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. |
1201. We will start to walk on different ways
We will depart for the seeds of hope
Believe yourself and go on strongly
Untill you find your answers
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS March 12 2008)
1202. I have never met you before
But my heart is connected with your heart through NEGAI
I am walking the same way as yours
I hope to see you someday somewhere
(Makino Shinichiro Osaka March 17 2008)
"I'd like to pay a tribute to Ms. Sugii Kotomi who made the most NEGAI verses!!"
1203. What we want and what we hope
Doves flying in the blue sky, schools and parks on the earth
What we don't need is darkness, hunger and solitude
Hand grip, let's join hands and connect smiles
(World Peace Discussing GroupWakayama Prefectural Wakayama SHS Feb 18 2008)
1204. If the children in the world were to fight with weapons
What would they think during the fight?
Such a thing should never happen
We should abandon all wars and should bring peace
(Horiuchi Risa Takano Sena Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1205. If this world were to hope peace
Let's laugh loudly and sing loudly
Call peace and spread peace
Until it reaches to the world
(Horiuchi Risa Takano Sena Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1206. If we were handed a lot of love
Instead of a lot of weapons
No one had to kill others
And we could have shared a lot of happiness
(Takahashi Natsuko Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1207. If we could eliminate all wars in the world now
I'm sure everyone could live with smiles
I wish strongly this happy day
When this world would be peaceful
(Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1208. If we could spread one thing in the world
I would cry out loudly the Article 9
If everyone showed tenderness little by little
I'm sure we could make a peaceful world
(Ashino Ryota Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1209. If there are suffering people in the world
We want to wish the following things
We want to live friendly with all
May this world be fair
(Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1210. I wish this world be happy
Let's abandon wars and lead happy lives with all
Throw away weapons and make peace
And we would have happy smiles
(Kamoi Ayumi/ Kudo Haruka Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1211. Even now at this moment, some children as my age
Are dying one after another somewhere in the world
They are innocent and are expected a great future
But they are being destroyed by wars
(Kamoi Ayumi/ Kudo Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1212. If we had had no atomic bombs at that time
How happily people would have lived
Lets abandon weapons and nuclear weapons
Treasure your mind wishing for peace
(Okuyama Saya /Ayako Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1213. If this land were a stormy battlefield
I would like to fight to change the world
However difficult it might be
I'd like to act to make a happy tomorrow
(Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1214. If we had no war in this world
Lets imagine a peaceful and free world
It would be full of smiles of us
Let's build such a world with our strong wish
(T R Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1215. If something flew to me
If it were not bullet but soccer ball
We would be freed from loneliness and sorrow
We would be friendly and would smile together
(Bokobo Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1216. Treasure your days, especially today
We'll never experience this moment again
We can understand each other
That why I can do my best
(Sato Ryoji, Miwa Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1217. Why do humans have to fight?
If you didn't fight, you should not have to lose your beloved
Everyone could live happily together
Everyone would live together in peace
(Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1218. If everyone in this world were to cooperate
I believe that all the fights would be gone
You don't have to fight with trifle things
Let's live in peace with us all
(Oba Natsuki Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1219. If on the earth missiles and bombs
Were not being dropped but delicious food
Depressed faces would change into smiles
Everyone would have regretted wars
(K Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)
1220. If I could hold my friends' hands in the world
Instead of guns and weapons
I would not lose hope for tomorrow
I would be able to notice the happiness of friendship
(Yuki Takuya Sendai Municipal Koyama Elementary School 6th grader March 23 2008)