Five Japanese Lyrics

Song Cycle by Man-Ching Donald Yu (b. 1980)

1. Human Life
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
We have seen the cherry blossom
We have viewed the harvest moon
Who dares to say this life
Is not worth living after all

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2. Snow
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Oh that the morning wind may not blow through
The pine glove on the mountain’s brow
Which has been hushed to stillness
By a fall of snow

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3. In the Beautiful Night  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
Fireflies fitted in those dark spots
Where the moonlight did not fall
Although I strove to put the memory by
That night I could not sleep at all.

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4. On the Shore of the Nagara River
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
The ferry man I call
But he does not reply
On the shore of the Nagara
Only insects cry

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5. Swallow

Language: English 
To my cottage
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Total word count: 98