A Thousand Winds (千の風になって）

[osega]

isso ai é uma boa adaptacao, mas nao está tao fiel a letra original. talvez pela diferenca entre as culturas nas formas de se expressar ... Gostei do video, parabens

[Liraxtime]

@osega Que vergonha! Sou japonês, mas não prestei atenção a letra quando toquei lira. (Eu não canto, deixo lira cantar )

[dubla345]

i can't hear any lyrics.. is there supposed to be lyrics idk..

[Liraxtime]

This video is instrumental, but there are several singers singing this song in Japan.

[Dryssiam]

@dubla345 It mean nothing ...

[NatsuBeat]

@dubla345

unko

[Liraxtime]

@NatsuBeat Do you speak Japanese?

[NatsuBeat]

@dubla345

There's an English version available (sang by Hayley Westenra)

[NatsuBeat]

@dubla345

There's an English version available (sang by Hayley Westenra)

watch?v=DIi-L7GO_6U&feature=re­lated

[Liraxtime]

@NatsuBeat Thank you!

[maki11able]

The lyrics of this melody really cheer up my mind & comforts me,you played well.I like your version of this melody.Very peaceful.

[Liraxtime]

Thank you. I know there are many versions for this lyrics, originally by American aborigines. This melody was composed by Japanese, Man Arai.

[oleiros70]

本当にありがとうございます。

[Liraxtime]

Musica composta de Sr.Man Arai.

Tornou-se muito famosa cantada por Sr.Masafumi Akikawa.

[zamyrabyrd]

Hi Lirax, The problem in Japan is despite the immense popularity of the song and the alleged tons of money it is making, it is still advertised as "author unknown". There are at least two books on it in Japan that don't even hint at there is an author. They took English lyrics without giving the smallest credit to the original writer and copyrighted their own translation. The still relative cultural isolation of Japan might work to their favor, but it still doesn't make it right.

[Liraxtime]

Hi, I appreciate your comment. Actually, I was not able to find author's name for English lyrics from Japanese information site.

Mr. Man Arai should have made research on it, before he brought his Japanese translation into public....

[zamyrabyrd]

@Liraxtime You might try reading 千の風になって紙袋に書かれた詩,

著 井上文勝 ポプラ社.

[Liraxtime]

@zamyrabyrd Do you read Japanese? What a surprise. I learnt from book review that original lyrics in English was written by a lady, trying to consolate her friend. I really need to read the book. I will do so when I come back to Japan next week from Hong Kong.

[zamyrabyrd]

Mary E Frye wrote the poem (the original is considerably softer in tone) in 1932 to comfort a friend who lost her mother and could not visit the gravesite in Germany.

One can search up the times online obituary

nov 5 2004.

[Liraxtime]

Now it is very popular in Japan, with Japanese lyrics.

My mom likes it, too.

[WindRabbit]

Hey! where can i get a lyre like yours, im looking for a lyre since a year and nothing, please i need to know where to get one!

by the way, i love that song and how u play it... sorry for my rusty and poor english but i really need some help with lyres... Thanks

[Liraxtime]

Le envié el mensaje.

[kz1s]

うーん一度もメールしてなくてすいません。

ただ、あなたの曲はいいですね。いろいろほかにも千の風を聞いて­きましたが、まだそこまでもいってないです。

また聞かせていただきます。

[Liraxtime]

ありがとうございます。　日本の曲も色々弾いてみようと持っています。

Thank you. I would be trying to play some Japanese songs, too.

[kz1s]

メールありがとうございました。話は少し変わりますが、私はyo­utube初心者なのです。

作詞作曲が趣味です。Liraxtimeさんとは違って、高貴な­ものではなく普通のポピュラーミュージックやラップを作ります。­ぜひそのときは遊びに来てください。

[Liraxtime]

創作的な活動をなさっているのですね。

複雑な曲がまだ弾けないだけで、全然、高貴なものではありません­が、犬はライアーを聞きながらよく眠ってくれます(笑）。

That's great you have a creative mind.

My music is nothing noble, just I can't play complicated notes. Any way, my dog sleeps well with my lyre sounds:-)

[Liraxtime]

音楽は国境も一気に越えてしまいますね。

私も同じ気持ちです。

Indeed, music has no borders.

[kz1s]

前略

今日ほかの曲もきかせていただきました。私は日本人ですが、

人種の差を越えて、良い音楽がこれからもどんどん浸透してくるだ­ろうと思っています。それでは、また。　尾関　謙一郎

[Liraxtime]

ありがとうございます。ライアーと呼ばれる竪琴です。

海人とうさんの沖縄の言葉と三線バージョンも素敵でした。

Thank you. This instrument is called lyre.

Your Sanshin version by Okinawa dialect sounds fantastic.

[kz1s]

心休まるいい曲と楽器ですね。言いたいことが素直に伝わってきま­す。