Nurture your Nature

Ue o Muite Arukō l🇯🇵l [13+]

I have embraced the bittersweet since an early age. The observations of the Great Japanese writers: Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694), Yosa no Buson (1716-1783), and Kobayashi Issa (1763-1826) informed me that Nature could be sweet, even as it was juxtaposed with the bitterness of my upbringing.

I was 11 when this song became #1 on the music charts. It was called "Sukiyaki" in America but I learned the real words, and although it is a beautiful uplifting song its roots are firmly planted in the bittersweet soils of reality.

Kyu Sakamoto (10 December 1941 – 12 August 1985)) joined those who died young and left a haunting memory when he and others were killed in a tragic airplane crash.

May we remember him and this beautiful gift he gave us.



Ue o muite arukō
Namida ga koborenai youni
Omoidasu haruno hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru...

I look up while I walk
So the tears won't fall
Remembering those spring days
But tonight I'm all alone...

Complete lyrics in Japanese and English ▼

[Romaji:]

Ue o muite arukō
Namida ga koborenai youni
Omoidasu haruno hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Ue o muite arukō
Nijinda hoshi o kazoete
Omoidasu natsuno hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Shiawase wa kumo no ueni
Shiawase wa sora no ueni
Ue o muite arukō
Namida ga koborenai youni
Nakinagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Omoidasu akino hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Kanashimi wa hoshino kageni
Kanashimi wa tsukino kageni
Ue o muite arukō
Namida ga koborenai youni
Nakinagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Hitoribocchi no yoru

[Kanji:]

上を向いて歩こう
涙が零れないように
思い出す春の日
一人ぼっちの夜
上を向いて歩こう
滲んだ星をか数えて
思い出す夏の日
一人ぼっちの夜
幸せは雲の上に
幸せは空の上に
上を向いて歩こう
涙が零れないように
泣きながら歩く
一人ぼっちの夜
思い出す秋の日
一人ぼっちの夜
悲しみは星の影に
悲しみは月の影に
上を向いて歩こう
涙が零れないように
泣きながら歩く
一人ぼっちの夜
一人ぼっちの夜

[English translation:]

I look up while I walk
So the tears won't fall
Remembering those spring days
But tonight I'm all alone
I look up while I walk
Counting the stars with teary eyes
Remembering those summer days
But tonight I'm all alone
Happiness lies beyond the clouds
Happiness lies above the sky
I look up while I walk
So the tears won't fall
I cry while I walk
For I am alone tonight
Remembering those autumn days
But tonight I'm all alone
Sadness hides in the shadow of the stars
Sadness hides in the shadow of the moon
I look up while I walk
So the tears won't fall
My heart is filled with sorrow
For tonight I am alone
For tonight I am alone

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