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. |
901. Fighting isn't good. Let stop the fighting
Killing isn't good. Let stop the killing
Corruption isn't good Let's stop corruption
Why can't we be in peace
Let's live in peace
(Ibrahim Kamara 17yrs. Sierra Leone April 30 2007)
902. We are brothers and sisters
Let's live in peace in this whole wide world
Let's live in peace. Let's live in peace
I love peace. I love peace!
(Ibrahim Kamara 17yrs. Sierra Leone April 30 2007)
903. I begin to walk toward a slight light
Shining through among the clouds
A blue sky is waiting over the clouds
I hope the world will be one connected by the rainbow
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 7 2007)
904. Mother is the nature, she cares and nurtures
War is the monster, it pains and tortures
If we work for peace together
We can make the mother earth better
(Nawaraj Baskota Nobel Academy Nepal May 4 2007)
905. If we could eliminate wars from this world
Could we welcome the days when we all would be happy?
All the strong and the weak together
Let's sing this song, forming a big circle
(Noda Ruka the 6th grader of Nagoya Municipal Yanagi Elementary School May 4 2007)
906. If I could prevent earthquakes and tsunamis
I would like to stop all the disasters immediately
Disasters only make troubles
If they were banned, people would be happy
(Okada Rikako the 5th grader of Nagoya Municipal Yanagi Elementary School May 4 2007)
907. All of us are from the same origin
We stick together as time goes by
We all walk hand in hand
Because world peace is in everyone's mind
(Chi-Ting Huang Fenghsin Senior H S 16 yrs, from Taiwan Translated from Chinese to English by Ms. Kai-Yi,Tu May 4 2007)
908. No more horrible wars, we live happily together every day
We love each other and we are a family
The cute family, the beautiful hometown
They are what we need. We hope world peace
(Liang Yi-Hsuan 7 yrs from Taiwan Translated from Chinese to English by Ms. Kai-Yi,Tu May 4 2007)
909. Thank God for having us in the world
The beautiful earth gives us a quiet and peaceful life
No more wars and we live in a peaceful world
Angel's magic creates wonderful future
(Yu-ling Huang 16 yrs fromTaiwan Translated from Chinese to English by Ms. Kai-Yi,Tu May 4 2007)
910. Let all the drops of all the oceans
And all the trees of all the woods
All the eys and ears of huuman kind
See the light and hear the song of peace Live the life than all deserve
(Caty from Tehran Iran May 4 2007)
911. If we had forever lives
We could do anything we like
But it's impossible, we have only one life
Please tresure your life, it's so special
(Zendo Kazuki Onda JHS 1st grader May 8 2007)
912. If there were a fairy on the earth
I would ask to eliminate tsunami and earthquakes
Then everyone would be very happy
Everyone's smile would be seen
(Satoh Erika Nagoya Municipal Yanagi Elementary School 5th grader May 8 2007)
913. If love , belief and wish become bright in our heart
With sharing and feeling our hearts, we can enter the bright land.
We wish to be together in deserts and jungles, We like to be wide as a sea
We wish to shine as the brightness of the sun and
We wish to grow up and understand each other more and more
(Pegah 16 yrs Farzaneh Barzegar HS Iran May 8 2007)
914. If this earth were not blue
Nature and humans could not survive
Let's be grateful to the earth and
Let's march together treasuring your lives
(Zendo Kazuki Onda JHS 1st grader May 8 2007)
915. If on the earth I met God
Please eliminate wars and give us peace
Please take care our lives
Then we could see everyone's smile
(Zendo Hiroki Nagoya Municipal Yanagi Elementary School 5th grader May 8 2007)
916. If this earth were a peaceful planet
It would be full of smiles, laughters and songs
Flay away, NEGAI song with the wind
Until the day when the world would be one
(Yamadasho Elementary School the 4th graders in Nara May 10 2007)
917. If there were no wars, we could understand the value of peace
If we didn't offend each other, we could know the beauty of bugs
If people were killed, we could say what a good life!
But anyway, no wars, no killing
(Elif Keskin from Turkey May 10 2007)
918. Again comes this new day, we want to meet it in kindness
We will sing together about love and happiness
It is our kind world, it is our lovely home
We will keep it forever, we will be always together
(Victor 14yrs. 1129 school Russia Moscow May 10 2007)
919. If all of us loved our neighbors
As we love ourselves
Hatred and fighting would be gone
Our future would be peaceful, full of hopes
(Fukuda Hiroko Nishinomiya City May 10 2007)
920. If we could eliminate disasters from this earth
Everyone could live happily with smiles
Let's make a circle with people in the world
And let's build a new world together
(Morioka Misaki Kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 11 2007)