Sakura: A beautiful Japanese song

Because I post whatever pops up in my mind and my mood, here is a beautiful Japanese song with the title Sakura [Cherry Blossoms]. It's interesting to know that there are many Japanese songs with the same title, different tunes and beat. But this is one of my most favorite. I also transcribed the lyrics for those who are interested to memorize it in Japanese and English versions. Hope you'll like it.

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Sakura by Moriyama Naotaro

I

Bokura wa kitto matteru


Kimi to mata aeru hibi o


Sakuranamiki no michi no ue de


Te o furi sakebuyo


Donnani kurushii toki mo


Kimi wa waratteirukara


Kujikesooni narikakatemo


Ganbareru kigashitayo

II


Kasumiyuku keshiki no naka ni


Ano hi no uta ga kikoeru

III


Sakura sakura ima sakihokoru


Setsuna ni chiriyuku unmei to shitte


Saraba tomo yo tabidachi no koku


Kawaranai somo omoi o ima

IV


Imanara ierudarooka itsuwari no nai kotoba


Kagayakeru kimi no mirai o negau


Hontoo no kotoba

V


Utsuriyuku machi wa marude


Bokura o isogasuyooni

VI


Sakura sakura tada maiochiru


Itsuka umarekawaru shunkan o shinji


Nakuna tomo yo ima sekibetsu no toki


Kazaranai ano egao de saa

VII


Sakura sakura iza maiagare


Eien ni sanbameku hikari o abite


Saraba tomo yo mata kono basho de aoo


Sakura maiochiru michi no ue de

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We are surely waiting

For the days in which we can see you again

On the streets, lined with cherry blossom trees

We'll wave and shout

Whenever we feel pain

Or it seems as though we'll be crushed

Because you're smiling

We feel that we can hang on

From inside the misty landscape

We can hear the songs from that day

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms now they're in full bloom

Scattering in an instant, I know that it's fate

Farewell my friend

When it's time to set off on your journey

With your unchanging feelings now...

I wonder, now can we say them?

Those words without fabrications

True words

To hope for your shining future

It's as though the bustling city

Is hurrying us along

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, simply falling

Believing that one day they be reborn

Don't cry my friend

Now is the time to be sad for parting

With that unadorned smile, well...

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms, fly now

Basking in the light merrily, for all eternity

Farewell my friend

Let's meet here again

On the street scattered

On the street scattered with cherry blossoms