Chinese soup - Yumi Arai

May 31, 2022

ENGLISH

I sit down in a chair and use my nails

To string some pea pods

If the pods were my heart,

The peas would be men I’ve broken up with

They all spill into the bottom of a pot

They lose their shape when I simmer them down

It’s almost done

I made it for you  Chinese soup

Tonight’s soup is Chinese soup

What if when you came home late

I finely diced some onions

Would it bother you a little bit

To see me shedding a single tear?

They all spill into the bottom of a pot

They lose their shape when I simmer them down 

It’s almost done

I made it for you  Chinese soup

Tonight’s soup is Chinese soup

I made it for you  Chinese soup

Tonight’s soup is Chinese soup

Kanji

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椅子に座って爪を立て
莢えんどうのすじをむく
莢がわたしの心なら
豆はわかれたおとこたち
みんなこぼれて鍋の底
煮込んでしまえば形もなくなる
もうすぐ出来上がり
あなたのために Chinese soup
今夜のスープは Chinese soup

遅い帰りを待つときは
プティオニオンのみじん切り
涙のひとつも流したら
少し気にしてくれるでしょ
みんなこぼれて鍋の底
煮込んでしまえば 形もなくなる
もうすぐ出来上がり
あなたのために Chinese soup
今夜のスープは Chinese soup
あなたのために Chinese soup
今夜のスープは Chinese soup

ROMAJI

isu ni suwatte tsume wo tate

sayaendou no suji wo muku

saya ga watashi no kokoro nara

mame wa wakareta otoko-tachi

minna koborete nabe no sokoni

konde shimaeba katachi mo naku naru

mou sugu dekiagarianata no tame ni Chinese soup

kon’ya no su-pu wa Chinese soup

osoi kaeri wo matsu toki wa

puti onion no mijin-giri

namida no hitotsu mo nagashitara

sukoshi ki ni shite kureru desho

minna koborete nabe no sokoni

konde shimaeba katachi mo naku narumou sugu dekiagari

anata no tame ni Chinese soup

kon’ya no su-pu wa Chinese soup