JAPAN

"Takeda Lullaby"

COUNTRY – JAPAN LANGUAGE - JAPANESE A lullaby depicting the hardships borne by the care taker where she is asking the child to sleep and also lamenting about her helplessness and the poverty she is living in.

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Lullaby performed by students of Udayachal High School

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LYRICS

LYRICS IN JAPANESE	LYRICS IN ENGLISH	ENGLISH TRANSLATION
守も嫌がる　盆から先にゃ 雪もちらつくし　子も泣くし 盆が来たとて　何嬉しかろ 帷子は無し　帯は無し この子よう泣く　守をばいじる 守も一日　痩せるやら 早よも行きたや　この在所越えて 向こうに見えるは　親の家 向こうに見えるは　親の家	Mori mo iyagaru, Bon kara saki-nya Yuki mo chiratsuku-shi, Ko mo naku-shi Bon ga kita-tote, Nani ureshi-karo Katabira wa nashi, Obi wa nashi Kono ko you naku, Mori wo ba ijiru Mori mo ichi-nichi, Yaseru-yara Hayo-mo yuki-taya, Kono zaisho koete Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi Mukou ni mieru wa, Oya no uchi	I would hate baby-sitting beyond Bon Festival, The snow begins to fall, and the baby cries. How can I be happy even when Bon Festival is here? I don't have nice clothes or a sash to wear. This child continues to cry and is mean to me. I get thinner because the baby cries all day. I would quickly quit here and go back To my parents' home over there, To my parents' home over there.