『Hotel Arizona (Immigration Song)』kasuganomichiさんの日記

Hotel Arizona
(Hotel California)　by Capitol Steps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FTLfrzguHk

On a cold desert highway, staying just out of sight.
寒い砂漠のハイウエイをただ人目を避けながら歩く
Just like White House crashers, I don’t have an
invite.
ホワイトハウスの侵入者たち同様、私は招待状を持っていない
Up ahead in the distance, has just cactus and sage.
遠くまで見渡す限り、サボテンとサルビアだけしかない
I know I can find a brand new job and now get
minimum wage.
でもここでは最低賃金だけど新しい仕事がもらえるはずだ。
Walking inside the border, a million stars out
tonight.
州境を越えると、百万もの星々が輝いている
I was thinking to myself, this place is heaven if
you were just white.
心でつぶやいた。この地は天国だ、もし白人でさえあれば。
Then I saw a big searchlight, it was headed my
way.
と、突然でっかいサーチライトが私に向かって照らされるのを見た。
I was spotted by a border guard, and then I heard him say,
1人の州境警備員が現れ、そしてこういうんだ。
“Welcome to the state of Arizona!
「アリゾナ州*にようこそ
Let’s have your papers please or you have to leave.
入境に必要な書類を提示しなさい、さもなくば即刻退去だ。
See there isn’t much room in the state of Arizona,
あいにく我がアリゾナ州には余分な土地がないんでね
If you are darker than George Hamilton**.”
ジョージ・ハミルトンより色黒だったらだめだ」
Would you stop Obama, say his race isn’t pure?
「じゃあ、お前の血は純粋ではないからって、オバマを止めるかい？」
“Hehe,last week I stopped somebody named Sonia Sotomayor***.”
「へへ、俺先週もソニア・ソトマイヤーとかいうばばあを止めたよ」
Let me check my pockets, I belong here of course.ポケットを調べてみる。もちろん私はここの住民だよ
I ’ll show you my proof now, if you show me yours.
「あんたが証拠を見せるなら、私も見せよう
Welcome to my homeland I belong here!
ようこそ、私の土地へ、そしてこの地は私のものだ。
Yes I’ve been here five thousand years.
そう、ここには5千年もの間住み着いている。
I’m Navaho I own the land you are on here.
私はナバホ族だ。あんたが今いる土地は私のものだ。
We’ve fought illegal too, since forty ninety two!
我々だって、1492年※以来不法移民たちと戦ってきたんだから。

* アリゾナ州は全米でも最も厳しい移民規制法を持っている。
**　アメリカの松崎しげる。白人だが肌は真っ黒。
***　オバマが指名した、ヒスパニック女性の連邦最高裁判事。

※ コロンブスのアメリカ大陸発見の年。



元歌　Eagles "Hotel California"　(1975年）

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night.


There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
'This could be heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say


Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (any time of year) you can find it here


Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget


So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'we haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty-nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say"


Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face.
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise), bring your alibis


Written by Don Felder, Don Henley and Glenn Frey
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