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. |
921. If I could ask a favor to God
I would like to make friends with all in the world
In order to make a big arch of a rainbow
Let's make friendship, living together
(Morioka Misaki Kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 11 2007)
922. Now to the people who are suffering from wars
I'd like to send smiles, dreams and hopes
I'd like to lend hands to them, too
I hope people in the world can keep smiling
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 11 2007)
923. Why can't world people smile enough?
Are any people making darkness?
Why does anyone kill other people?
I want the earth to be bright as the sun
(Sugii Kotomi Kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 11 2007)
924. If we had not had Okinawan War
Okinawan sea would not have been black
Even children and babies had gone
A lot of lives are laid under this sea
(Harada Takashi kobe Municipal Minato JHS May 11 2007)
925. If there were no wars in this world
I'm sure everyeone would be happy
Noone would lose thier families
And would spend happy days day after day
(R.Y Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
926. If you held pencils and notebooks
Instead of guns and pistols
You would not be suffering from terror and sadness
You would be able to get the joy of learning
(S.E Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
927. If the thing which visited you, in this world
Were not wars but forever peace
Everyone in the world would smile
And would lead a joyful life
(S.Y Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
928. If the thing which were left in this world
Were not burned fields but forests and farms
No one would wander in the battle field
But everyone would lead a life happily
(Y.K Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
929. If you could have water and food
Instead of guns and pistols
You would get rid of hunger and pains
You would laugh vigorously
(Harada Yuta Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
930. If the thing shining in the blue sky
Were not bombs but the light of the sun
A lot of children would step on this earth
And would have a good time, full of smiles
(Y.M Naruto City JHS 2nd grader in Tokushima May 12 2007)
931. If the groups of chorus singing NEGAI
Were sent to the battlefield, instead of armed forces
All the soldiers would throw away their weapons
And would begin to sing it, shoulder in shoulder
(Makino Shinichiro, a high school teacher in Osaka May 21 2007)
932. If on the earth, there were no nukes
We would avoid the cruelest battles
Let's eliminte all the weapons
And pray for peace for everyone in this world
(Matsuno Hiroki Osaka Prefectural Izumitottori High School 3rd grader May 28 2007)
933. If on the earth there were no fights
People would make friends with ones in other countries
Let's throw away weapons and violece
And make a peaceful life
(Matsuno Hiroki Osaka Prefectural Izumitottori High School 3rd grader and Makino Shinichiro May 31 2007)
934. If many countries in the world
Could throw away all the weapons
We would not kill others and would give up fighting
We would make our dream come true
(Tanaka Kazushige Osaka Prefectural Izumitottori High School 3rd grader May 31 2007)
935. If we began the fighting against
The environmental destruction, instead of real fighting
I'm sure this earth would begin its step
Toward its original healthy condition
(Tanaka Kazushige Osaka Prefectural Izumitottori High School 3rd grader June 3 2007)
936. If we could see in front of us
A beautiful flower garden instead of a burnt-out battlefield
A lot of children could play happily hand in hand
With a full smile, without any fear
(O.I Minowa JHS 3rd grader from Nagano June 9 2007)
937. If we didn't have Y's Men's Club
We would be just like wanderers without motherlands
We can forget any worries
Y's can make us shine much brighter
(Shinohara Yasuko Kumamoto Musashi Y's Men's Club June 20 2007)
938. If you were attacked by sadness
You could share the sorrow with Y's members
You would surely heal the pain
And you could change your sorrow into happiness
(Shinohara Yasuko Kumamoto Musashi Y's Men's Club June 20 2007)
939. If my wish could reach, May the earth be full of
Pure water, clean air and blue sky
I wish all the humans be happy
Then we could stride with our hands swinging
(Imai Kazuko Osaka Nakanoshima Y's Men's Club June 20 2007)
940. If my wish can be realized, this is the green earth
Every creature is living and sharing
Y and Y's are one, with our hands
We would like to pray for a peaceful world
(Imai Kazuko Osaka Nakanoshima Y's Men's Club June 20 2007)