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==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
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{{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | {{Genre|Secular|Partsongs}} | ||
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{{Descr|May be sung in either English or Japanese (Romaji). This piece is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 tsunami, and to their surviving relatives. The first two poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the disaster, and the last three poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the summer Obon festival observances that may provide a measure of healing for some.}} | {{Descr|May be sung in either English or Japanese (Romaji). This piece is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 tsunami, and to their surviving relatives. The first two poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the disaster, and the last three poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the summer Obon festival observances that may provide a measure of healing for some.}} | ||
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*[http://peterbird.name/choral/ Composer's website] | *[http://peterbird.name/choral/ Composer's website]}} | ||
==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
Five short ''tanka'' poems from the 13th-century “Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. English translations (based on those of Clay MacCauley, 1917). | Five short ''tanka'' poems from the 13th-century “Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. English translations (based on those of Clay MacCauley, 1917). | ||
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Matsu to shi kikaba | Matsu to shi kikaba | ||
Ima kaeri kon | Ima kaeri kon | ||
(''Chunagon Yukihira'') | (''Chunagon Yukihira'')}} | ||
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{{Middle}} | {{Middle}} | ||
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Yet it's only maple leaves, | Yet it's only maple leaves, | ||
Powerless to flow away. | Powerless to flow away. | ||
Like a driven wave, | Like a driven wave, | ||
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Crushed and broken on the shore, | Crushed and broken on the shore, | ||
Thinking of what used to be. | Thinking of what used to be. | ||
Over the wide sea, | Over the wide sea, | ||
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Those ahead will lead me on; | Those ahead will lead me on; | ||
Heavenly fleet of stars. | Heavenly fleet of stars. | ||
Swiftly rushing stream, | Swiftly rushing stream, | ||
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Though divided, on it runs, | Though divided, on it runs, | ||
And at last unites again. | And at last unites again. | ||
Though we are parted, | Though we are parted, | ||
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- (Posted 2011-04-16) CPDL #23379: (Sibelius 5)
- Editor: Peter Bird (submitted 2011-04-16). Score information: Letter, 22 pages, 234 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Japanese and English text underlay. Text and piano part follow the 16-page choral score in the PDF file.
General Information
Title: Toro nagashi (Lantern-floating)
Composer: Peter Bird
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Languages: Japanese, English
Instruments: Piano
First published: 2011
Description: May be sung in either English or Japanese (Romaji). This piece is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 tsunami, and to their surviving relatives. The first two poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the disaster, and the last three poems were selected because they serve as metaphors for the summer Obon festival observances that may provide a measure of healing for some.
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Original text and translations
Five short tanka poems from the 13th-century “Ogura Hyakunin Isshu”. English translations (based on those of Clay MacCauley, 1917).
 Japanese textYama kawa ni |
 English textIn a mountain stream |