Japanese Song About A Hometown Posted by Ginny on Jan 3, 2011 in Uncategorized
Do you miss your hometown? ふるさと (Furusato) is a popular Japanese song about one’s hometown. Here is a video to the song :
Here are the lyrics :
うさぎ おいし かの やま (I chased rabbits on that mountain)
こぶな つりし かの かわ (I fished for minnows in that stream)
ゆめ は いま も めぐりて (I still dream about the time I spent as a child)
わすれがたき ふるさと(An unforgettable hometown)
いかに います ちち はは (How is mother and father doing?)
つつがなしや ともがき (Are my childhood friends in good health?)
あめ に かぜ につけても (When the rain and wind seeps through)
おもい いずる ふるさと (I think of my hometown)
こころざし を はたして (The will of my hometown is just as expected)
いつのひにか かえらん (Every morning I’d return home)
やまはあおき ふるさと (The mountains were the laurels of my hometown)
みずはきよき ふるさと (The water as pure as my hometown)
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