Poem
Yumi Fuzuki
Summoned to This Planet
Winter’s midway point has passed,Sunlight pierces the blank margin of the season.
Abandoned limbs
That tried to reject the presentiment
Are shrunken into cores of yarn.
Desperate to catch up with the whiteness of breath,
in a blink, they sprinted off.
What should I do
In order to be born again,
To come back to live
Like budding leaves?
There’s no method for humans.
The wind carries us the smell of earth,
And though the sky is filled with omens,
Always we lag in responding.
Every time we blink,
It burns a hometown summer.
Our teary black eyes wreak destruction.
Welcome home.
Protect the planet, live with the planet.
You’ve become a rainbow,
Making your way to my insides
like a homecoming.
At the speed of light we all
Depart from earth
Become rainbow and return home.
The robust laughter of a rain shower.
Pours down
So as to make its way home.
You raindrops beating at my umbrella, tell me now:
Why have you been summoned to this planet?
Written as lyrics for a choral song at the request of composer Tanaka Tatsuya. The words are taken from multiple poems. Original published in 2014 with NHK’s National School Music Contest (N-con) and performed by the Toshimagaoka Girls School Chorus. Listen to the performance: http://bit.ly/2qJLNNR
この惑星（ほし）に呼ばれて
この惑星（ほし）に呼ばれて
冬の真ん中を過ぎて季節の余白に光が射した。
残された手足は
予感を拒もうと
毛糸の奥に縮んだまま。
息の白さに追いつきたくて
知らぬ間に駆け出していた。
もう一度生まれるには
どうしたらよいだろう。
木の芽のように
息を吹き返すには？
人間には方法がない。
風は土の匂いを運んでくるし、
空はきざしに満ちているのに
人はいつも出遅れてしまう。
わたしたちは、まばたきする度
故郷の夏を燃やしている。
潤んだ黒い瞳で滅ぼしている。
おかえりなさい。
惑星を守り、惑星と暮らそう。
きみが虹になって
わたしのなかへと
帰ってくるように。
わたしたちは
光の速さで地を去って
虹となって帰ってくる。
すこやかに笑うにわか雨。
ここへ帰り着くために
降りそそいできた。
傘を叩く雨粒よ、知らせてほしい、
きみがこの惑星に呼ばれたわけを。
© 2014, Yumi Fuzuki
作曲家・田中達也氏の依頼により、合唱曲の歌詞として制作。複数の詩から言葉を抜き出した。初出：二〇一六年NHK全国学校音楽コンクールにて、豊島岡女子学園高等学校合唱部が演奏。演奏の音源はこちら http://bit.ly/2qJLNNR
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Summoned to This Planet
Winter’s midway point has passed,Sunlight pierces the blank margin of the season.
Abandoned limbs
That tried to reject the presentiment
Are shrunken into cores of yarn.
Desperate to catch up with the whiteness of breath,
in a blink, they sprinted off.
What should I do
In order to be born again,
To come back to live
Like budding leaves?
There’s no method for humans.
The wind carries us the smell of earth,
And though the sky is filled with omens,
Always we lag in responding.
Every time we blink,
It burns a hometown summer.
Our teary black eyes wreak destruction.
Welcome home.
Protect the planet, live with the planet.
You’ve become a rainbow,
Making your way to my insides
like a homecoming.
At the speed of light we all
Depart from earth
Become rainbow and return home.
The robust laughter of a rain shower.
Pours down
So as to make its way home.
You raindrops beating at my umbrella, tell me now:
Why have you been summoned to this planet?
Written as lyrics for a choral song at the request of composer Tanaka Tatsuya. The words are taken from multiple poems. Original published in 2014 with NHK’s National School Music Contest (N-con) and performed by the Toshimagaoka Girls School Chorus. Listen to the performance: http://bit.ly/2qJLNNR
Summoned to This Planet
Winter’s midway point has passed,Sunlight pierces the blank margin of the season.
Abandoned limbs
That tried to reject the presentiment
Are shrunken into cores of yarn.
Desperate to catch up with the whiteness of breath,
in a blink, they sprinted off.
What should I do
In order to be born again,
To come back to live
Like budding leaves?
There’s no method for humans.
The wind carries us the smell of earth,
And though the sky is filled with omens,
Always we lag in responding.
Every time we blink,
It burns a hometown summer.
Our teary black eyes wreak destruction.
Welcome home.
Protect the planet, live with the planet.
You’ve become a rainbow,
Making your way to my insides
like a homecoming.
At the speed of light we all
Depart from earth
Become rainbow and return home.
The robust laughter of a rain shower.
Pours down
So as to make its way home.
You raindrops beating at my umbrella, tell me now:
Why have you been summoned to this planet?
Written as lyrics for a choral song at the request of composer Tanaka Tatsuya. The words are taken from multiple poems. Original published in 2014 with NHK’s National School Music Contest (N-con) and performed by the Toshimagaoka Girls School Chorus. Listen to the performance: http://bit.ly/2qJLNNR
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