二人の歌 (A Song for the Two of Us)

150426_dandelion_catepillar2b_600You have a relationship with nature. And you have a relationship with many people. You may have a special relationship with a special person and one day the two of you might get married.

But you can divorce a person. You cannot divorce nature. So it’s good to get along with nature as best you can. You’ll be together to the end. With nature, there are no exceptions.

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It’s best to get along with the person you marry, too, and maybe you’ll be together for your entire lifetime . . . but truth compels me to tell you that marriages don’t always last a lifetime.

But, I repeat, your marriage with nature will. So take it seriously, by which I mean cherish it.

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Yeah, here, in the neighborhood, along this street . . .

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. . . now, around and about on your bicycle . . .

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. . . wherever, even among the weeds, the two of you, together always.

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Obey the “signs,” especially among the weeds: Go Slow! Look!

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Yeah, here in this ditch . . .

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. . . now, wherever, and with whomever—even with the weeds,

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. . . always together.

二人の歌      Futari no Uta      (A Song for the Two of Us)

(lyrics and love from our dear friend Tammy Tam)

 

キミは何を見ているの   kimi ha nani wo miteiru no       What are you looking at?

戻らない過去        modoranai kako       a past that’ll never come back

それとも未来         soretomo mirai       or the not-yet-now future?

キミは何を歌うの       kimi ha nani wo utau no       What are you singing of,

嘆き、悲しみ        nageki, kanashimi        sadness and lament

それとも喜び       soretomo yorokobi        or maybe a grateful joy?

知っているよね       shitteiru yo ne          You know this, right?

わかっているよね       wakatteiru yo ne       You understand this, right?

すべてはいまに在ること        subete ha ima ni aru koto        What is now is everything.

すべてはここにあること        subete ha koko ni aru koto        What is here is everything.

キミを信じることを       kimi wo shinjiru koto wo

思い出して       omoidashite       Remembering . . .  To believe in yourself

ありのままで  ari no mama de

大好きだから       daisuki dakara        Because . . . I love you just the way you are,

ずっと一緒にいるよ       zutto issho ni iru yo       We’ll be together always.

ずっと一緒にいるよ       zutto issho ni iru yo       We’ll be together always.

ずっと一緒にいるよ       zutto issho ni iru yo       We’ll be together always.

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