MIKAN NO HANA SAKU OKA
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mikan no hana saku oka

mikan no hana ga saiteiru
omoide no michi oka no michi
haruka ni mieru aoi umi
ofune ga tooku kasunderu

kuroi kemuri o hakinagara
ofune wa doko e ikuno deshoo
nami ni yurarete shima no kage
kiteki ga boo to narimashita

itsuka kita oka kaasan to
issho ni nagameta ano shimayo
kyou mo hitori de miteiruto
yasashii kaasan omowareru


English Translation

hill of mandarin flowers

Mandarin flowers are blooming along
this path, cutting through this hill full of
memories. Far away, I see the blue sea
and a white ship in the haze.

As the ship releases its black smoke,
I wonder where it is going.
A wave sways it behind an island.
And the ship only becomes a sound. Boo.

A long time ago I came to this hill with my mother.
Together we watched this island.
Today I came again, but alone. Watching this island,
thinking about my kind mother.