A Memory ~ William Allingham (1824-1889)

A Memory
Four ducks on a pond,
A grass-bank beyond,
A blue sky of spring,
White clouds on the wing;
What a little thing
To remember for years-
To remember with tears!

William Allingham

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – 桜 Cherry Blossoms

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – Cherry Blossoms

Lyrics: FUNKY MONKEY BABYS, Kawamura Yuka
Music: FUNKY MONKEY BABYS , Kawamura Yuka

*Tears of gratitude are overflowing in my heart now
I want to protect you forever, forever
Cherry blossoms fall, they fall on us as we feel brand new
Let’s walk hand in hand forever, forever
Until the end of time…

I’ll speak from my heart now and tell you how I truly feel for the first time
I have these emotions, without any lies, only for you
It was so hard for me but I never showed it to anyone else
With you, I felt like I could shed all the tears I kept deep in my heart
From here on out, this path we’re walking on together
Will be full of happiness, sadness and many other things
But you’re not alone anymore because I’ll protect you forever
You gave me all this strength that I have now

(Repeat*)

How many times have we watched these cherry blossoms?
I want to see them again next year and the year after that
I want to see the future we’ve been building up together all this time
The spring wind blew gently and softly caressed your hair
Your smile is precious to me, I want you by my side forever
At first I only had my own dreams, but now I share yours
So my dream now is to protect you until yours come true
I’m sure we’ll fight sometimes, but we’ll make it through each one
Just making you happy is everything to me

(Repeat*)

As the days roll by me it feels like I’ll lose sight of them
But when I look at you a smile suddenly appears on my face
I’ll never forget that small joy

We met, we laughed, and inside our clasped hands
We softly, softly warmed our love
After winter, we started walking together on this path
Where the cherry blossoms fall forever, forever

Tears of gratitude are overflowing in my heart now
I want to protect you forever, forever
Cherry blossoms fall, they fall as we feel brand new
Let’s walk hand in hand forever, forever
Until the end of time…

FUNKY MONKEY BABYS – 桜
作詩：FUNKY MONKEY BABYS・川村結花
作曲：FUNKY MONKEY BABYS・川村結花
※ありがとうの涙が今　この胸にあふれてるよ
ずっとずっと　君を守りたい
桜が降る　桜が降る　あたらしい僕らの上に
ずっとずっと　手をつないで歩いて行こう
いつまでも、、、※
今　初めて　打ち明けるよ　僕の本当の気持ちを
大好きな君にだけ　偽りの無いこの気持ちを
ずっと苦しかった　誰にも見せなかった
胸の奥の方にたまった涙　君となら流せる気がした
これから先　僕と君が　歩いていくこの道には
嬉しい事　悲しい事　いろいろあると思う
だけどもう一人じゃない　僕がずっと守るから
そんな強さをくれたのは　全部君なんだ
(※くり返し)
二人で見る何回目の桜だろう？　また来年再来年も見たいよ
今までこれからも明日からも　共に築きあげていく未来を
柔らかく吹いた春の風が　そっと君の髪をなびかせた
その笑顔が愛おしい　ずっと僕のそばにいてほしい
もともと一人だけの夢だったはずが　君の夢も重なって
それを叶えるために君を守りぬく事が　今の夢になって
たまにはケンカをすることもあるだろう　でも一つ一つ乗り越えて
ただ君を幸せにする事が　今の僕も全て
(※くり返し)
流される日々の中　見失いそうだけど
ふと君を見たら　何気ない笑顔で
そんな小さな幸せ　ずっと忘れないから
君と出会い　君と笑い　つないだ手のひらの中で
そっとそっと暖めた想いが
冬を越えて歩き出した　僕らのこの道の上に
ずっとずっと　桜が降る
ありがとうの涙が今　この胸にあふれてるよ
ずっとずっと　君を守りたい
桜が降る　桜が降る　あたらしい僕らの上
ずっとずっとずっと　手をつないで歩いて行こう
いつまでも、、、

Nature Is What We See- ~ Emily Dickinson

Nature Is What We See—
"Nature" is what we see—
The Hill—the Afternoon—
Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—
Nay—Nature is Heaven—
Nature is what we hear—
The Bobolink—the Sea—
Thunder—the Cricket—
Nay—Nature is Harmony—
Nature is what we know—
Yet have no art to say—
So impotent Our Wisdom is
To her Simplicity.

