Song of the Wind(風うた Kazeuta) by Sakamoto Fuyumi(坂本冬美)

歌名: 風うた

唄: 坂本冬美

作詞: 吉田旺

作曲: 杉本眞人

編曲: 坂本昌之

発売日: 2015年3月04日

レコード会社: ユニバーサル ミュージック

赤いセロファン　とかしたような

夕日の彼方(むこう)に　昭和が揺れる

帰りたいけど　待つひともない

遥かなふるさと　祭りのころか

wo…ふりむく齢(きせつ)に　なったのでしょう

wo…風に凭(もた)れてひとり…ひとりうた

母の形見の　藍染(あいぞ)め浴衣

秋草模様に　咲顔(えがお)がよぎる

ばかな子だよと　肩抱きよせて

もいちど叱って　叱ってほしい

wo…ふりむく齢(きせつ)に　なったのでしょう

wo…夜のしじまにひとり…ひとりうた

夜空一面(いちめん)　瞬(またた)く星に

消えては微笑(ほほえ)む　おもいでたちよ

かぞえきれない　出逢いと離別(わかれ)

ありがとうゴメンね　また逢いましょう

wo…ふりむく齢(きせつ)に　なったのでしょう

wo…風に凭(もた)れてひとり…ひとりうた

Utamei: Song of the Wind
Uta: Sakamoto Fuyumi
Kashi: Yoshida Ō
Sakkyoku: Sugimoto Masato
Henkyoku: Sakamoto Masayuki
Hatsubaibi: 3/4/2015
Reko-do gaisha: Yunibāsaru myūjikku

Akai serofan tokashitayōna
Yūhino mukōni Shōwaga yureru
Kaeritaikedo matsu hitomo nai
Harukana furusato matsurono koroka

wo... furimuku kisetsuni nattanodeshō
wo... kazeni motarete hitori...hitoriuta

Hahano katamino aizome yukata
Akikusa moyōni egaoga yogiru
Bakana kodayoto kata dakiyosete
Moichido shikatte shikatte hoshi'i

wo... furimuku kisetsuni nattano deshō
wo... yoruno shijimani hitori... hitoriuta

Yozora ichimen matataku hoshini
Kietewa hohoemu omoidetachiyo
Kazoekirenai deaito wakare
Arigatō gomen'ne mata aimashō

wo... furimuku kisetsuni nattanodeshō

wo... kazeni motarete hitori...hitoriuta

Song name: Song of the Wind

Singer: Sakamoto Fuyumi

Lyrics: Yoshida Ou

Composer: Sugimoto Masato

Arrangement: Sakamoto Masayuki

Release Date: 3/4/2015

Record Label: Universal Music LLC

Like the melted red cellophane

The Showa era wavers on the other side of the sunset

Though I want to go back, no one waits for me there

The distant hometown, around the time of the festival

wo... when did I reach the season when I reminisce about the past

wo... leaning on the winds alone, singing alone

My mother's memento, an indigo-colored yukata

A smile crosses the autumn grass pattern

"A foolish child" I want to be told, and be held

Scold me once more, I want to be scolded

wo... when did I reach the season when I reminisce about the past

wo... alone in the silence of the night, singing alone

Night sky all around, to the twinkling stars

Oh memories which disappear and smile

Meetings and partings so numerous I can't recall how many

Thank you and I'm sorry, let's meet again

wo... when did I reach the season when I reminisce about the past

wo... leaning on the winds alone, singing alone

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Sakamoto Fuyumi(坂本冬美)

Sakamoto Fuyumi(坂本冬美) came up with her first name because her skin was white like snow.

She was a fan of Ishikawa Sayuri and had already made up her mind to become an enka singer when she was a junior high school student. She was a catcher of the softball team and also the captain of the team.

After graduating from high school, she worked as an accountant for a restaurant's owner company, but left after four months to join an umeboshi company where she checked the amount of salt used in the umeboshi. While working, she took singing lessons hoping to one day achieve her dream of becoming an enka singer.

In 1986, she became famous while singing on NHK's "Win out Kayo Heaven(勝ち抜き歌謡天国 Kachinuki Kayō Tengoku)." With encouragement from Inomata Kōshō(猪俣公章), the program's singing producer, she moved to Tokyo and became his student.

In 1987, she made her professional debut with the single "Rampaging Drum(あばれ太鼓 Abare daiko)" which ended up selling eight hundred thousand copies.

Since 1988, she has appeared in every Kōhaku Utagassen except 2002 when she was being treated for pancreatitis. She has sung in the tori(トリ) position once in 1996.

This blog post translates information from the Wikipedia article 坂本冬美 which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.