【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】The Eagles/イーグルス Hotel California/ホテル・カリフォルニア【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】

アメリカのロック・バンド。
アメリカ西海岸を拠点に活動しながら世界的人気を誇り、トータルセールスは1億2000万枚を超える。
主な代表曲は、「テイク・イット・イージー」「ならず者」「呪われた夜」「ホテル・カリフォルニア」など。

1980年に活動休止、解散したが、1994年に第1期最終メンバーで再結成された。
1998年にロックの殿堂入りを果たした。

1977年リリースのアルバム『ホテル・カリフォルニア』より。
全米ナンバー1　ヒット・ナンバー。
架空のホテルを舞台としている。

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 thinkin’ to myself :
“This could be heaven
and 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
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’re livin’ it up
at the Hotel California,
What a nice surprise,
(What a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice,
and she said:
“We are all just prisoners here,
Of our own device”
And in the master’s chambers
They gathered for the feast,
They stabbed it
with their steely knives,
But they just can’t kill the beast

Last thing I remember,
I was running for the door,
I had to find the passage back
to the place I was before,
“Relax,” said the night man,
“We are programmed to receive,
You can check out anytime you like…
but you can never leave”