Saturday, March 8, 2008

New songs

We have some new songs to show:

First, Lucinda sings a song for Hina Matsuri, Japan's Doll Festival or Girls Festival. She learned it in her Japanese class at Nishimachi.



About.com tells me that the song is "Ureshii Hinamatsuri (Happy Hinamatsuri)," and that the lyrics are:

Akari o tsukemashou bonbori ni
明かりをつけましょう ぼんぼりに
Ohana o agemashou momo no hana
お花をあげましょう 桃の花
Go-nin bayashi no fue taiko
五人ばやしの 笛太鼓
Kyo wa tanoshii Hinamatsuri
今日は楽しいひな祭り

Let's light the lanterns
Let's set peach flowers
Five court musicians are playing flutes and drums
Today is a joyful Dolls' Festivall

And here's Arno with a very brief rendition of "Zousan", or Little Elephant. He pronounces it "Do-o-san" and refused to sing the rest on camera.

1 comment:

Petra Franklin said...

Oh Lucinda. THAT WAS MARVELOUS! - Arno, We like your elephant song too! "Hello," from Simone. Simone also says "I'm 3 1/2 and at sea-level in sunny Seattle. Is Tokyo at sea-level? It is Wednesday. We studied planets and made a cardboard spaceship today at school." Simone also says, "Japan is like the planets...very far away. You have to take a plane to get there."