Strange fruit - 奇妙な果実 / At last I am free

since 1930

Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.

Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh

Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop
Here is a strange and bitter crop.

奇妙な果実

南部の木は 奇妙な実を付ける

葉は血を流れ 根には血が滴る

黒い体は南部の風に揺れる

奇妙な果実がポプラの木々に垂れている

勇敢な南部ののどかな風景

膨らんだ眼と歪んだ口

マグノリアの香りは甘くて新鮮

すると 突然に肉の焼ける臭い

カラスに啄ばまれる果実がここにある

雨に曝され 風に煽られ日差しに腐り

木々に落ちる奇妙で惨めな作物がここにある。

At last I am free
I can hardly see in front of me
I can hardly see in front of me

At last I am free
I can hardly see in front of me
I can hardly see in front of me

I'm lonely, please listen
To what I say
I can't go onLivin' life this way
I've tried and I've tried
to make you see
You call this love?
All this lyin' my friend It just can't be

At last I am free
I can hardly see in front of me
I can hardly see in front of me

At last I am free
I can hardly see in front of me
I can hardly see in front of me

I'm lonely, please hold me
Come closer  my dear
It feels so good Just havin' you near
But who am I foolin'
When I know it's not real?
I can't hide All this hurt and pain Inside I feel

At last I am free
I can hardly see in front of me
I can hardly see in front of me