FUTARI DE OSAKE WO
(M. Yamaji / M. Hirao)

Michiyo Azusa - 1974
Teresa Teng - 1976


Uramikko nashi de wakare masyou ne
Sarari to mizu ni subete nagashite
Shinpai shinai de hitorikkiri wa
Kodomo no koro kara narete iru no yo
Soredemo tamani sabishiku nattara
Futari de osake wo nomi masyou ne
Nomi masyou ne

Itawari atte wakare masyou ne
Kou natta nomo otagai no sei
Anata to watashi wa nitamono doushi
Ketten bakari ga medatsu futari yo
Dochira ka kyu ni sabishiku nattara
Futari de osake wo nomi masyou ne
Nomi masyou ne

Dounika narudesyo koko no machi no
Dokoka de watashi wa ikite iku no yo
Soredemo tamani sabishiku nattara
Futari de osake wo nomi masyou ne
Nomi masyou ne 


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SAKE FOR TWO
(English Translation)
(M. Yamaji / M. Hirao)
Michiyo Azusa - 1974
Teresa Teng - 1976


We'd better separate without grudge against each other
Forget everything completely with no regret
Don't worry about me
I had been alone all my life since I was a child
And yet sometimes we feel lonely
Why don't we drink sake together
Drink together

We'd better separate taking care of each other
It is both of us to be blamed
You and I are much the same
Only our faults are marked
If one of us feels lonely casually
Why don't we drink sake together
Drink together

I shall get along somehow
I'll be living somewhere in this town
And yet sometimes we feel lonely
Why don't we drink sake together
Drink together



(Contributed by Nori Iwato - October 2003)