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Harusame Lyrics

春雨に しっぽり濡るる
Harusame ni Shippori nururu　
鶯の羽風に匂う梅が香や
Uguisu no Ha-kaze ni Niou Ume ga Ka ya
花に戯れ しおらしや　
Hana ni tawamure Shiorashiya
小鳥でさえも一筋に　
Kotori de saemo Hitosuji ni
ねぐら定めぬ 気はひとつ
Negura sada-menu Ki wa Hitotsu
私しゃ鶯 主は梅
Watasha Uguisu Nushi wa Ume 　
やがて 身まま気ままになるならば
Yagate Mi-ma-ma Ki-ma-ma ni Narunaraba
サアー 鶯宿梅じゃないかいなー　
Saa Oushuku Bai ja naikai naa
サアーサ 何でもよいわいなー
Saasa Nan demo yoi-wai naa

Becoming drenched in a gentle spring rain
A breeze from nightingale wings
And the fragrance of plum blossoms,
Sporting with gentle flowers
A songbird in earnest decides upon a nest
The feeling of just one
I am the nightingale, you the plum blossom
Before long, if possible,
The body and the heart will become one
Now, does the nightingale dwell in the plum tree?
Come now, will anything good do?

 

 

Re-posted from Tsurikomaiko.com from user Fyouhime. I did not translate this myself.

Link to original post: HERE.

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Le secret des Geishas by andre1980

Harusame

This is the dance Harusame performed by one of my favorite's Koyoshi.

Kimono Information

http://www.shimazakura.com/types-of-kimono-s/119.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimono

http://www.tinyshiny.com/Articles/KimonoJapaneseTraditionalClothing.php

http://www.alltrees.org/Personal/kimono/terminology.php