Intro ハイ、お待ちどう [Hai, omachidō / Here you are, thanks for waiting.] [Verse 1] 信州信濃の 新そばよりも [Shinshū Shinano no shin-soba yori mo / More than Shinano’s fresh harvest soba,] わたしゃ貴方の そばがいい [Watasha anata no soba ga ii / I’d rather be by your side.] 湯気の向こうで 笑う顔 [Yuge no mukō de warau kao / Your smiling face beyond the steam] それが何より ごちそうよ [Sore ga nani yori gochisō yo / that’s the greatest treat of all.] [Chorus] そばがいい そばがいい [Soba ga ii soba ga ii / By your side, by your side] わたしゃ貴方の そばがいい [Watasha anata no soba ga ii / I’d rather be by your side.] 十割よりも 二八より [Jūwari yori mo nihachi yori / More than pure buckwheat soba or an eighty;twenty blend,] 貴方の隣が 一番よ [Anata no tonari ga ichiban yo / being next to you is best of all.] [Verse 2] 更科そばの 白さを見れば [Sarashina soba no shirosa o mireba / When I see the whiteness of Sarashina soba,] 浮かぶ畑の 蕎麦の花 [Ukabu hatake no soba no hana / buckwheat flowers in a field come to mind.] わたしゃ貴方の そばで咲きたい [Watasha anata no soba de sakitai / I want to bloom by your side.] 小さな花でも かまわない [Chiisana hana demo kamawanai / I don’t mind being just a little flower.] [Verse 3] 手繰る蕎麦なら 短くあれど [Taguru soba nara mijikaku aredo / Though the soba I draw up may be short,] 貴方とわたしの 縁は長く [Anata to watashi no en wa nagaku / may the bond between us last.] 赤い糸まで そっと手繰って [Akai ito made sotto tagutte / Gently drawing in our red thread too,] 結んでおこうよ ほどけぬように [Musunde okō yo hodokenu yō ni / let’s tie it so it won’t come undone.] [Bridge] つゆに涙が ひとしずく [Tsuyu ni namida ga hitoshizuku / A single tear falls into the soba broth.] 恋の涙の 露しぐれ [Koi no namida no tsuyushigure / Tears of love - a shower of falling dew.] 貴方は露ほども 知らないね [Anata wa tsuyu hodo mo shiranai ne / You haven’t the slightest idea, have you,] 笑顔の裏の この想い [Egao no ura no kono omoi / of these feelings behind my smile.] [Final Chorus] そばがいい そばがいい [Soba ga ii soba ga ii / By your side, by your side] やっぱり貴方の そばがいい [Yappari anata no soba ga ii / after all, I’d rather be by your side.] 冷めたつゆでも 伸びた麺でも [Sameta tsuyu demo nobita men demo / Even if the broth has cooled and the noodles have gone soft,] 貴方の隣が 一番よ [Anata no tonari ga ichiban yo / being next to you is best of all.] [Outro] ごちそうさまは まだ言わない [Gochisōsama wa mada iwanai / I’m not saying “thanks for the meal” just yet.] 貴方のそばに いさせてね [Anata no soba ni isasete ne / Let me stay by your side.]
