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. |
521. If we could make a community full of happiness
If we could enjoy our lives as we wish
We would create a wonderful treasure
And we would share everything and live together in peace
(Tsuda Masayuki Fukuoka-City June 13, 2006)
522. If children's eyes ever shone without fear
Tomorrow would come with hope
I hope to share our joy with them
I want to talk fully about our future dreams
(Matsuo Fumiko Nishinomiya-Cty June 13, 2006)
523. If anonymous flower petals dance in the battle field
If they make a flower bridge like a rainbow
Soldiers will long for thier sweethearts
And it will remind them of love and peace
(Matsuo Fumiko Nishinomiya-Cty June 13, 2006)
524. If all people had a heart full of love
They should understand Hibakusha's wishes
They also feel the crisis of the erath
Let's pass the importance of lives, with the wind of peace
(Hattori Michiko Warabi-City June 14, 2006)
525. If the murderer who have robbed precious lives
Had ever remembered children's smiles in the breeze
Parents wouldn't have shed tears and with their love
Flowers would have bloomed as many as their dreams
(Miyazawa Chiyoko Ageo-City, June 14 2006)
526. If we could see romatic night stars
Instead of nuclear fires
We would not forget Hiroshima Nagasaki
We would talk about precious lives and dreams
(Miyazawa Chyoko Ageo-City July 15 2006)
527. If our tears were always from our joys
We would have an exciting and brilliant future
If people were always compassionate with each other
We would make a great harmony beyond the borders
(Mibu Akemi Kasugabe- City July 15 2006)
528. If on the earth we would keep only love and peace
Instead of wars and violences
We could always make our hearts warm and rich
And we could march on, in a scrum.
(Ando Akiyoshi Tokorozawa- City July 15 2006)
529. If in Japan, we would not compete
With our strength but with our love and compassion
We would not be annoyed by breakdown and humiliation
We would open our minds and be generous
(Ando Akiyoshi Tokorozawa- City July 15 2006)
530. How lucky we are! We were born on this earth
With a blue sky and full of nature
We would like to preserve it forever
And pass it to the future generation
(Kitazuke Yuriko Saitama -City July 17 2006)
531. If one more thing can be realized, let's abandon all the borders
We can go freely to any countries
Everone can be compassionate with each other
And everyone can live together with shining pride
(Tanaka Yoshiko Soka-City July 17 2006)
532. I don't know why they kill people with the name of justice
Why they change beautiful cities into debris?
Children's tears, insane soldiers
Let's cease fighting and make this blue earth bloom
(Koyama Mariko Saitama-City July 17 2006)
533. A magpie bird, flying in the sky
With its wings, cover the past histories
We are all living things born on the same earth
Let's unite as one, crying and smiling
(Koyama Mariko Saitama City July 7 2006)
[A magpie is called a lucky bird in Korea.]
534. Even if we had a wrong history
As long as we have bonds connecting each other
We will not give up our courage and hope
We wish our happiness continuously
(Sehara Tetsuro Yamaguchi-City July 17 2006)
535. Blue sky, blue sea. The world is so beautiful
Why do they have to make wars?
Let's join hands and make a wish
May the world be peaceful!
Forever peace!
(Kanoe the 3rd grader Kobe Municipal Minato JHS July 23 2006)
536. Now I wish for all the people on the earth
World peace, and a peaceful future
We have to bring back the precious things from the past
And we have to build up a peaceful future without wars
(M.M Kobe Municipal Minato JHS the 1st grader July 23 2006)
537. If everyone had hated wars
This world would have been peaceful
I hope we can eliminate landmines from the earth
I hope all the destructive wars would be gone from the earth
(Harada Takashi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS the 2nd grader July 23 2006)
538. If you believe in the light sleeping in the darkness
This door will open just like a fan
If the unseen light could wake from its deep sleep
The world would be able to unite as one
(Kouda Kairi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS the 3rd grader July 23 2006)
539. We are leading days as a matter of course
On the other hands, somewhere in the world
There are children seeking for a small light
I'd like to share one step with them toward a bright future
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS the 3rd grader July 23 2006)
540. At that time, in that place, I walked along with my friends
We joined hands, holding strongly
Let's unite as one and fly to the future
For our wish to reach the world
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS the 3rd grader July 23 2006)