Emily Dickinson

Home ~ Angela Aki For JiaJia

HOME
Lyrics & Music: Angela Aki
Romaji & English translation by: cori
sensai na ito de soboku na machi ni shibaritsukerareteta koro
miageru tabi ni sora wa utsushita, haruka ni tooi sekai wo
chiisana basho wo ato ni shite kara dore kurai mou tatsu no darou
Home is calling
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
I was tied to this simple town with a fine thread
& whenever I looked up, the sky reflected a distant world far away
After I leave this small place behind, I wonder how much time will pass till
Home is calling

furusato kokoro no naka de ima demo yasashiku hibiiteru
samishisa ga shimitsuita yume no nai yoru ni wa anata wo yonde iru
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
Even now, my home is echoing gently in my heart
On the dreamless nights tainted with loneliness, I'm calling you

tokai no sora ni yume wo takushite kokoro wo gisei ni shiteru
yashin to ai no chouwa ga torezu daremo ga samayotte iru
kazaranakatta seijitsu na hibi kono goro nazeka koishiku omou
Home is calling
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
I entrust my dreams to the city sky, sacrificing my soul
Ambition & love don't mix; everyone is wandering about
They were honest, ungarnished days & for some reason, I recently think of them fondly
Home is calling

furusato taezu ni ai shite kureta sonna hito no kao wo
mou ichido mite mitai, kyoushuu ni karare anata wo yonde iru
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
I want to once again see the faces
of the people in my hometown who constantly gave me love
Homesick, I'm calling out to you

kako to ima no aida no tobari wo sotto hiraite miru to
sora no wareme kara koboreru hikari ga meguru jidai wo sashite ita
Home is calling
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
When I open the curtain between the past & the present,
The light spilling from the break in the sky, shines on the revolving times
Home is calling

furusato kokoro no naka de ima demo yasashiku hibiku yo
todomaru koto wo shiranai kibou ni mi wo makasete itemo
samishisa ga shimitsuita yume no nai yoru ni wa anata wo yonde iru
Home is always calling out my name
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
Even now, my home is echoing gently in my heart
Even if I trust myself to the hope with no limits
On the dreamless nights tainted with loneliness, I'm calling you
Home is always calling out my name

samishisa ga shimitsuita yume no nai yoru ni wa
anata wo yonde iru
furusato wo yonde iru
。・☆。・☆・。。・☆。・☆・。
On the dreamless nights tainted with loneliness
I'm calling you
I'm calling home

i carry your heart with me ~ E.E Cummings

i carry your heart with me
i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

E.E Cummings

人間模様 ~ 石川さゆり Ishikawa Sayuri

Ningen moyou ~ 人間模様 ~ 石川さゆり

Words:阿久悠/Music:杉本眞人

Romaji:
Jouzu ni kudoite kureta nara
Imasugu henji ga dekiru noni
Daiji na toki ni wa itsumuite
Osake no nioi kaide iru

JOOKU mo iwazu ni utawazu ni
Shizuka ni waratte iru keredo
Sukunai kotoba wa subete mina
Shinjitsu nano wa wakatteru

※Chouchou de naishi kujaku de naishi
Kaori jiman no hana de nashi
Tada no ningen tada no otoko no
Sonna anta ga daisuki nano sa※

Sukoshi wa kirei ni kazattara
Kekkou moteru to omou noni
Kamawanu minari de yabo wo suru
Motenai hou ga kiraku dato

Nanika ga attara te wo hiroge
Watashi wo mamotte kure souna
Nanika ga attara dakiagete
Watashi wo hakobi souna hito

※Chouchou de naishi kujaku de naishi
Kaori jiman no hana de nashi
Tada no ningen tada no otoko no
Sonna anta ga daisuki nano sa※

Tada no ningen tada no otoko no
Sonna anta ga daisuki nano sa

Kanji:
上手に口説いて　くれたなら
今すぐ返事が　出来るのに
大事な時には　うつむいて
お酒の匂い　嗅いでいる

ジョークもいわずに　歌わずに
静かに笑って　いるけれど
少ない言葉は　すべてみな
真実なのは　わかってる

※蝶々でないし　孔雀でないし
香り自慢の　花でなし
ただの人間　ただの男の
そんなあんたが　大好きなのさ※

少しはきれいに　飾ったら
結構もてると　思うのに
かまわぬ身なりで　野暮をする
もてない方が　気楽だと

何かがあったら　手をひろげ
私を守ってくれそうな
何かがあったら　抱き上げて
私を運びそうなひと

※蝶々でないし　孔雀でないし
香り自慢の　花でなし
ただの人間　ただの男の
そんなあんたが　大好きなのさ※

ただの人間　ただの男の
そんなあんたが　大好きなのさ

One Day In Spring.... Rabindranath Tagore

One Day In Spring....

