Thanks a lot to all for your comments. This song is a favorite of mine too. I´m to find out the name of the marvelous female singer. If someone could help me reading the kanjis, I´d be very grateful.
When I first heard this song about 4 years ago, I decided there and then that I wanted to learn it, but it took a lot of work to find the original lyrics. In the end, I got there, and this song is now one of my favourites to sing and play on guitar.
1. I am a son of the lake setting out on a cruise Standing on the shore emotionally Being surrounded by spreading mist and surging ripples I bid farewell to the capital of Shiga
2. Green pine trees and white sand along the shore A maiden of Omatsu village Secretly weeps in the woods of blooming camellia Over her fragile love
We miss a red light at the horn of a pier Without having specific destinations We sleep on the boat Wondering where we are in the morning, either Imazu or Nagahama
4. With a sapphire flower garden and a shrine surrounded by coral Chikubu-shima Island of old inheritance floats on the lake Young maiden, sleep peacefully In the arms of Buddha
5. With arrows deeply buried in the soil Summer grass grows thick in the old moat Standing alone in the old castle Even Mt. Hira and Mt. Ibuki are like a dream
6. Chomeiji, the Western Japan's 10th temple of pilgrimage Being far away from the unclean earth Let us pull into the golden waves Let us talk with peers passionately
The female singer was Tokiko Kato.
zk2boy 10 months ago
Thanks a lot to all for your comments. This song is a favorite of mine too. I´m to find out the name of the marvelous female singer. If someone could help me reading the kanjis, I´d be very grateful.
JJodok 11 months ago
@JJodok The female singer's name is Tokiko Kato.
photojpn 8 months ago
When I first heard this song about 4 years ago, I decided there and then that I wanted to learn it, but it took a lot of work to find the original lyrics. In the end, I got there, and this song is now one of my favourites to sing and play on guitar.
martyfan11 11 months ago
Lake Biwa Rowing Song
Lyrics: Oguchi Taro
Music: Yoshida Chiaki A passionate song about leaving a place that you love!
Earthlinked 11 months ago
1. I am a son of the lake setting out on a cruise Standing on the shore emotionally Being surrounded by spreading mist and surging ripples I bid farewell to the capital of Shiga
2. Green pine trees and white sand along the shore A maiden of Omatsu village Secretly weeps in the woods of blooming camellia Over her fragile love
Earthlinked 11 months ago
3. Drifting among the waves
We miss a red light at the horn of a pier Without having specific destinations We sleep on the boat Wondering where we are in the morning, either Imazu or Nagahama
4. With a sapphire flower garden and a shrine surrounded by coral Chikubu-shima Island of old inheritance floats on the lake Young maiden, sleep peacefully In the arms of Buddha
Earthlinked 11 months ago
5. With arrows deeply buried in the soil Summer grass grows thick in the old moat Standing alone in the old castle Even Mt. Hira and Mt. Ibuki are like a dream
6. Chomeiji, the Western Japan's 10th temple of pilgrimage Being far away from the unclean earth Let us pull into the golden waves Let us talk with peers passionately
Earthlinked 11 months ago
A great voice is a great voice - PERIOD - and music is the language!!!!!!!
Earthlinked 11 months ago
I love this song Just wish I knew what they where saying.
bethann48 1 year ago
Prachtig
TeekiDuvessa 1 year ago
Wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing!
peterhijm 1 year ago