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. |
161. If there's something I can do for you
Even it's little just to ease you with laghter,
I will go anywhere to heal you
And let's laugh and smile with hand in hand.
(Nakai Sachiko ventriloquist from Kobe city July 14, 2004)
162. If this song is sung loudly in the world,
From the bottom of our hearts
We are sure that flowers will bloom.
of peace and love. Let's sing until the time.
(Shigeyuki Ohara from Komagane City, Nagano Ausugt 13, 2004 )
163. If we think deeply not only about deseases
But also about how to live
Peace is indispensable
We shall take hand in hand
And let's build our shining 21 centry!
(The 47th All Japan Medical College Students Seminar Peace Concert Executive Commitee from Tochigi August 13, 2004 )
-NEGAI as a TOTEM-
164.
The angel of Peace has grown up pure by real feelings
There! You can never see anyone harms others
There! Love has its true meaning, full of happy colors
There! You forget your sadness even your pains & hurts
(Maryam Behnoodi Iran Aug. 26, 2004)
165.
I saw Hiroshima surrounded by a sphere of bright rays
Those rays were shining of pure hearts, not the hates
Those rays were shining by the loves not the war guns
The black was changed and darkness is going to be dead.
(Maryam Behnoodi Iran Aug. 26, 2004)
166.
NEGAI, as a TOTEM , is shining in the middle of heaven
Hell was other side of the seas and blinded its eyes
The voice of Peace and Love, opened the locked hearts
The waves of Peace found its height at the top of its peak
(Maryam Behnoodi Iran Aug. 26, 2004)
167.
The seeds of Peace will be carried by the hands of Peace lovers
The seeds of Peace will be carrried by the victims of Nuclear bombs
The seeds of Peace will be carried by the children who sing Negai song
The seeds of Peace will be carried by thousands of Sadako's Cranes
(Maryam Behnoodi Iran Aug. 26, 2004)
168. If, in this world, I thought about peace deeply
I'd like to emphasize the importance of lives
Human lives are more precious and lovely
than anything else on the earth and in the space
(Daichan from Kyoto Japan Sep. 12 2004)
169. If this world is full of nature
And sky is blue and every place is green
We will be able to forget the clamor of the cities
And we will stop hating each other.
(Daichan from Kyoto Japan Sep. 12 2004)
170. If in the border of these deserts
There were not wire fences but rather a flow of river
People in both sides could drink the same water
And talk about their future with their full smile.
(KEN-NYE from Hyogo Sep 12 2004)
171. If you go up these steps of life, seeking for the truth
Some day you will see your real way of life
Even if it rains and maybe hard to stride
Let's go marching without stopping
(Gochan from Hyogo Sep 12 2004)
172. If this world is always covered by nature
There were not clamors but the voices of birds
People can always imagine the calm of nature
And we can build up the world peace easily
(Gochan from Hyogo Sep. 12 2004)
173. If you are now in trouble, please don't worry by yourself
Let me hear your trouble, and I can ease your mind
If we communicate with hope and dream
We will surely able to smile even in this hardship
(Let's communicate Group from Nara and Hyogo Sep. 12 2004)
174. If you imagine the place of the helicopter
which dropped, were on my hometown
Instead the college in Okinawa
Your pain would be my pain
Let's return the US bases from Japan
(Izawa Miho from Hyogo Sep. 12 2004)
175. If on the earth, there were not hatred or fighting,
But gentleness and generosity
We would never be afraid of bombing and missiles
And we could enjoy floating clouds and blue sky
(Yosshin from Osaka Sep.12 2004)
176. If on th earth, there were not fortresses
in the borders but green mountains
We could share nuts and fruit with the birds
And we could live together even with them.
(The 2nd Group of Do re mi fa year 2004 Sep. 12 2004)
177. I would like to abandon all wars
For all the people to live humanly
I'll take hand in hand with all of you
And I'd like to sing together for peace and freedom
(The 2nd Group of Do re mi fa year 2004 Sep. 12 2004)
178. If there happened to be an American base next door,
Will you ever say you still need the base?
Please don't think it's nothing to do with you
Let's say NO to US base
(The 2nd Group of Do re mi fa year 2004 Sep. 12 2004)
179. If the things given, always to us
were refreshing breeze and blue sky
All the people, all the animals and all the plants
would live together in peace
(Akizuki Maiko from Hyogo Japan Sep. 12 2004)
180. If in this world, peace comes,
It would not by violence but solution by peace
We would never fight and never be involved in war
And we could sing songs of peace like NEGAI
(Gochan from Hyogo Japan Sep. 12 2004)