Shinagawashinjū Yori o Some

edo no koro
shinagawa wa taisō nigiwatte orimashite
watashi o some wa 'shirakiya (shiroki ya) ' to iu kashi zashiki no ita atama (itaga shira) o tsutomete orimasu
shikashi, wakai musume (ko) -tachi ni dondon okyaku ga tsuite, tsuini wa 'ochappiki'
utsuri kae no okane mo kumen dekinai shimatsu
konna kotonara, isso shin jimaou ka to omou ga
doko ka ni issho ni itte kureru baka wa inai mon ka nē

edo no minami no shinagawashuku wa
uite shizunde ominaeshi
hitoio isshō omoi o komete
shide ni izanau koi modoki
tomoni gyō kimasho konoyonohate ni
oki no oki no shiranui
ēē sode shigure
waka itte dake de chiyahoya sa rete
asamashi ittara arya shinai
otoko mo otokoda
wakai on'nanara nani demo ī tokita monda
maa, ī wa. kashi hon'ya no kinzō o umaku (tara) shi komu koto ga dekita
kore de yōyaku menboku ga tatsu to iu mono
sate, dō yatte shinde yarou ka
atsu, chōdo ī tokoro ni
'chotto chotto, -kin-sa
yoi no myōjō kinachi e chirori
ake no karasu mo naite tobu
ukiyo butai ja shin mo uso mo
ikiru yo su ga no
kime zerifu chotto mattete anoyo no hate de
haru no haru no nagori no
ēē chiri sakura
nani ga warui no sa
otome nante, damashite damasa rete, otagaisama janai no
okane o yumizu no yō ni tsukatte no maiyo maiyo no don chan sawagi
odoru ahō ni miru aho' to wa yoku itta mon sa
jō ni oborete, yoku ni gyakujō (nobo) sete
īkagen tsukare chatta nda yo
sa, mō oshimai
tsuge no yokogushi kono araigami
shitte otosenu shimi hitotsu
kubi o aratta kakugo mo dekita
semete shinu toki ya nikkori to
yume o mita tote shikataganai ga
kiite kiite okureyo
ēē edohauta
issunsakihayami. hontōni dō naru ka wakatta mon jānai monda
sorenishitemo tsuitenai otokoda ne, -kin-san wa
hitori dake itchimatte, warui koto o shi chatta yo
demo, ma shin jatta mon wa shōganai
sotchi ni ittara chanto wabirukara kan'nin ne
gomen yo