{"id":163,"date":"2015-11-22T00:18:31","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T08:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=163"},"modified":"2015-12-20T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T00:22:11","slug":"arai-akino-hoshi-no-mokuba-a-planets-wooden-horse-japanese-lyrics-with-english-translation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Arai Akino – Hoshi no mokuba [Japanese lyrics with English translation]"},"content":{"rendered":"

artist: Arai Akino
\ntitle: Hoshi no mokuba | A planet’s wooden horse
\ndisc: RGB (album)<\/p>\n

lyrics: Ichikura Hiroshi
\nmusic, arrangement: Yoko Kanno<\/p>\n

\n

Romanization<\/h2>\n
\n\n

hikari to     kaze wo tsurete
\nasobi tsukareta     umi ga
\nhoshi wo nokoshite     kaette yuku<\/p>\n

ashita wa     kanarazu kita
\ntori to mezameru     asa ni
\nyakusoku doori     mata     asobi ni kita<\/p>\n

kono hoshi     hitori de mawaru [2]
\nkimochi wakatteta     watashi
\nkono hoshi     hitori de ikiru
\ndakara     tomodachi de     iyou<\/p>\n

ashita mo     mata issho ni
\nzutto ikite ikou<\/p>\n\n<\/div>

English translation<\/h2>\n
\n\n

\tThe light takes the wind along
\n\tThe sea, tired from playing
\n\tReturns with them, leaving the planet<\/p>\n

\tTomorrow came, as it had to
\n\tOn a morning that awakened with the birds
\n\tAs they had promised, the light and wind and sea came back to play<\/p>\n

\tThis planet revolves alone
\n\tHaving understood feelings
\n\tThis planet lives on alone
\n\tSo let’s be friends<\/p>\n

\tAnd tomorrow, lets keep
\n\tLiving on, together<\/p>\n\n<\/div>

Japanese<\/h2>\n
\n\n

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\n\u3042\u305d\u3073\u3064\u304b\u308c\u305f\u3000\u3046\u307f\u304c
\n\u307b\u3057\u3092\u306e\u3053\u3057\u3066\u3000\u304b\u3048\u3063\u3066\u3086\u304f<\/p>\n

\u3042\u3057\u305f\u306f\u3000\u304b\u306a\u3089\u305a\u304d\u305f
\n\u3068\u308a\u3068\u3081\u3056\u3081\u308b\u3000\u3042\u3055\u306b
\n\u3084\u304f\u305d\u304f\u3069\u304a\u308a\u3000\u307e\u305f\u3000\u3042\u305d\u3073\u306b\u304d\u305f<\/p>\n

\u3053\u306e\u307b\u3057\u3000\u3072\u3068\u308a\u3067\u307e\u308f\u308b
\n\u304d\u3082\u3061\u308f\u304b\u3063\u3066\u305f\u3000\u308f\u305f\u3057
\n\u3053\u306e\u307b\u3057\u3000\u3072\u3068\u308a\u3067\u3044\u304d\u308b
\n\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3000\u3068\u3082\u3060\u3061\u3067\u3000\u3044\u3088\u3046<\/p>\n

\u3042\u3057\u305f\u3082\u3000\u307e\u305f\u3044\u3063\u3057\u3087\u306b
\n\u305a\u3063\u3068\u3044\u304d\u3066\u3044\u3053\u3046<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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\n[1] hoshi.
\n“hoshi” usually refers to stars, rather than planets. In the general sense, it can mean any celestial body. Here I chose to go with “planet” because birds, wind, and sea suggest a planet that can sustain life. <\/p>\n

[2] kono hoshi. “this planet.”
\nSubject and point of view are easily changeable in Japanese. Here, I’m reading the “kono hoshi” and “watashi” as being the same subject; that is, the planet is now speaking in first person. <\/p>\n

The imagery I get from this song is of a personified planet, revolving in space. Its surface is teeming with playful life. When it rotates to the point where darkness falls on its denizens, they go to sleep, but the planet goes on turning, alone. Although astronomy isn’t normally associated with children’s nurseries, the image of a wooden horse juxtaposed on a childlike-Earth somehow works. The lullabye-esque music is soft and sweet, and is bolstered by the children’s choir that enters the song halfway through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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