Mushiroda [席田] By: Anonymous

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Singable Translation PDF By: Carol Anne Perry Lagemann (CC BY SA 4.0)

Info

Number of Voices: 1
Voicings: Heterophonic
Date: 12th century
Language: Japanese
Tags: translation saibara

Lyrics

Lyrics	Transliteration	Direct Translation	Poetic Translation
席田のや	mushiroda no ya	in Mushiroda, oh	Down in Mushiroda,
席田の	mushiroda no	in Mushiroda	Mushiroda land,
伊津貫川にや	itsunukigawa ni ya	at the Itsunuki River	By the Itsunuki River
住む鶴の	sumu tsuru no	live the cranes	Dwell the long-lived cranes,
伊津貫川にや	itsunukigawa ni ya	at the Itsunuki River	By the Itsunuki River
住む鶴の	sumu tsuru no	live the cranes	Dwell the long-lived cranes.
住む鶴のや	sumu tsuru no ya	live the cranes, oh	Dwell the long-lived cranes, oh,
住む鶴の	sumu tsuru no	live the cranes	Dwell the long-lived cranes.
千歳をかねてぞ	chitose o kanete zo	already for a thousand years	For a hundred thousand ages
遊びあへる	asobi aeru	playing	There together they play,
千歳をかねてぞ	chitose o kanete zo	already for a thousand years	For a hundred thousand ages
遊びあへる	asobi aeru	playing	There together they play.
Anonymous	Markham, Elizabeth. Saibara: Japanese Court Songs of the Heian Period. Vol. 2. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1983. Print.	Carol Anne Perry Lagemann	Carol Anne Perry Lagemann

Notes about Lyrics

Down in Mushiroda,