[Verse 1]
In the evening, after transplanting the carrots,
I went to the landlord’s house to pay the rent for the field.
Eggplants were bearing fruit in the garden patch,
And the cabbages were forming tight heads.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
As I rattled the heavy, stiff door
Open, the landlord came out to the entrance.
[Chorus 1]
We struck up a lively conversation at the doorway,
Losing all track of time.
As stories from the past came pouring out.
It was the very essence of country life.
[Verse 2]
He was a good-natured man who accepted the payment.
When I asked, “Is five thousand yen a year really enough?”
He replied, “You don’t seem to be making much profit from the crops there, and I have no plans to use the land myself, so it’s fine.”
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Then, he began to reminisce. He told me how his family used to raise pigs when he was in elementary school.
[Chorus 2]
We struck up a lively conversation at the doorway,
Losing all track of time.
As stories from the past came pouring out.
It was the very essence of country life.
[Instrumental Solo]
[Verse 3]
He’d come home from school to an empty house,
And just as he was entering the garden,
Some of the pigs would break loose;
He’d chase after them as they fled into the field,
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Since they kept running further and further away,
He would sprint along the furrow next to them.
[Chorus 3]
We struck up a lively conversation at the doorway,
Losing all track of time.
As stories from the past came pouring out.
It was the very essence of country life.
[Bridge]
Overtake them, and drive them back from the opposite direction;
The pigs would turn around and head back the way they came,
Allowing him to successfully herd them safely into the garden.
[Final Chorus]
We struck up a lively conversation at the doorway,
Losing all track of time.
As stories from the past came pouring out.
It was the very essence of country life.
[Outro]
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