“I SOMETIMES THINK” (FOR F. E. H.) I sometimes think as here I sit Of things I have done, Which seemed in doing not unfit To face the sun: Yet never a soul has paused a whit On such - not one.
There was that eager strenuous press To sow good seed; There was that saving from distress In the nick of need; There were those words in the wilderness: Who cared to heed?
Yet can this be full true, or no? For one did care, And, spiriting into my house, to, fro, Like wind on the stair, Cares still, heeds all, and will, even though I may despair.
Do not keep to yourself the secret of your heart, my friend! Say it to me, only to me, in secret. You who smile so gently, softly whisper, my heart will hear it, not my ears.
The night is deep, the house is silent, the birds' nests are shrouded with sleep. Speak to me through hesitating tears, through faltering smiles, through sweet shame and pain, the secret of your heart!
Title: 青いうさぎ / Aoi Usagi Singer: Sakai Noriko Theme song for: Hoshi no Kinka
Lyrics あとどれくらい 切なくなれば ato dore kurai setsunaku nareba あなたの声が聴こえるかしら anata no koe ga kikoeru kashira なにげない言葉を瞳合わせて ただ静かに nani ge nai kotoba wo hitomi awasete tada shizukani 交わせるだけでいい kawaseru dake de ii 他にはなんにもいらない hoka ni wa nanni mo iranai
碧いうさぎ ずっと待ってる aoi usagi zutto matteru 独りきりで震えながら hitorikiri de furuenagara 淋しすぎて 死んでしまうわ samishisugite shindeshimau wa 早く暖めて欲しい hayaku atatamete hoshii
あとどれくらい 傷ついたなら ato dore kurai kizu tsuita nara あなたに辿りつけるのかしら anata ni tadori tsukeru no kashira 洗いたてのシャツの匂いに抱きすくめられたら araitate no shatsu no nioi ni daki sukumeraretara 痛みも悲しみも itami mo kanashimi mo すべてが流れて消えるわ subete ga nagarete kieru wa
碧いうさぎ 鳴いているのよ aoi usagi naiteiru no yo そう あなたに聴こえるように sou anata ni kikoeru you ni たとえ ずっと届かなくても tatoe zutto todokanakute mo 永遠に愛しているわ eien ni aishiteiru wa
碧いうさぎ aoi usagi 宇宙を翔けてく sora wo kaketeku 心照らす光放ち kokoro terasu hikari hanachi 愛の花に夢をふりまき 明日へと Ah ai no hana ni yume wo furimaki ashita he to Ah
碧いうさぎ 祈り続ける aoi usagi inori tsuzukeru どこかに居るあなたのため doko ka ni iru anata no tame 今の二人 救えるものは ima no futari sukueru mono wa きっと真実だけだから kitto shinjitsu dake dakara
酒井法子 - 碧いうさぎ Blue Rabbit*
How much longer until my suffering is over? Perhaps, Darling, I can hear your voice? I turn my eyes toward your casually spoken words If we were only to exchange our thoughts in silence That would be fine—that would be all that I need
Blue rabbit, I’ve been waiting for you all this time All alone and shivering in the cold So lonely I feel I could die Hurry, please warm me up with your love
How much longer must I endure this pain? Perhaps, Darling, I can follow after you? The smell of your freshly washed shirt could envelop and rescue me My pain and sorrow—everything will be washed away
Blue rabbit, I’m screaming so loud! I want you, Darling, to be able to hear me Even if I never get to tell you directly I love you, Darling, forever and ever!
Blue rabbit, gliding across the sky You release the light of my heart to shine As love’s flower blossoms into my dream of tomorrow and beyond!
Blue rabbit, I continue to pray Wherever you are, for your sake, Darling Because the two of us, who once were lost but now are saved Absolutely saved by true love
The blue rabbit comes from Japanese folk mythology, handed down to children from their parents.
The rabbit lives on the moon—and at night, if you look closely, you can see the rabbit, blue in the moonlight, making mochi (traditional Japanese rice cake).
