Operator, number, please
It's been so many years
Will she remember my old voice
While I fight the tears?
Hello, hello there, is this Martha?
This is old Tom Frost
And I am calling long distance
Don't worry 'bout the cost
'Cause it's been forty years or more
Now Martha please recall
Meet me out for coffee
Where we'll talk about it all
交換手さん、悪いけど
ちょっと番号を調べてくれるかい？
もう随分と前のことなんでね
涙を堪えているあいだに
彼女は俺の声を思い出してくれるだろうか
もしもし、マーサかい？
今やすっかり老いぼれた
トム・フロストだよ
遠くからかけてるんだ
支払いは俺持ちさ
もう４０年かそこらだな
マーサ、思い出してくれるかい？
どこかで会って
コーヒーでも飲むわけにはいかないか？
色々と話したいこともあるしね
And those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
あの頃は毎日が薔薇色だった
詩に小説、そしてマーサ
俺にはマーサが、お前には俺が居れば
それでよかった
明日のことなど考えもしない
悲しい出来事があっても
心の中にしまい込んで
雨降りの日にそいつを開けるようにしたものさ
And I feel so much older now
And you're much older too
How's your husband?
And how's your kids?
You know that I got married too?
Lucky that you found someone
To make you feel secure
'Cause we were all so young and foolish
Now we are mature
最近はすっかり年を取ったような気がするんだ
マーサ、でも君もそうだよね
旦那さんや子供たちは元気にしているのかい？
俺も結婚したことは知っているだろう
安心して暮らしていける
そんな甲斐性を持った男と一緒になれて良かったな
俺たちは、ただただ向こう見ずだったんだよ
今はすっかり落ち着いてしまったけれども
And those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I was always so impulsive
I guess that I still am
And all that really mattered then
Was that I was a man
I guess that our being together
Was never meant to be
And Martha, Martha
I love you can't you see?
俺は物事の道理をわきまえないで
思いついたままに動きまわる若造だった
それが男らしさだと思い込んでいたんだよ
俺たちはもともと
一緒になれる見込みはなかったのさ
でも・・・マーサ
俺の心は今でも君にあるんだよ
And those were the days of roses
Poetry and prose and Martha
All I had was you and all you had was me
There was no tomorrows
We'd packed away our sorrows
And we saved them for a rainy day
And I remember quiet evenings
Trembling close to you
今でも覚えているのさ
君と初めて過ごした晩の
心の高まりを
"MARTHA" by TOM WAITS
