Fukushima kara tsutaetai-- Kodomotachi no tame ni (For the Children)

[Art_from_Ark]

Kodomotachi no tame ni-- "For the Children"-- was the name of a song written and sung by the Japanese rock group Off Course around 1979 or 1980. It is the music for this YouTube video which depicts the travails of people-- especially kids-- living in Fukushima.

[AsahinaKimi]

1. sugoiii ne

ii desu ne, honto desu! Arigatou ark~san!

[Art_from_Ark]

2. We you able to understand any of the lyrics?

"...Ookiku te wo hirogete
Kodomotachi wo idaki tamae..."

[AsahinaKimi]

3. some...

I am not as fluent as I would like to be ..

[Art_from_Ark]

4. Here you go-- lyrics in Japanese, Romaji, and English

Last edited Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:02 AM - Edit history (2)

Even though this song was written more than 30 years ago, it's almost like it was written about this disaster


多くの過ちを 僕もしたように
Ooku no ayamachi wo Boku mo shita you ni
It seems that even I have made lots of mistakes

愛するこの国も 戻れない もう戻れない
Aisuru kono kuni mo modorenai, mou modorenai
The land I love can also never go back, never go back

あのひとがそのたびに 許してきたように
Ano hito ga sono tabi ni yurushite kita youni
It seems like that person has let me take the trip

僕はこの国の 明日をまた想う
Boku wa kono kuni no ashita wo mata omou
I will think again of this land’s future

広い空よ 僕らは 今どこにいる
Hiroi sora yo Bokura wa ima doko ni iru?
The wide sky… Where are we now?

頼るもの 何もない
Tayoru mono nanimo nai
We have nothing to rely on

あの頃へ帰りたい
Ano koro e kaeritai
I want to go back to the way it was

広い空よ 僕らは 今どこにいる
Hiroi sora yo Bokura wa ima doko ni iru?
The wide sky… Where are we now?

生まれくるこどもの頭に
Umare kuru kodomo no atama ni
何を語ろう
Nani wo katarou?
What shall we tell the children
Who are yet to be born?

君よ 愛するひとを 守り給え
Kimi yo Aisuru hito wo mamori tamae
You… protect the people you love

大きく手を広げて
Ookiku te wo hirogete
Open your arms wide

子供たちを抱き給え
Kodomotachi wo idaki tamae
And give your kids a hug

ひとり またひとり 友は集まるだろう
Hitori mata hitori Tomo wa atsumaru darou
Alone, alone again I will make friends

ひとり またひとり ひとり またひとり
Hitori mata hitori Hitori mata hitori
Alone, alone again Alone, alone again

真白な帆を上げて
Masshirona ho wo agete
Raise the bright white sails

旅立つ船に乗り
Tabidatsu fune ni nori
Get on the boat that is setting sail

力の続く限り
Chikara no tsuzuku kagiri
As long as we continue to have strength

ふたりでも漕いでゆく
Futari demo koide yuku
Even two of us can row the boat

その力を与え給え
Sono chikara wo atae tamae
Give us that strength

勇気を 与え給え
Yuuki wo atae tamae
Give us courage