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.