おのれ道(みち) :My Own Path

Lyrics from the ending song of the anime "Gokusen"

おのれ道(みち) :My Own Path

泣(な)き声(ごえ)あげて

人(ひと)は皆(みな)生(う)まれるの

この世(よ)で背負(せお)う

幾重(いくえ)の悲(かな)しみや

心(こころ)の痛(いた)み

辛(つら)いから

一人(ひとり)で震(ふる)える日々(ひび)は

私(わたし)の両手(りょうて)が掃(は)ききれないは

険(けわ)しい山(やま)はおのれ道(みち)

振(ふ)り返(かえ)らずに進(すす)め

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My Translation (line by line)

Crying voices are rising.

Persons all being born of

this generation are burdened with

multitudes of sorrow and

heartaches

that comes out of bitterness.

My lonely, shivering days,

both my hands cannot brush away.

The steep mountain that is my own path;

I can move on, by not looking back.

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Translation from the anime

Everybody cries

When being born

It’s because life in this world is burdened with

Repeated sadness and

distress

Bringing bitterness to everybody

The days I trembled alone

Cannot be swept away by my hands

Even if my fate looks like leading to a steep mountain,

I will keep going forward, never looking back.