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. |
221. When I stand on the peak of Kobe Mountain
I see all ships anchoring in Nuclear Free Port
i breathe fresh air and I feel the drops of clean rain
I will see the signboard on Nuclear Free Kobe Port
(Maryam Behnoodi, Iran Mar. 14, 2005)
222. People smile when they pass, seeing the sign
They are proud of it because of their resistance
They have marched strongly and have shown their unity
They will sing Negai if they had got freedom
(maryam Behnoodi, Iran Mar. 14, 2005)
223. We can't find harmony in Nature.
Reasonable vital beginning
Sometimes it's deadly adventure
And her own winning
She is a teacher, girl and mother
She isn't God, but all the same
We can't forget about one another
And give to unfortunate heart flame.
(Rogatkina Alina from Moscow school 1129 Russia Mar.19, 2005)
224. If there are no borders between countries, how our world would be?
Please don't think your God is holier than any others.
Please don't behave you are clever than the others.
Please believe we are all equal
Can we live together with different beliefs and various colors?
Yes, we can do if we understand each other.
(Sakai Miho from Kobe Japan living in Sweden Mar. 19, 2005)
(When I live in Europe I feel how wonderful ideal the EU system is. People
can move without any restriction or Visa. People can live with their loved
ones even they were borned in different states. So, I wrote this verse for
the future whole nations will be one like EU.)
225. Peace to the world Full of love to the world
Dreams and hopes These are our wish
If we join hands with everybody in the globe
Our planet will shine forever
(Let's sing NEGAI under the spring sky Tomoshibi Project Leader Honmichi Ryo, Tokyo Apr. 2, 2005)
[AFRICA YOU MUST GO FOR PEACE!]
226. If Africa can think again,
And decide to cherish the warmth of land
War and Weapons must die
And Peace and Love must be born!
This is Our Greatest Wish
You Great Countries of west
Stop selling us devastating weapons
Divide And Rule system must go!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 14, 2005)
227. If Africa counted the cost
Of Slave Trade and in-humanity
It was so bitter and cruel!!!
Slave Trade in Africa done by the Whites
Africans captured,shipped and Caned,
Laboured in large Plantations,
No schooling,no food and no protection
But we NEVER retaliated!!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 14, 2005)
228. If from down deep my heart,
All Peacefull people of earth
Great and Poor alike,
Yes,all dear friends of humanity
Join me cry for tears of Peace
Africa join me Now
Africa my dearest continent,
Be in the frontline for Peace!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 14, 2005)
229. Kenyan students abroad,
Where are you now???
All our Ambassodors,
Peace Activists and friends abroad,
Come lets join together our hands
And speak against the War
Peace is our weapon
No more revenge and war
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 14, 2005)
230. If your beloved one always stays with you
and smiles to you very cheerfully
Sorrow and loneliness will be gone away
And we will be able to laugh together!
(Ohzu Junior High School Hiroshima Japan Apr. 17, 2005)
231. Now in this world we can communicate
only with this power, not with miracles
Now it's simple enough if we think our wish
It can make a difference, we are sure.
(Ohzu Junior High School Hiroshima Japan Apr. 17, 2005)
232. We'd like to say good-bye to the gloomy past
The time will come for us to build our new world
No more landmines No more atomic bombs!
We shall not repeat it any more!
(Ohzu Junior High School Hiroshima Japan Apr. 17, 2005)
233. If my Kenyan Wish,Can go beyond our land
And reaches America..yes to rulers of USA
Here me oh united America!The land of pride with power
No more Hiroshimas,and Nagasakis
No more war and weapons!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
234. If America stopped the War,Occupation and Dictations
And cling to Dialoque of Peace and Reconciliation
The world will come to unity,peace and prosperity
President Bush and his administration
Must stop invasions and war!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
235. If you joined my humble cry,from Kenya to Japan
Japan to England..yes England to Bangladesh
Let us mobilize our world,to Peace and unity
Dear leaders,teams of activists,
Say No to War and Crime
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
236. If we loved Japan,and care for dear people there
Hiroshima,Nagasaki our great and loving japanese
No more Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs,No more blood again
Peace must be our agenda
Japan and the world is for Peace!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
237. Oh dear Hiroshima,my loving Nagasaki
Sixty years ago,you forgot the pains of death
Clouds of black rains over the skies
The painful stings of death
My heartfelt Kenyan Wish for you
To live in Forgiveness and Peace!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
238. If Negai my family of Peace,Through Negai Connection
Women and men alike,to join in Hiroshima
To mark sixty years of remembrance
No more nucluer Hiroshima,No more Nagasaki
Whites,Blacks and the Brown alike,
Join my Kenyan Wish for Peace!!
(Gordon O Nyabade Kenya Apr. 23, 2005)
239. The voice of peace is the voice this world needs to hear.
Let us sing our song of peace in every country
every city , every town , every village and each street and lane.
Let the earth hear our demanding voice for peace.
(Mariam Mokhtari Iran May 17, 2005)
240.
If on the earth there were no language barrier
If we could talk freely in one language
We can make ourselves understood deeply
Then we can make one world . That is Esperantists' wish.
( Shimizu Takao from Niigata Esperantists Organization Japan June 5, 2005)