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In the translations I can find of the verse below, the singer is the one doing
the hitting. Why is that? My mind interprets this as a passive verb,
indicating the singer is being struck? It's a very famous song.

> 夕焼け帰り道  
>  あなたに一度だけ  
>  **ぶたれて** 泣いて帰ったの  
>  寒い道ひとりで走った  
>

If the translation is correct, meaning the singer is the performer of the
action, a follow-up question would be: how would it be phrased if she was the
one being hit?
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Does ぶたれて mean being hit or hitting someone?
It's pretty clear that it means "being hit". The preceding あなたに in the verse
makes it clear that the person doing the hitting is the listener ("あなた"), not
the speaker. Although the one receiving the hitting is not made explicit, it
cannot be あなた, and the most reasonable assumption is that it is the speaker.

I'm not sure where you saw those translations in which the singer is the one
doing the hitting, but [the one I found
online](https://lyricstranslate.com/en/%E5%86%AC%E3%81%AE%E6%97%A5%E3%81%AE%E5%B8%B0%E3%82%8A%E9%81%93-fuyu-
no-hi-no-kaeri-michi-winter-day-way-back-home.html) translates the part in
question as "You hit me" (where "me" is the singer).
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