心もよう (Kokoro Moyou)

Please enjoy Teresa's performance of a Japanese song "心もよう (Kokoro Moyou)" meaning "A frame of mind", originally composed, written, and sung by 井上陽水 (Inoue Yousui).

The following are the Japanese lyrics, with my English translation.

さみしさの つれづれに
Samishisa no tsurezureni
(By killing time of my sadness,)

手紙を したためています あなたに
Tegami wo shitatamete imasu anatani
(I am writing this letter to you)

黒いインクが きれいでしょう
Kuroi inku (ink) ga kirei deshou
(Don't you think the black ink is beautiful?)

青いびんせんが 悲しいでしょう
Aoi binsenn ga kanashii deshou
(You must feel sad with this blue letter-paper)

あなたの 笑い顔を
Anata no waraigao wo
(Surprisingly,)

不思議なことに
Fushiginakotoni
(I remembered)

今日は 覚えていました
Kyou wa oboete imashita
(your smiling face well, today)

十九になった お祝いに
Jyuuku ni natta oiwai ni
(By celebrating my 19-year birthday,)

作った歌も 忘れたのに
Tsukutta uta mo wasuretanoni
(I made a song, but forgot it)

さみしさだけを 手紙に つめて
Samishisa dakewo tegami ni tsumete
(By filling only sadness in my letter,)

ふるさとに すむ あなたに送る
Furusato ni sumu anata ni okuru
(I am sending this letter to you living in your hometown)

あなたにとって 見飽きた文字が
Anatanitotte miakita moji ga
(My written characters, you are tired of watching,)

季節の中で うもれてしまう ああ　・・・
Kisetsu no naka de umorete shimau aa ...
(are buried in changing seasons, ah ...)


遠くで 暮すことが
Tooku de kurasu koto ga
(Nothing is good for us to live far from each other)

二人に 良くないのは わかっていました
Futari ni yokunai nowa wakatte imashita
(I knew this well)

くもりガラスの 外は雨
Kumori garasu (glass) no soto wa ame
(It is raining outside the frosted glass)

私の気持ちは 書けません
Watashi no kimochi wa kakemasen
(I cannot write about my feeling)

さみしさだけを 手紙に つめて
Samishisa dakewo tegami ni tsumete
(By filling only sadness in my letter,)

ふるさとに すむ あなたに送る
Furusato ni sumu anata ni okuru
(I am sending this letter to you living in your hometown)

あなたにとって 見飽きた文字が
Anatanitotte miakita moji ga
(My written characters, you are tired of watching,)

季節の中で うもれてしまう
Kisetsu no naka de umorete shimau
(are buried in changing seasons)

あざやか色の 春は かげろう
Azayaka iro no haru wa kagerou
(Bright color in spring is a filament of air)

まぶしい夏の 光は強く
Mabushii natsu no hikari wa tsuyoku
(Dazzling light in summer is strong)

秋風の 後 雪が 追いかけ
Akikaze no ato yuki ga oikake
(After the autumn's wind, snow follows)

季節は めぐり あなたを 変える ああ　・・・
Kisetsu wa meguri anata wo kaeru aa ...
(The change of seasons changes you, ah ...)

Category:

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• テン
• Teresa
• Teng
• 鄧麗君
• 邓丽君
• 心もよう
• 井上陽水

[kk175812]

who's the original singer?? Inoue Yosui or Teresa Teng???

[masami43]

@kk175812

Inoue Yousui is the original singer. Please also read my description above (below the video).

[CherryMangoLover]

Sigh ... sigh ... sigh ... ... ... this is just stunning & beautiful, I don't want it to end. TT's voice is impeccable beyond imagination, it melts my heart & soul. Yes, it can't be any better. Billions tks for sharing & Happy New Year to you all ... ... ...!!!

[masami43]

Happy New Year 2010 from Japan !!

[o94tm]

井上陽水の歌をここまで歌いこなすとは！

やはり、テレサはすばらしい！

[masami43]

本当に、感動しますよね！

[erichuman]

Omg!!!! my heart just melt. What kind of man can resist this voice? Not me. For sure. I blame myself for not knowing her until recently. I've never known her but again, it better late than never. She is not belong to Taiwan, China, Japan nor Asia: She just belong to humankind. Period. RIP tt.

[shamsee100]

I have been listening to this song sung by the great singers like Ishikawa Sayuri san and Sakamoto Fuyumi san. And I love it. This is the first time I listened Teresa Teng san singing this song. Lovely. Just lovely. She conveys more powerful feelings. Domo Arigato Masami43 san for sharing and the great translation. Being a translator myself, I know I how difficult it is to translate lyrics. And you are doing a great job.

[taekwan1]

i want to learn japanese to sing this song !!!!

[Merilaneamor]

que bella voz y preciosa cara , que orgullo de japon tener sus canciones y poder seguir amandola con cariño saludos aJAPON de mery juarez

[wwwtips]

Esta hermosa cancion titulada en Japones "Kokoro Moyou", en Espanol "Un estado de Animo" fue primera cantada por Inoue Yousui, un excelente cantor Japones, pero es cuando la canto Teresa Teng que gano popularidad....Su increible voz y su especial estilo de cantar, hacen que el mundo aprecien y gusten mas escuchar las canciones Japonesas.

[minami7531]

広い音域の曲　エンディングの最高音は　陽水もファルセットで

効果を上げていますね。

テレサはファルセットを使わない歌手。音域全体を下げたのは

やむを得ないでしょうね。

ワンテンポ早める工夫もして。結果、物まねでないテレサの独自の

「こころ模様」に拍手です。　UPありがとう。。

[Nanyanguo]

TT certainly has a way of singing Japanese songs different from Japanese singers. If I may say so, notwithstanding she is not a Japanese, it was she more than any other singers as well as the first to make Japanese songs popular outside Japan. This wasnt the case before her time. I think the Japanese record producer/composers at the time were very smart to very early know that she is the ONE.

[230shoji]

好いですね。

[kg12472]

永遠的歌姬..

永遠的歌后....

永遠的巨星...

永恆的傳奇......

[axintje]

Ooooh really thank you for this info!!!! I heard a fragment of this song by Inoue and searched the whole youtube for hours (even copying the japanese title) and i found a vid. And now in the related i saw yours. Thanx soo much!

[dhood63able]

@1dajiang the composer of this song is Yosui Inoue, a Japanese 音乐先生