モズが枯木で [Mozu ga kareki de] [English translation]

The shrikes in the dead trees are singing

I'm hitting thee straw

Grandma uses the cotton gin

The water wheel is spinning

We are all like the last year

But there's something missing

There's not the noise of my older brother's axe

There's not the noise his cutting axe

My older brother went to Manchuria

His gun shone with tears

Shrikes, if you're cold you can sing

My older brother must feel so cold

Shrikes, if you're cold you can sing

My older brother must feel so cold

• Artist:Nobuyasu Okabayashi
• Album:Watashi wo danzai seyo (1969)