One day in spring, a woman came
In my lonely woods,
In the lovely form of the Beloved.
Came, to give to my songs, melodies,
To give to my dreams, sweetness.
Suddenly a wild wave
Broke over my heart's shores
And drowned all language.
To my lips no name came,
She stood beneath the tree, turned,
Glanced at my face, made sad with pain,
And with quick steps, came and sat by me.
Taking my hands in hers, she said:
'You do not know me, nor I you-
I wonder how this could be?'
I said:
'We two shall build, a bridge for ever
Between two beings, each to the other unknown,
This eager wonder is at the heart of things.'

The cry that is in my heart is also the cry of her heart;
The thread with which she binds me binds her too.
Her have I sought everywhere,
Her have I worshipped within me,
Hidden in that worship she has sought me too.
Crossing the wide oceans, she came to steal my heart.
She forgot to return, having lost her own.
Her own charms play traitor to her,
She spreads her net, knowing not
Whether she will catch or be caught.

Rabindranath Tagore

Remaining Snows ~ なごり雪 ~ Iruka - Nagori Yuki イルカ

Remaining Snows(なごり雪) lyric

汽車を待つ君の横で僕は
時計を気にしてる
Kisya o matsu kimi no yoko de boku wa
tokei o ki ni shiteru
Beside you waiting for the train
I'm anxious about the clock(time)

季節はずれの雪が降ってる
Kisetsu hazure no yuki ga futteru
Unseasonable snow is falling

「東京で見る雪はこれが最後ね」と
さみしそうに君がつぶやく
"Tōkyō de miru yuki wa kore ga saigo ne" to
Samishisō ni kimi ga tsubuyaku
"This is the last snow I see in Tokyo",
You murmur sadly

なごり雪も降るときを知り
Nagori yuki mo furu toki o shiri
Now it's time for the last snow to fall

ふざけすぎた季節のあとで
Fuzake sugita kisetsu no ato de
After the season we spent playing too much

今春が来て君はきれいになった
Ima haru ga kite kimi wa kirei ni natta
Now spring is coming and you've become beautiful

去年よりずっときれいになった
Kyonen yori zutto kirei ni natta
You've become much more beautiful than last year

動き始めた汽車の窓に顔をつけて
Ugoki hajimeta kisya no mado ni kao o tsukete
You're putting your face to the window of the train which began to move

君はなにか言おうとしている
Kimi wa nani ka iō to shiteiru
And trying to say something

君のくちびるがさようならと
動くことがこわくて下をむいてた
Kimi no kuchibiru ga sayōnara to ugoku koto ga
kowakute shita o muiteta
I was afraid your lips moved to say goodbye
So I looked down

時がゆけば幼い君も
大人になると気づかないまま
Toki ga yukeba osanai kimi mo
otona ni naru to kizukanai mama
You didnt notice even you who were childish
became an adult as time went by

今春が来て君はきれいになった
Ima haru ga kite kimi wa kirei ni natta
Now spring is coming and you've become beautiful

去年よりずっときれいになった
Kyonen yori zutto kirei ni natta
You've become much more beautiful than last year

君が去ったホームにのこり
落ちてはとける雪を見ていた
Kimi ga satta hōmu ni nokori
ochite wa tokeru yuki o miteita
I stayed on the platform and watched the snow which fell and melt

今春が来て君はきれいになった
Ima haru ga kite kimi wa kirei ni natta
Now spring is coming and you've become beautiful

去年よりずっときれいになった
Kyonen yori zutto kirei ni natta
You've become much more beautiful than last year

湯の花KOUTA ~ 石川さゆり(Ishikawa Sayuri)

湯の花KOUTA

Yu no hana KOUTA

Words:吉岡治/Music:杉本眞人

Romaji:
Hitotsu KOTATSU ni nasake no futon
Futatsu chigai no tsuma aru hito to
Mitsuki sannen matsu ki de ite mo
Yottsu yomena nya narenu hana
Oyu ni saku hana yukemuri geisha
Sami ya odori wa makenai keredo
Koi wa ku no tane shaku no tane
Itsutsu ii desho amaete naite
Ato no miren wa yu ni nagasu

