Lyrics Kazufumi Miyazawa - Shimauta

SIMAUTA.
(text and music by K.Miyazawa)
Translation by E. Tarasov

Deigo no hana-ga kaki kaze-o eb arasi-ga whale
The deigo flower bloomed, caused the wind, and a storm descended.
Daigo-ga Sakimidare kaze-o ebi arasi-ga whale
The deigo flower bloomed, caused the wind to blow, and a storm descended.
Kurikaesu Kanashimi-va Sima Vataru us-but yo:
Endless sadness - that the waves incident on the island.
Wu: ji no mori-de anata something
We met with you in the reed beds.
Wu: ji no sita de tio ni sayonara
Under the cane said goodbye for centuries.

Simauta ё Kaze-nor Nori Tori something tomo-nor Umi-o vatare
Simauta! Saddle the wind and fly with the birds across the ocean
Simauta ё Kaze-nor Nori Todokete okure Watasi-no Namida
Simauta! Saddle the wind and pass along my tears

Daigo no hana mo mo tiri sadzanami ga yureru dake
Daigo bloomed, only small ripples remained on the water
Sasayakana siavase-va utakata-but us no khan
Little happiness "utakata" - a flower among the waves
Wu: ji no mori de utatta tomo yo
My friend, with whom they sang in the reed beds!
Wu: ji no sita de yatio no vakare
Parting under the reed - for millions of years.

Simauta e Kaze-nor Nori Tori something tomo-nor Umi-o vatare
Simauta! Saddle the wind and fly with the birds across the ocean
Simauta ё Kaze-nor Nori Todokete okure Watasi-no ai-o
Simauta! Saddle the wind and share my love with him

Umi y! Utu: e! Kami yo! Inoti ё! Konomama tova-nor unagi about
Simauta! Universe! Gods! Fate! Let the evening calm last forever!

Simauta e Kaze-nor Nori Tori something tomo-nor Umi-o vatare
Simauta ё Kaze-nor Nori Todokete okure Watasi-no ai-o
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COMMENTS.

Simauta - & quot; island song & quot; - A genre of traditional Okinawa song.
   But this song is not folk, it was composed by rocker (?) Kazufumi Miyazawa, it is stylized to the music of Okinawa and is dedicated to girls from the squad "quima; Himeyuri" quot; (& quot; virgins - lilies & quot ;.)
   So here. A very sad story ... Deigo (Erythrinia orientalis Murrei) is a shrub that grows on the Ryukyu Islands, blooms with bright scarlet flowers somewhere from March to May and since 1972 is a symbol of Okinawa. April 1, 1945 (ie, during its flowering), the American invasion of Okinawa began. (Arasi ga whale, A storm has come.)
  Before that, if there was a threat of an American invasion on a island, the Japanese evacuated the entire civilian population from there (for example, more than a thousand people were taken from Iwo Jima (Ioto).) Okinawa residents were not very Japanese, they even had a different language. The Ryukyu Islands were a semi-colony of Japan for a long time, they were finally attached to Japan in the Meiji era, here the comrades from Satsuma tried, if I'm not mistaken. The attitude of the locals to the Japanese was not very friendly. In addition, Okinawans were too many. It was not about evacuation.
   The population of Okinawa began to actively attract for the construction of defense fortifications. So that it does not go over to the side of the enemy, the inhabitants were intimidated in every way (They will come, they will rob, kill, rape ...) And they would give out grenades. Just in case. To heroically end it, but not surrender to captivity.
  From the students of the higher female school was created sanitary squad; Himeyuri & quot; (& quot; Virgins - lilies & quot;), which included 222 girls from 15 to 19 years old and several teachers. The hospital was located in 50 or 60 caves in the Itoman area in the south of Okinawa. (Now somewhere there is a memorial park). The conditions were unsanitary, there was no medicine, there was little food and water. The girls participated in operations, cared for the wounded, buried the dead. All this is under continuous fire. When the Americans captured Okinawa, many of the Himeyuri committed suicide. Of the 222 girls only 18 survived. That's all. About Himeyuri there are documentaries. Artists, it seems, too.