RED DATA FRIENDS
(Endangered Friends)
words
by Kyoko Fukuyama
music by Yoshiki Fukuyama
translation
by Alinda Sue...
mushiatsui
hi ore to aifii aoi yane no ue
kaze wa naishi nemurenaishi
ikou boken no tabi
moe agaru yuuhi ni
nemuru chiita no oyako
furamingo no mure oozora
someagete
furusato wo wasureta kozakura
inko aifii
kimi no shiranai afurika
no tomodachi OH dakeshimetai
aozora ni kieteitta maasa
to kin no uta
hitori datte noromadatte
nakanaize Mr. George
kodomo no koro ni kiita
chikyuu no mawaru oto mou
ichi do yomigaere
hate no isho wo tsuketa etopirika
ni tamarin
manuke na manatii sunameri
shiru ika
kaze wo kire fukurou yo
hashiri dase ookami yo
koi suru kakapo daichi
wo yobi okose OH dakeshimetai
tobenai tori no you ni kenmei
ni habataite hakushu wo
okurunda
amari ni mo mabushiku inochi
wo kakemeguru
waserarenai daiji na
RED DATA FRIENDS
itsumademo hageshiku ikiteite
hoshii kara
ore wa yuku no sa owari
naki michi datte OH dakeshimetai
Because there’s no wind and we can’t sleep, we set out on an adventure
Wherever it takes us, throughout the world and sky we continue forward
Into the blazing sunset… We see a sleeping cheetah and her cub
And a flock of flamingo that color the sky
In a hometown long forgotten, Aifie sees fellow lovebirds
They don’t know you, these African friends but -
OH! I want to embrace them
The songs of mother and kin disappeared into the blue sky
Leaving only Mr. George, alone, slow-witted, but not crying
You’ve heard it since childhood,
A sound throughout the earth that can be revived again
In Etopirika, we see a tamarin in his showy finest
A foolish manatee and white finless porpoise
An owl cutting through the air and a running wolf
A beloved kakapo stirs up the ground… OH! I want to embrace them
Even if he doesn’t appear to fly, we applaud as he flutters with all his might
It is so dazzling, this life that surrounds us
We will not forget these great endangered friends
Always, intensely, because I want you all to be alive
I too will work to make sure your ways are not lost…
OH! I want to embrace you