島人ぬ宝 Shimanchu nu Takara | The Treasure of the Islanders
artist: BEGIN
discs: 	Shimanchu nu Takara (single), 
	BEGIN no Shimauta ~OMOTE TAKEO 2~ (mini album), 
	BEGIN Single Daizenshuu (compilation album)

作詞・作曲・編曲：BEGIN

translation by iconoclastiac @ gmail.com
http://melodycafe.iconoclastiac.net/lyrics/

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僕が生まれたこの島の空を
僕はどれくらい知っているんだろう

輝く星も 流れる雲も
名前を聞かれてもわからない

でも誰より 誰よりも知っている
悲しい時も 嬉しい時も
何度も見上げていたこの空を

教科書に書いてある事だけじゃわからない
大切な物がきっとここにあるはずさ
それが島人ぬ宝

僕がうまれたこの島の海を
僕はどれくらい知ってるんだろう

汚れてくサンゴも 減って行く魚も
どうしたらいいのかわからない

でも誰より 誰よりも知っている
砂にまみれて 波にゆられて
少しずつ変わってゆくこの海を

テレビでは映せないラジオでも流せない
大切な物がきっとここにあるはずさ
それが島人ぬ宝

僕が生まれたこの島の唄を
僕はどれくらい知ってるんだろう

トゥバラーマも デンサー節も
言葉の意味さえわからない

でも誰より 誰よりも知っている
祝いの夜も 祭りの朝も
何処からか聞えてくるこの唄を

いつの日かこの島を離れてくその日まで
大切な物をもっと深く知っていたい
それが島人ぬ宝

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boku ga umareta kono shima no sora wo
boku wa dore kurai shitteirundarou
	How well do I know
	These island skies that I was born under

kagayaku hoshi mo   nagareru kumo mo
namae wo kikaretemo wakaranai
	The shining stars,   the passing clouds
	Even if you ask me, I don't know their names

demo dare yori   dare yori mo shitteiru
kanashii toki wo   ureshii toki mo
nandomo miageteita kono sora wo
	But more than anyone, I know them
	In joy and in sorrow
	I've gazed up at this sky countless times

kyoukasho ni kaitearu koto dake ja wakaranai
taisetsu na mono ga kitto koko ni aru hazu sa
sore ga shimanchu nu takara
	You can't understand it just by what's written in a textbook
	Surely, there is something precious here
	That is the treasure of the island people

boku ga umareta kono shima no umi wo
boku wa dore kurai shitterundarou
	How well do I know
	The seas of the island where I was born

yogoreteku SANGO mo   hetteyuku sakana mo
doushitara ii no ka wakaranai
	The wounded reefs and dwindling fish
	I don't know what to do about them either

demo dare yori   dare yori mo shitteiru
suna ni mamirete   nami ni yurarete
sukoshi-zutsu kawatteyuku kono umi wo
	But more than anyone, I know
	Caressed by the sand, tossed by the waves
	This ocean that keeps changing little by little

TEREBI de wa utsusenai RAJIO demo nagasenai
taisetsu na mono ga kitto koko ni aru hazu sa
sore ga shimanchu nu takara
	You won't see it broadcast on TV or playing on the radio
	But surely, there is something precious here
	It's the treasure of the island people

boku ga umareta kono shima no uta wo
boku wa dore kurai shitterundarou
	How well do I know
	The songs of this island where I was born

TUBARAAMA mo   DENSAA bushi mo
kotoba no imi sae wakaranai
	The Tubaraama, and the Densaa Bushi, [1]
	I don't even know what the words mean

demo dare yori   dare yori mo shitteiru
iwai no yoru mo   matsuri no asa mo
doko kara ka kikoetekuru kono uta wo
	But, more than anyone, I know
	On celebration nights and festival mornings
	The songs that drift over me from somewhere far

itsu no hi ka kono shima wo hanareteku sono hi made
taisetsu na mono wo motto fukaku shitteitai
sore ga shimanchu nu takara
	Until that someday when I part from this island
	I want to understand the precious things here more deeply
	That's the treasure of the island people

(sore ga shimanchu nu takara)
(sore ga shimanchu nu takara)
	(That's the treasure of the island people)
	(That's the treasure of the island people)

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[1] Tubaraama, Densaa Bushi: Specific songs and legends of Ryuukyuu