※CHIRISHAN CHIRISHAN Wow Wow　Wow
Tsurusan kamesan
CHIRISHAN CHIRISHAN Wow Wow　Wow
Tsurusan kamesan
Teashi nobashite yu no hana ko’uta※

Mutsu muttsuri inki na osake
Nanatsu naganaga isuwaru osake
Yattsuyake kuso youki na osake
Kyuu ni te wo dasu abunai osake
Oyu ni saku hana yukemuri geisha
Kyou mo akaruku tebyoushi soete
Sabaku zashiki ni haru ga kuru
Toode TOKOTON tsukushite yasete
Ato no kurou wa yu ni nagasu

※CHIRISHAN CHIRISHAN Wow Wow　Wow
Tsurusan kamesan
CHIRISHAN CHIRISHAN Wow Wow　Wow
Tsurusan kamesan
Teashi nobashite yu no hana ko’uta※[X2]

Kanji:
ひとつコタツに　情けのふとん
ふたつ違いの　妻ある人と
三月三年　待つ気でいても
よっつ嫁菜にゃ　なれぬ花
お湯に咲く花　湯けむり芸者
三味や踊りは　負けないけれど
恋は苦の種　しゃくの種
いつついいでしょ　甘えて泣いて
あとの未練は湯に流す

※チリシャン　チリシャン　Wow Wow　Wow
鶴さん亀さん
チリシャン　チリシャン　Wow Wow　Wow
鶴さん亀さん
手足のばして湯の花小唄 ※

むっつむっつり　陰気なお酒
ななつながなが　居すわるお酒
やっつやけくそ　陽気なお酒
きゅうに手をだす　あぶないお酒
お湯に咲く花　湯けむり芸者
今日も明るく　手拍子そえて
さばく座敷に　春がくる
とおでトコトン　尽くして痩せて
あとの苦労は湯に流す

※チリシャン　チリシャン　Wow Wow　Wow
鶴さん亀さん
チリシャン　チリシャン　Wow Wow　Wow
鶴さん亀さん
手足のばして湯の花小唄 ※(2回)

Not Gone ~ Hattie Howard

Not Gone.
They are not gone whose lives in beauty so unfolding
Have left their own sweet impress everywhere;
Like flowers, while we linger in beholding,
Diffusing fragrance on the summer air.

They are not gone, for grace and goodness can not perish,
But must develop in immortal bloom;
The viewless soul, the real self we love and cherish,
Shall live and flourish still beyond the tomb.

They are not gone though lost to observation,
And dispossessed of those dear forms of clay,
Though dust and ashes speak of desolation;
The spirit-presence—this is ours alway.

Hattie Howard

My Love ~ Westlife

My Love
An empty street
An empty house
A hole inside my heart
I'm all alone and the rooms are getting smaller

I wonder how, I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had
The songs we sang together
And oh my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for a love that seems so far

So I say a little prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Overseas from coast to coast
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love

I try to read
I go to work
I'm laughing with my friends
But I can't stop to keep myself from thinking

I wonder how, I wonder why
I wonder where they are
The days we had
The songs we sang together
And oh my love
I'm holding on forever
Reaching for a love that seems so far

So I say a little prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Overseas from coast to coast
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love

To hold you in my arms
To promise you my love
To tell you from the heart
You're al I'm thinking of

I'm reaching for a love that seems so far

So I say a little prayer
And hope my dreams will take me there
Where the skies are blue
To see you once again, my love
Overseas from coast to coast
To find the place I love the most
Where the fields are green
To see you once again, my love

Spring Song ~ Robert Luis Stevenson

SPRING SONG
THE air was full of sun and birds,
The fresh air sparkled clearly.
Remembrance wakened in my heart
And I knew I loved her dearly.

The fallows and the leafless trees
And all my spirit tingled.
My earliest thought of love, and Spring's
First puff of perfume mingled.

In my still heart the thoughts awoke,
Came lone by lone together -
Say, birds and Sun and Spring, is Love
A mere affair of weather?

