Meiko no Yume Wa Yoru Hiraku - Meiko Kaji

Meiko Kaji's Yume Wa Yoru Hiraku cover from her Zenkyokusu album set to select tanka by Murasaki Shikibu and Izumi Shikibu with images of Japan matching the poetry.

Tanka are an old style of poetry dating back to the Heian period and some of the most famous examples can be found in the Genji Monogatari (Tale of Genji). The style indicates five lines with the following number of syllables: 5 7 5 7 7.

I originally published this in DVD Widescreen High Quality, but for some reason it is not showing up as such very well. I apologize for the poor quality of the words and hope that it won't mar your experience.

Please let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement, such as the ratio of images to poems, the animation, etc...
Please Enjoy!

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LYRICS

Naku tame umarete kita you na
Konna ukiyo ni miren nado
Koreppocchi mo nai kuse ni
Yume wa yoru hiraku

Nagai kurokami tachi kitte
Okuritsuketai yatsu ga iru
Aitsu fukou ka shiawase ka
Yume wa yoru hiraku

Shosen otoko wa odatedori
Shosen onna wa namidagai
Daite dakarete tsumazuite
Yume wa yoru hiraku

Hoshi wa nagarete doko e yuku
Atashi nagarete doko e yuku
Atemonai mi no hanauta ni
Yume wa yoru hiraku

Naku tame umarete kita you na
Konna ukiyo ni miren nado
Koreppocchi mo nai kuse ni
Yume wa yoru hiraku
Yume wa yoru hiraku

(no translation was available)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Meiko
• Kaji
• Japan
• Music
• No
• Yume
• Wa
• Yuro
• Hiraku
• 梶
• 芽衣子
• 衣子の夢はよるひら

[k21160]

Thank you for the poems, they are truly marvelous.

[YoukouYuri]

Thank you for watching! :D Onna Negai Uta is actually ready and I'm working on uploading it now. It's basically a continuation of this one, with the same starting poem as this one ends :)

Hope that you enjoyed it and thanks again for watching!

[murada911]

Thanks for the lyrics to this song...I've been looking for them everywhere! -Murada-

[YoukouYuri]

Thanks for listening! :D Glad to be of service!

[LinMingXin]

I agree with Teisuka and Remi--very beautiful! (You have a precious, gentle talent.)

[RemekMM]

Wonderfull music and soul.Thank You for sharing.

[teiska123]

Such a heavenly Enka song, this is my old favourite! Video is excellent as well: beautiful pictures and touching quotes from Japanese poetry. Combination is so sophisticated. Thank you very much for sharing this. Honto ni arigato! m(_ _)m

~Teisuka

[mrsdarkblue46]

thank you so much,for sharing all this wonderful music with us.

obrigada

[shaipova]

BEAUTIFUL SONG .....THANK YOU!!!

[lennybruce8]

i have the Zenkyokusu album. i like it. thanks for this.