:) «Meaning: The song is based around a series of five Haiku, each corresponding to the changing seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter and ending on spring. Each verse is sung by a singer in a different stage of their life; so a young girl sings the first spring verse, an adolescent girl sings about summer, an older woman sings about autumn, etc. The song ends with a return of the young girl singing about spring, therefore completing the cycle of the seasons. So in essence, its a song about the cycle of life. English translation: Hattori Ransetsu: Through the window I see on the plum tree one blossom, one blossom worth of warmth Yamaguchi Sodo: Through the window I see a view of greenery a wild cuckoo the first bonito Kaga no Chiyo: Through the window I see the autumn wind resounds in the mountain— temple bell Masaoka Shiki: how much longer is my life? [A brief night…] Masaoka Shiki: Through the window I see all I can think of is being sick in bed and snowbound…. Masaoka Shiki: Through the window I see this lone iris white in spring twilight --- Lyrics: SPRING madokara mieru (kagayaku) ume ichirin ichirin hodo no (sono) atatakasa SUMMER madokara mieru (mabushii) me ni wa aoba yama hototogisu (aa) hatsugatsuo AUTUMN madokara mieru (sawayaka) akikaze no yama o mawaru ya (ano) kane no koe BRIDGE yomei ikubaku ka aru [yo mijikashi] WINTER madokara mieru (hieta) yuki no ie ni nete iru to omou (nete) bakari nite SPRING madokara mieru (tanoshi) ichihatsu no ichirin shiroshi (kono) haru no kure»
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 12:21:39 +0000
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