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Thread #48892   Message #736421
Posted By: masato sakurai
25-Jun-02 - 08:09 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Sayonara, Nakamura (Ted Egan)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Sayonara, Nakamura - Ted Egan
Translation (final chorus):

So it's goodbye now, farewell
Sayonara Nakamura ["Goodbye, Nakamura"]
Kimi ga, nemuru chi ["The land where you are sleeping"], Nishi Australia ["West Australia"]
Mo kailenu* sokoku ni ["native country to where you can no longer come back"] Itoshiki furusato ["my sweet home (land/town)"]
Sayonara, Sayonara, Nakamura.

*kailenu: "kaerenu" would be better

Ted Egan's recording (sound clip & lyrics) is HERE. Here are photos of Japanese cemetery with the lyrics.

~Masato