GREEN WORKER Translation

何十年だって　何百年だって　汗水垂らして働け

眠るんじゃねえ　休むんじゃねえ　俺たちゃ永遠のWORKER

Nanjuunen da tte   Nanbyakunen da tte   Asemizutarashite hatarake

Nemuru n ja nee   Yasumu n ja nee   Oretacha eien no WORKER

How many decades, how many centuries, have we been working

while dripping with sweat?

We don't sleep, we don't rest, we're eternal workers.

何十年経って　何百年経って　汗も水も枯れちまっても

眠るんじゃねえ　休むんじゃねえ　俺たちゃ骨だけのWORKER

Nanjuunen tatte   Nanbyakunen tatte   Ase mo mizu mo karechamatte mo

Nemuru n ja nee   Yasumu n ja nee   Oretacha hone dake no WORKER

How many decades have passed, how many centuries have passed?

Even if our sweat were to dry,

We won't sleep, we won't rest, we're workers that are nothing but bones.

コンクリートが足に響く　都会の道は固すぎる

明日の為　明後日の為　靴を替えよう

Konkuriito ga ashi ni hibiku   Tokai no michi ha katasugiru

Ashita no tame   Asatte no tame   Kutsu wo kaeyou

The concrete affects our feet. The city's streets are too hard.

For the sake of tomorrow, for the sake of the day after, let's change our shoes.

この街で居場所作るため

この街で腹を満たすため

この街で乾いた喉を濡らすため

Kono machi de ibasho tsukuru tame

Kono machi de hara wo mitasu tame

Kono machi de kawaita nodo wo nurasu tame

So that we make a place to belong in this city,

So that we satisfy our appetites in this city,

So that we moisten our dry throats in this city,

絶望や希望はあるんだ

感情や理屈はあるんだ

誰か　止まっていいんだって言っておくれ

Zetsubou ya kibou ga aru n da

Kanjou ya rikutsu ha aru n da

Dareka   Tomatte ii n da tte itte okure

We have despair and hopes,

We have emotions and reason.

Someone, please tell us it’s okay to stop.

何十年だって　何百年だって　汗水垂らして働いた

Nanjuunen da tte   Nanbyakunen da tte   Asemizutarashite hataraita

How many decades, how many centuries, did we work while dripping with sweat?

眠るんじゃねえ　休むんじゃねえ　まだまだ強靭なWORKER

Nemuru n ja nee   Yasumu n ja nee   Madamada kyoujin na WORKER

We don't sleep, we don't rest, we're extremely tough workers.

骸骨たちが歩き出す　信号は青いまんま

骸骨たちが歩き出す　明日に向かって

Gaikotsutachi ga arukidasu   Shingou ha aoi manma

Gaikotsutachi ga arukidasu   Ashita ni mukatte

Our skeletons begin to walk while the traffic lights are green.

Our skeletons begin to walk towards tomorrow.

この街で居場所作るため

この街で腹を満たすため

この街で乾いた喉を濡らすため

Kono machi de ibasho tsukuru tame

Kono machi de hara wo mitasu tame

Kono machi de kawaita nodo wo nurasu tame

So that we make a place to belong in this city,

So that we satisfy our appetites in this city,

So that we moisten our dry throats in this city,

絶望や希望はあるんだ

感情や理屈はあるんだ

誰か　止まっていいんだって言っておくれ

Zetsubou ya kibou ga aru n da

Kanjou ya rikutsu ha aru n da

Dareka   Tomatte ii n da tte itte okure

We have despair and hopes,

We have emotions and reason.

Someone, please tell us it’s okay to stop.

ああ　死んだって変わらない　ああ　生きたって変わらない

ああ　眠るのが怖い　ああ　休むのが怖い　ああ　疲れ果ててもWORKER

Aa   Shinda tte kawaranai   Aa   Ikita tte kawaranai

Aa   Nemuru no ga kowai   Aa   Yasumu no ga kowai   Aa   Tsukarehatete mo WORKER

Ah, it won't change our deaths. Ah, it won't change that we lived.

Ah, we're afraid to sleep. Ah, we're afraid to rest. Ah, we're exhausted workers.

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