Our Wish
("NEGAI"
in Japanese)
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Song by Yasuko Yamaoka Guitar by Yoshio Shine Original lyricist (verse 1 to 4):Ohzu Junior High School Students in Hiroshima Lyric Arrangement:Takashi Yamanoki Composer:Ryuji Takada Translation:Suwako Nagata, Yvonne Burke, Yasuko Yamaoka |
* The verses after 5th are English versions or original language versions, collected from NEGAI Connection members and their students from the world. If it is a translation , sometimes it may not harmonize with the melody. |
1181. If we had no war
Instead, we had peace rain
Everyone would be full of smiles
Let’s walk on for peace toward the future
(Okuma Yujin Fukusima Prefectural School for the deaf, 6th grader Jan.10 2008)
1182. You were born with the special dignity
You are very precious and inherit your dignity to the future
Even if we can do only little things
I'd like to treasure you and your future
(Tanno Fukuyo a teacher at Fukusima Prefectural School for the deaf, 6th grader Jan.10 2008)
1183. If there were murders, and little children were to be killed
Everyone would be too sad
So we would like to make a world without discrimination
So that everyone can smile and be happy
(Yoshida Tsuyoshi Ozora Fuchu cho Hiroshima Pref. Jan.25.2008)
1184. I can hold you with my hands
I can surely hold, always beside you
You can cry, shout or fall down
Try always and do your best
(Morishige Minako Ozora Fuchu-co Hiroshima Pref. Jan.25.2008)
1185. I talked with you who wanted to be a teacher
You told me you would like to love all the pupils
I hope your dream will come true
I'll continue to make NEGAI verses, wishing your success
(Makino Shinichiro Osaka Jan. 8 2008)
1186. If on the earth, there were no discrimination
You would never have to be killed
I'll never forget this sadness and pain
So let's go on for the liberation
(Nishikawa Mitsutoshi Human Rights Network 21 Sakaide City Kagawa Pref. Jan. 31 2008)
1187. Why do people have to hurt each other?
Still now on the earth, small children and mothers
Are crying, deprived their lives
Let's speak out loud, wishing for peace!
(Nishikawa Mitsutoshi Human Rights Network 21 Sakaide City Kagawa Pref. Jan. 31 2008)
1188. When the world is filled with smiles
We can say it's a peaceful world
I really hope such a day will come
And I hope a world without discrimination
(Kawase Chika Izumo City Hikari JHS in Shimane Pref. Feb 2 2008)
1189. If, in Nerima, we could find
Peace Museum, instead of Self Defense Forces
There would not be any drills of armies
We would make friends with the people in the world
(Inoue Sumie Shinfujin Nerima Chorus in Tokyo Feb. 1st 2008)
1190. Are handicapped people unhappy?
They are the challenged, trusted by God
Please never be defeated by cold eyes
How wonderful your challenging attitude is!
(Nishikawa Mitsutoshi Human Rights Network 21 Sakaide City Kagawa Pref. Jan. 31 2008)
1191. What is a peaceful society?
If the right to live happily is abused
We can't say it's a peaceful one
We need to make a really peaceful society
(Nishikawa Mitsutoshi Human Rights Network 21 Sakaide City Kagawa Pref. Jan. 31 2008)
1192. There are some people who cannot show their birthplaces
Because there is still discrimination
They live at a corner of a city, quietly
Please don't escape and let's fight againt it
(Human Rights Network 21in Kagawa pref. Nishikawa Mitsutoshi Feb 6 2008)
1193. Now this planet is being broken
Let's notice the selfish development of human beings
have destroyed nature terribly
Let's save this beautiful planet with us all
1194. War robs us of everything
Even our precious lives
You are still in my heart even if you are gone
You are still alive at the bottom of my heart
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 5 2008)
1195. In this world still lots of people are suffering
Let's give them hope and courage
Let's encourage them with a flower
I really want them smile again
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 5 2008)
1196. Even if you lose or make mistakes many times
Your dreams never disappear
You can open a new door
And you can draw a new picture for tomorrow
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 5 2008)
1197. Now the world is cloudy
I would like to make sunny days
Let's raise your dream like a firework
And I'd like everyone's face shine brightly
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 5 2008)
1198. Try to cry out our hidden thoughts
That have been confined in the depth of my hearts
Your smile wiped away my pain and sorrow
I wish to smile with you again
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 12 2008)
1199. Let's fly up to the sky with your wings greatly
I'd like you all to wipe away this wet world
I'd like you all to melt this frozen world
We always wish this world a peaceful one
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 12 2008)
1200. I wish I could be strong to survive
Even if my tears dried and my voices finished
I'd like to convey my thoughts to anyone
And I'd like to be confident of myself
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 12 2008)