安里屋ユンタ Asadoya-yunta：石嶺聡子・南こうせつ・我如古より子 "Asadoya Yunta" originates in Taketomi Island in Okinawa. It is a very popular song, singing about a beautiful lady, "Asadoya nu Kuyama" who was brave enough to reject the wedding proposal from a government man. The Japanese government came to Ryukyu and ruled around that era, so this song has a little anti-government theme. The Asadoya nu Kuyama's house is one of the tourist attractions in Taketomi Island. If you are on a water buffalo ride, the Ojii will play sanshin and song it for you! There is a slow version, called "Asadoya Bushi." The words are same but the melody is quite different. The most popular version is called "Shin Asadoya Yunta" and the words are not in Yaeyama dialect, but in standard Japanese. It does not sing about Asadoya nu Kuyama at all. The sanshin (三線, literally meaning "Three strings") is an Okinawan musical instrument and precursor of the Japanese shamisen. Often likened to a banjo, it consists of a snakeskin-covered body, neck and three strings.
Its close resemblance in both appearance and name to the Chinese sanxian suggests its Chinese origins, the old Ryūkyū Kingdom (pre-Japanese Okinawa) having very close ties with China. In the 16th century, the sanshin reached the Japanese trading port at Sakai in Osaka, Japan. In mainland Japan, it evolved into the larger shamisen.
The Okinawan names for the strings are (from thick to thin) uujiru (男絃, "male string"), nakajiru (中絃, "middle string"), and miijiru (女絃, "female string"). The strings are white, except in Amami, where they are yellow. "Yunta" is a style of songs, which is a very basic components to make the Yaeyama songs and dances very special from other parts of Okinawa. Yunta sing about intensive labors (farming), a joy of and a prayer for an abundant harvest of crops, love, building houses, etc. in a narrative fashion (From this link:http://live.arukikata.co.jp/d/r/211/m/uFS_n2iLWRk/)
I Am As I Am I am as I am and so will I be, But how that I am none knoweth truly; Be it evil be it well, be I bond be I free, I am as I am and so will I be.
I lead my life indifferently; I mean nothing but honestly; And though folks judge full diversely, I am as I am and so will I die.
I do not rejoice nor yet complain, Both mirth and sadness I do refrain, And use the mean, since folk will feign; Yet I am as I am, be it pleasure or pain.
Divers do judge as they do trow, Some of pleasure and some of woe, Yet for all that nothing they know; But I am as I am wheresoever I go.
But since judgers do thus decay, Let every man his judgment say; I will it take in sport and play, For I am as I am whosoever say nay.
Who judgeth well, well God him send; Who judgeth evil, God them amend; To judge the best therefore intend, For I am as I am and so will I end.
Yet some there be that take 'delight To judge folks' thoughts for envy and spite; But whether they judge me wrong or right, I am as I am and so do I write,
Praying you all that this do read To trust it as you do your creed, And not to think I change my weed. For I am as I am however I speed.
But how that is I leave to you; Judge as ye list false or true; Ye know no more than afore ye knew, Yet I am as I am whatever ensue.
And from this mind I will not flee, But to you all that misjudge me, I do protest as ye may see, That I am as I am and so will be.
Climbing a hill road, far far away If you stop walking, you'll be passed If you dream, what's left of the darkness in the night sky Will pierce like fireworks In your smiling softly You warm people Without even trying Sometimes I want you to listen to the feelings choking up my heart Oh love, oh love, oh my love Please sleep within my heart
Carrying heavy luggage by myself If I run out of breath, I'll be passed up If I go along quickly, life is short If I go along at my leisure, it's a long way I've followed the seven colored raindow Remembering that far away day I was tired of waiting for a festival night I won't forget that excitement Oh love, oh love, on nights that I want to cry It's alright to cry within my heart
In forgetting to smile You break people's hearts Without even trying Sometimes, summon the courage to trust everything to others
Oh love, oh love, oh my love Please sleep within my heart
Oh love, oh love, oh my love Please sleep within my heart
Romaji Kanayo Kanayo
