子守歌 is an old local lullaby passed down orally and therefore there are quite a few texts more or less different from each other. In the video she sings 花あぎゅう, so I changed it accordingly.

I think うっちんだ(打死んだ） is a pejorative expression of dying used for bad or miserable persons.

もらいみず（貰い水） is the water you are given. 貰う means to be given.
おらんど：おらん is a negative form of おる which means to be or to exist.
ど is a suffix like よ or ね showing the sentiment of the speaker such as joy, anger, longing etc.

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