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Lyrics recall a hillside street, a damaged flowerpot and a white chrysanthemum through images of youth, solitude and memory. This English version is an editorial translation for access; the Japanese text remains available alongside it for comparison.

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日本語原文 Japanese original

　　若き日の六本木
　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　濱野成秋　　作詞
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　ジュン葉山　作曲
　
シシリアの　坂道下くだり
霞町かすみちょうの　谷のひだり手
わが春の　迷いを語る
一輪の　菊ぞ聞きゐて
　
鉢は欠け　転がりたるを
持ち帰り　棚の静寂しじまに
誰たれそ知る　その後の日々や
いかばかり　辛つらき儚はかなき
　
今ぞ見る　幼心おさなごころに
白菊の　遺れるいのち
歌姫の　恋路を愛めでつ
孤独ひとり寝ねの　夜や時雨れて
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English translation 英訳

AI-assisted English translation. The Japanese original remains authoritative.

Down the slope from Sicilia,
on the left side of the valley at Kasumicho,
I speak of the uncertainty of my spring.
A single chrysanthemum listens.

Its pot was chipped and had rolled away.
I brought it home and placed it
in the stillness of a shelf.
Who could know the days that followed—
how harsh, how fleeting?

Now I see within my childlike heart
the life that remained in the white chrysanthemum,
cherishing the songstress’s path of love
while a passing shower softens her solitary night.

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