Old children's songs of Japan 童謡
♪ われは海の子
My hometown is near the seashore
我は海の子白浪の
さわぐいそべの松原に
煙たなびくとまやこそ
我がなつかしき住家なれ
生れてしおに浴して
浪を子守の歌と聞き
千里寄せくる海の気を
吸いてわらべとなりにけり
高く鼻つくいその香に
不断の花のかおりあり
なぎさの松に吹く風を
いみじき楽と我は聞く
I often played in the sea at my childhood. There is a rocky beach which whitecaps strike. And a hut with the smoke for a meal is near the pine grove. That is the dwelling in which I lived once.
Since I was born, I have bathed myself in the sea. I was hearing the sound of the wave like a lullaby. I was inhaling the energy of the sea wave that come from a distance. And I grew up.
The smell of this wonderful rocky beach. It also has an elegant scent of the flower which does not still change. The wind is blowing to the pine of the seashore. I am hearing it like very wonderful music.
♪ こいのぼり Carp streamer
甍の波と雲の波
重なる波の中空を
橘かおる朝風に
高く泳ぐや鯉のぼり
開ける広きその口に
舟をも呑まん様見えて
ゆたかに振う尾鰭には
物に動ぜぬ姿あり
百瀬の滝を登りなば
たちまち竜になりぬべき
わが身に似よや男子と
空に躍るや鯉のぼり
The wave of a roofing tile, and the wave of clouds. The morning breeze with the smell of the flower of a mandarin orange tree is blowing. Carp streamers are swimming in those waves of the sky.
The mouth is opened greatly. The mouth also swallows the ship. The caudal fin is shaking dignifiedly gracefully. It has said that it does not feel shy.
If the carps climb Momose's waterfall, they will be dragons instantly. We hope that you will be a strong and gentle man like the carp streamer.