Tooku tooku noboru saka michi ashi wo tomereba oiko sareteku Yume wo mireba hanabi no you ni nokoru yozora no kurasa ga shimiru Anata ga sotto hohoemu dakede Atakaku naru hito ga iru kara Ganbara naide Tama ni wa mune ni tsukaeta omoi kikasete hoshii Kanayo kanayo itoshii hito yo Kono mune de nemuri nasai
Omoi ni motsu hitori deshotte iki wo kiraseba saki wo kosareru Isoi de yukeba mijikai inochi nonbiri yukeba nagai michinori Manairo no niji oikaketeita Tooi ano hi wo omoidashite Matsuri no yoru wo machi wabite ita Ano toki meki wo wasure naide Kanayo kanayo nakitai yoru wa Kono mune de nakeba ii
Anata ga egao wasureru dakede Kokoro ga itamu hito ga iru kara Ganbara naide Tama ni wa hito ni subete makaseru yuuki wo dashite
Kanayo kanayo itoshii hito yo Kono mune de nemuri nasai
Kanayo kanayo itoshii hito yo Kono mune de nemuri nasai
Down By The Salley Gardens~William Butler Yeats Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs; But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
William Butler Yeats
Written in 1889
Salley=Willow
In Chinese: 走進莎莉花園，我和我的愛人相遇； 她踏著雪白的纖足，穿越莎莉花園。 她請我從容的對待這份愛，像依偎在樹上的群葉； 但我是如此年輕而無知，不曾細聽她的心聲。
島人の宝 - 夏川りみ Boku ga umareta kono shima no sora o Boku wa dore kurai shite iru n darou Kagayaku hoshi mo nagareru kumo mo Namae o hikaretemo wakaranai Demo dare yori dare yori mo shitte iru Kanashii toki mo ureshii toki mo Nando mo miagete ita kono sora o Kyoukashou ni kaite aru koto dake ja wakaranai Taisetsu na mono ga kitto koko ni aru hazu sa Sore ga shimanchu nu takara Boku ga umareta kono shima no umi o Boku wa dore kurai shitte iru n darou Yogereteku sango mo hette yuku sakana mo Doushitara ii noka wakaranai Demo dare yori dare yori mo shitte iru Suna ni mamirete nami ni yurarete Sukoshi zutsukawatte yuku kono umi o Terebi de wa utsusenai rajio demo nagasenai Taisetsu na mono ga kitto koko ni aru hazu sa Sore ga shimanchu nu takara Boku ga umareta kono shima no uta o Boku wa dore kurai shitte iru n darou Tubarama mo densaa bushi mo Kotoba no imi sae wakaranai Demo dare yori dare yori mo shitte iru Iwai no yoru mo matsuri no asa mo Doko kara ga kikoete kuru kono uta o Itsu no hi ka kono shima o hanareteku sono hi made Taisetsu na mono motto fukaku shite itai Sore ga shimanchu nu takara
Don Williams "You're My Best Friend" You placed gold on my finger You brought love like I've never known You gave life to our children And to me, a reason to go on.
Chorus: You're my bread when I'm hungry You're my shelter from troubled winds You're my anchor in life's ocean But most of all, you're my best friend
When I need hope and inspiration You're always strong when I'm tired and weak I could search this whole world over You'd still be everything that I need.
Repeat Chorus twice
Some Broken Hearts~Don Williams Coffee black, cigarettes, start this day, like all the rest, First thing every morning that I do, is start missing you
(Chorus) Some broken hearts never mend, some memories never end, some tears will never dry, my love for you will never die
(music)
Rendezvous in the night, A willing woman to hold me tight, But in the middle of love's embrace, I see you're face
童神 (warabegami) 天からの恵み 受きてぃ此ぬ世界に ten karano megumi uki tei konu sekai ni 生まりたぬ産子 我身ぬむい育てぃ uma ritanu san ko wagami numui sodate i イラヨーヘイ イラヨーホイ irayo^hei irayo^hoi イラヨー愛し思産子 irayo^ itoshi omoi san ko
泣くなヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー naku na yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 太陽ぬ光受きてぃ taiyou nu hikari uki tei ゆういりヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー yuuiri yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 勝さあてぃ給り kachi saatei kyuu ri
夏ぬ節来りば 涼風ゆ送てぃ natsu nu fushi kuri ba suzukaze yu okute i 冬ぬ節来りば 懐るに抱ちょてぃ fuyu nu fushi kuri ba futokoro runi hou chotei イラヨーヘイ イラヨーホイ irayo^hei irayo^hoi イラヨー愛し思産子 irayo^ itoshi omoi san ko 泣くなヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー naku na yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 天ぬ光受きてぃ ten nu hikari uki tei ゆういりヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー yuuiri yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 大人なてぃ給り otona natei kyuu ri
雨風ぬ吹ちん 渡る此ぬ浮世 amakaze nu sui chin wataru konu ukiyo 風がたかなとてぃ 産子花咲かさ kaze gatakanatotei san ko hanasaki kasa イラヨーヘイ イラヨーホイ irayo^hei irayo^hoi イラヨー愛し思産子 irayo^ itoshi omoi san ko 泣くなヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー naku na yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 天ぬ光受きてぃ ten nu hikari uki tei ゆういりヨーや ヘイヨー ヘイヨー yuuiri yo^ ya heiyo^ heiyo^ 高人なてぃ給り taka nin natei kyuu ri
