Utaite Myouri
| chiisa na te no hira ni hitotsu furuboketa konomi nigiri shime chiisa na ashiato ga hitotsu sougen no naka o kakete yuku papa to futari de hirotta taisetsuna konomi nigiri shime kotoshi mata aki no oka o shounen wa hitori kakete yuku chiisa na kokoro ni itsu demo shiawase na aki wa afureteru kaze to yoku hareta sora to atatakai papa no omoide to bouya tsuyoku ikiru n da hiroi kono sekai omae no mono kotoshi mata aki ga kuru to konomi wa sasayaku papa no kotoba |
In the palm of my small hand, one rotten fruit is held tight Small footprints dash across one meadow’s interior The two of us, Dad and I, gathered them, holding tight to the precious fruits Again this year, a boy dashes alone across the height of autumn In my small heart, there is always a happy autumn overflowing The wind, a completely clear sky, memories of a warm father, and a boy who truly lived This wide world, and things belonging to you “Again this year, autumn has come” --the fruits are whispering the words of my father |
Song info: Originally from NHK's "Minna no Uta" program. Japanese lyrics were written to music taken from Bizet's "La jolie fille de Perth" opera (the song "Serenade"), and the song was first performed by Teruko Ooda in 1971. Two other covers have been made, one by Masako Saitou and one by Fumiko Kanbara.
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