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. |
581. Now the bell is ringing gloomily
You may feel pain and you may feel sad sometimes
But please don't give up your hope and courage
Let's make a world more colorful and more hopeful
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS 2nd grader Sep. 14, 2006)
582. I wish I could see you some day
I wish I could fly to you like a bird
The bond between you and me , the miracle of our encounter
I will treasure it forever in my life
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS 2nd grader Sep. 14, 2006)
TOPIC:"What I fear most!"
583. What I fear most is getting AIDS
My mother died of Aids
My father died of Aids too
Teacher says we should avoid premature sex
(AMOS OCHIENG Age 9.Ochok Kadongo Primary School Class 5 Kenya Sep. 22, 2006)
584. I like birds when they sing I feel happy
Sometimes I feel like flying.
I wish I could understand their language
If all human could have wings,I would fly to Japan
(TABITHA ADHIAMBO OUMA.Age 11 Ochok Kadongo Primary School Class 7.Kenya Sep.22, 2006)
585. Trees are good.They give us rain and flowers
Without rains we go hungry and without trees we don't get rain
I fear sleeping without food but our mom can't find food everyday
Trees give us papers for writing,I would like to bocome a doctor
(BILTON LIGOLO Age 9 Ochok Kadongo Primary School class 5 Kenya Sep. 22, 2006)
586. Rain rain go away
Come again another time
We are tired of floods
Oh floods go away and don't come back
(GRACE SARAH ONDORO Age 4 Ochok Kadongo Primary School Pre-unit class Kenya Sep. 22, 2006)
587. Mosquito mosquito, go away mosquito
You give people malaria Then they die
Mum buy me a sleeping net
To protect me from mosquito
(GRACE SARAH ONDORO Age 4 Ochok Kadongo Primary School Pre-unit class Kenya Sep. 22, 2006)
588. Congratulations for the 2750th birthday!
Samarkand, how exotic and beautiful!
It has survived a long history.
And it still shines as Rome of the East
(Suwako Nagata from Kobe Oct. 9, 2006)
589. If all the people who look up at the sky
Smile each other and join hands together
They will enjoy the happiness they make
And the world will be as one and fly to the future
(Akita Chorus member from Akita City Oct. 9, 2006)
590. Sing , sing songs, believe in the song power
Sing, sing songs, from the sky of Akita to the world
Singing voices of peace will reach everyone of you
Shining and flying to everyone's heart
(Akita Chorus member from Akita City Oct. 9, 2006)
591. Even if our voices may be small
If you sing songs , believing its power
Some day we will be united as one
We will make our dreams for peace, come true
(Akita Chorus member from Akita City Oct. 9, 2006)
592. Now I am flying soundly to the sky
Look at my wings on my back
I'd like to look for your traces
I hope to see the goal above the clouds
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS 22nd grader Kobe Oct.21 2006)
593. If on the earth, people made world peace
Instead of weapons and ammunition
There would not be any wars
Our wish would be realized
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
594. If we could hear laughing voices
Instead of bad things and abuses
We would have more good friends
And we would be happy, having more companies
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
595. If from above our heads missiles and bombs
Were not being dropped but rather medicines and doctors
People would be freed from pain and agonies
All could be able to live in peace
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
596. If you could hear laughing voices
Instead of screaming and crying
You would not escape from anywhere
You would play with your friends in anywhere
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
597. If there were enough money in the world
Instead of arms, medicines and water would be needed
Because they can save many people's lives
People would live in peace with their families
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
598. If I had enough courage
I would resisit instead of only obeying
Without my opinions being ruined
Freedom and equality would be saved
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
599. " Have you finished your homework?"" I want to continue playing a video game."
I always scold you but your sleeping face makes me happy
I want you to live toward your dream
I love you always as you are
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)
600. If Himawari School would continue to exist
As your dream school and as your light in your heart
Your future would continue to be made
Full of memories with your many friends
(The 37th Higashi Matsuyama Himawari (Sunflower) School Class 2 Saitama Aug 25 2006)