Here I have a Japanese song that I translated into Filipino. I have titled it “Seresa”, which is the equivalent of the Japanese counterpart.
Original
sakura sakura
Yayoi no sora wa miwatasu kagiri
Kasumi ka kumo ka nioi zo izuku
Iza ya iza ya mi ni yukan
Seresa, Seresa.
The language of labels – about the paningin.
Hamog ba? Oh wow ba! Ang simoy oh lumabas!
Halika, halika masdan natin’ to.
Revised (1941)
sakura sakura
No yama mo sato mo miwatasu kagiri
Kasumi ka kumo ka asahi ni niou
sakura sakura hana zakari
Seresa; Seresa
Burol, bundok and parang-sa on top of paningin.
Hamog ba? Oh wow ba! Halimuyak ng araw.
Seresa, seresa-namumukadkad.
For those who know English, I will add vocabulary from both the original and the translation here.
JAPANESE
Sakura – Cherry blossoms (when referring to the tree itself, it is Sakuragi)
Yayoi: This is equivalent to march in the Japanese lunar calendar or spring time.
No – Possessive particle of the prize.
Sora – Sky
Wa: Written as “ha” and pronounced as “wa”, this is the topic marker.
Miwatasu – From “miru” (to see) and “watasu” (to overlook). When combined, it means panning your eyes across a panorama.
Kagiri – Limits or limits.
Yayoi no sora wa miwatasu kagiri: can mean something like “In the spring sky, look far and wide.”
Kasumi – Fog
Ka – In this case, it is something like “gold”.
Kumo – Cloud
Ka – Same as the first.
Nioi – Smell or aroma.
Zo – Used for emphasis.
Izuku – It could mean the origin of the smell.
Kazumi ka kumo ka nioi zo izuku – This could mean “It is a mist from a cloud, the origin of fragrance.”
Iza – Something like “what are we waiting for? Let’s go”.
Already – This indicates a change of thought.
Mi – Going back to “miwatasu”, the “mi” here is also the “mi” of “miwatasu”.
Ni – I think in this case it indicates the matter of doing things.
Yukan – Leisure
Iza ya iza ya mi ni yukan – This can mean like “ok, ok, let’s relax and watch something”.
No – Field or meadow.
Yama-Mountain
month – also
Sato – Field
Mo – Same as above.
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