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. |
421. If, on the earth, you could hear only laughters
Instead of terrible sounds of atomic bombs
You would not have to be scared of death
And you would live merrily every day
(M.M Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
422. If you had bright hope in your mind
Instead of desperation
You would not give up positive thinking
And a lot of lives would be saved
(N.M Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
423. If my hope and wish come true
Let's promise the world's bright future
Then people will be filled with joy
And they will live freely with smiles
(T.H Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
424. If you could get people's love
Instead of guns in your hands
You would join hands and make a big circle
This big love would be connected to Peace
(Y.K Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
425. If we can have a future on the earth
We never want wars, but just fun things
I will be able to play with my friends
We will be walking toward our bright dreams
(H.S Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
426. If all the people in the world
Could notice that war is wrong
We would be filled with joy every day
And we would forget crying and only smile
(Nakagishi Hiroyoshi Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
427. Now we have dreams full of hope
We have dreams full of peace, too
What will break the dreams is war
So we swear that we'll never fight
(Asano Shingo Naruto City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Mar. 8 2006)
428. If this world were free
Everyone's wish would come true and we would be happy
We would design our dreams and hopes
And we would walk toward our future
(Kobayashi Shohei Naruti City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
429. If on the earth, we have had no wars
But we have had a declaraion for peace
No one would have lost thier families and friends
Everyone would have lived in peace with smiles
(Nakagawa Yusaku Naruti City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
430. If you could abolish all the wars
Sadness, pain, hatred and terror would be gone
Everyone would have compassion each other
And would be happy full of smiles
(R.M Naruti City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
431. If we could abolish pain and terror
If we could abolish sadness and tears
Everyone would get back smiles and happiness
and would live in peace, holding each other
(K.W Naruti City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
432. If the sun shines everyone's smile
Instead of fighter jets and tanks
We would say good-bye to terror and sadness
And we would join hands and live happily
(H.K Naruti City Dai2 JHS 2nd grader Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
433. We never want any fightings
We all want peace and safety
Let's gather warm hearts and we want to build
Peace in this world and save our lives
(Ishikawa Fumi Naruto City Tokushima Mar. 10 2006)
434. If our songs flew high in the sky
And they reached the hearts of soldiers
They would drop their weapons and see that war makes no sense
They would shake hands with their enemies
(Tsunoda Jun Maebashi City Gunma Pref. Mar. 11 2006)
435. If another wish could be granted
We would join hands and live in peace
I hope this wish will reach the world
So we could make a rainbow of love and peace
(Soto Municipal Haruta Nishi Elementary School 6th grade 2nd class students Shiga Mar. 11 2006)
436. If we restored lost peace
To every coener of the world
No one would be sad and no one would cry
All would have a bright future
(6th graders in Takasago Municipal Yoneda-nishi Elementary School in Hyogo Pref. Mar. 20 2006)
437. If , in this world, there were a lot of smiles
Instead of nuclear weapons
No one would fight or make war
We would destroy weapons and make peace
(6th graders in Takasago Municipal Yoneda-nishi Elementary School in Hyogo Pref. Mar. 20 2006)
438. What we can do for the world?
We can decide to build peace
We can begin to by being compassionate with friends
That is the foundation for world peace
(6th graders in Takasago Municipal Yoneda-nishi Elementary School in Hyogo Pref. Mar. 20 2006)
439. If on the earth, tanks and fighter jets gave way
To the beautyof nature
We could eliminate all fighting
And people would be able to live in peace
(6th graders in Takasago Municipal Yoneda-nishi Elementary School in Hyogo Pref. Mar. 20 2006)
440. If I could do one thing for this world
I would fill it with dreams
If we saw our hopes become realities
All people would be happy
(6th graders in Takasago Municipal Yoneda-nishi Elementary School in Hyogo Pref. Mar. 20 2006)