Robert Louis Stevenson

I love you 愛してる ~ Yutaka Ozaki 尾崎豊

yutaka ozaki 尾崎豊 (I love you) 愛してる
I LOVE YOU
Ozaki Yutaka
Translation : I Love You
I love you, right now I don't want to listen to any sad songs
I love you, escaping, I arrived at this room
This isn't an all forgiving love
We're like a couple of stray cats
This room is buried in leaves, like an empty box
And you cry out in a voice like a kitten's

If we hold one another closely on this creaking bed,
Instead of being gentle
Then from there, we'll close our eyes
A sad song, so that love doesn't fade away

I love you, there is an untangible secret in the love of us, who are too young
I love you, I can't arrive at it in my life as it is now
We dream of living with our loves overlapped
With one another as one, and we get hurt
You've heard me say that I love you so many times
And that I couldn't live without this love

If we hold one another closely on this creaking bed,
Instead of being gentle
Then from there, we'll close our eyes
A sad song, so that love doesn't fade away

Then from there, we'll close our eyes
A sad song, so that love doesn't fade away

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Romaji I Love You
I love you ima dake wa kanashii
Uta kikitaku nai yo
I love you nogare nogare
Tadori tsuita kono heya
Nanimo kamo yurusareta koi ja nai kara
Futari wa maru de
Sute neko mitai
Kono heya wa ochiba ni
Umoreta aki bako mitai
Dakara omae wa
Koneko no you na nakigoe de

[*]
Kishimu BEDDO no ue de
Yasashi sa wo mochi yori
Kitsuku karada dakishimeaeba
Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo
Kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete
Shimawanu you ni

I love you waka sugiru futari no ai ni wa
Furerarenu himitsu ga aru
I love you ima no kurashi no naka dewa
Tadoritsuke nai
Hitotsu ni kasanari ikite yuku koi wo
Yume mite kizutsuku dake no futari da yo
Nandomo aishiteru tte kiku omae wa
Kono ai nashi dewa ikite sae yuke nai to

[* Repeat]

Sorekara mata futari wa me wo tojiru yo
Kanashii uta ni ai ga shirakete shimawanu you ni
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Kanji I Love You


I love you 今だけは悲しい歌聞きたくないよ
I love you 逃れ逃れ辿り着いたこの部屋
何もかも許された恋じゃないから
二人はまるで捨て猫みたい
この部屋は落葉に埋もれた空き箱みたい
だからおまえは小猫の様な泣き声で

きしむベッドの上で優しさを持ちより
きつく躰　抱きしめあえば
それからまた二人は目を閉じるよ
悲しい歌に愛がしらけてしまわぬ様に

I love you 若すぎる二人の愛には触れられぬ秘密がある
I love you 今の暮しの中では辿り着けない
ひとつに重なり生きてゆく恋を
夢みて傷つくだけの二人だよ
何度も愛してるって聞くおまえは
この愛なしでは生きてさえゆけないと

きしむベッドの上で優しさを持ちより
きつく躰　抱きしめあえば
それからまた二人は目を閉じるよ
悲しい歌に愛がしらけてしまわぬ様に

それからまた二人は目を閉じるよ
悲しい歌に愛がしらけてしまわぬ様に

蘇軾 (Su Shi/Su Tung Po) ~ The Arbour to Joyful Rain

The Arbour to Joyful Rain

Should Heaven rain pearls, the cold cannot wear them as clothes;
Should Heaven rain jade, the hungry cannot use it as food.
It has rained without cease for three days--
Whose was the influence at work?
Should you say it was that of your Governor,
The Governor himself refers it to the Son of Heaven.
But the Son of Heaven says "No! It was God."
And God says "No! It was Nature."
And as Nature lies beyond the ken of man,
I christen this arbour instead.

by: Su Shi (1037-1101)
translated by Herbert A. Giles

The Odour Cries In the Bud ~ Tagore (Fruit-Gathering)

LX
THE odour cries in the bud, "Ah me, the day departs, the happy day of spring, and I am a prisoner in petals!"
Do not lose heart, timid thing! Your bonds will burst, the bud will open
into flower, and when you die in the fulness of life, even then the spring will live on.
The odour pants and flutters within the bud, crying, "Ah me, the hours pass
by, yet I do not know where I go, or what it is I seek!"
Do not lose heart, timid thing! The spring breeze has overheard your
desire, the day will not end before you have fulfilled your being.
Dark is the future to her, and the odour cries in despair,
"Ah me, through whose fault is my life so unmeaning?
"Who can tell me, why I am at all?" Do not lose heart, timid thing! The
perfect dawn is near when you will mingle your life with all life and know at last your purpose.

Rabindranath Tagore