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Thread #61154   Message #984380
Posted By: masato sakurai
16-Jul-03 - 08:59 AM
Thread Name: BS: Japanese word?
Subject: RE: BS: Japanese word?
"Sakura, Sakura" (sakura is repeated in the common title) is said to be koyoo ("an old song"); it's traditional, but not a folk song in the strict sense of the word. Lyrics & translation of are HERE (midi is not recommendable); pronunciaton guide (not an orthographical transcription), free translation, and sheet music are HERE; lyrics & unpoetic translation, with a good arranged midi, are HERE; and a less common version (lyrics, translation, & a good koto- & shakuhachi-sounding midi) is HERE.