AKATONBO

LYRICS

Yuuyake koyake no akatonbo,
Owarete mitano wa itsu no hi ka?
Yama no hatake no kuwa no mi o
Kokago ni tsunda wa maboroshi ka?

Juugo de neeya wa yome ni yuki
Osato no tayori mo taehateta.

Yuuyake koyake no akatonbo,
Tomatte iruyo, sao no saki.

translation

Red dragonfly in the fading sunset,

long ago my nursemaid would carry me on her back.

Picking mulberries from the mountain field

into little baskets… was that all a dream?

My nursemaid married at fifteen and moved far away.

She no longer sends news to our village.

Red dragonfly in the fading sunset,

I see you resting on the tip of the bamboo reed.

SATB – a cappella – CP 1750

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