The Indispensable Thing When Looking Back No. 217

( 仰げば尊し )　　　　　　　　 　

(1)

What an_ indi_spensa_ble thin_g /　our tea_chers’ fa_vor’s bee_n !

After_ many_ schoo_ling year_s, / the final_ one’s co_me to an en_d.

Those mon_ths and year_s have flown_ awa_y /　before_ we’ve rea_lised them_.

No__w we_ are__ par_tin___g, / hopin_g we’ll mee_t agai_n.

(2)

What a_ noble_ frien__dshi_p / we’_ve bui_lt up a_mong u_s !

We wi_ll never_ for_get i_t / even_ after we’_ve parte_d.

We’ll beha_ve ourse_lves an_d ma_ke effort_s / to grow_ up to_ be grea_t.

No__w we_ are__ par_tin___g, / hopin_g we’ll mee_t agai_n.

(3)

We’ve bee_n learnin_g together_ in cla_ss / from mor_ning throu_gh afternoo_n.

We owe_d the li_ght for our_ study / to fire_flies a_nd white sno_w.

We’ve staye_d together_ / so ma_ny_ year_s /　that we_ ca_n’t forge_t.

No__w we_ are__ par_tin___g, / hopin_g we’ll mee_t agai_n.

2003. 5. 10, 13 　　　　　　 Translated by: B. Ito

2003.5.12,13 advice from Hisao Shimizu, 2003. 5. 17, 18 advice from Gyve Turquoise, Kouji Ueshiba & Bart Mathias, sci.lang.japan) 2003. 5. 14, 17, 18, 12/ 27

このフルート演奏は「武仲圭子」さん（日本フルート協会会員､カラビンカ笛の会（会長）は、ドイツ・デトモルト国立音楽大学に短期留学、パウル・マイゼン氏のマスタークラスの講座を修了なさっておられます。E-Mail: kt-yt-gg@mx4.et.tiki.ne.jp

This flute performance is presented by Ms. Keiko Takenaka who is a member of Nihon Furuuto Kyoukai (The Japan Flute Association ) and President of Karabinka Flute Association. She is a holder of the Master Class Flute License given by Mr. Paul Meisen during her practical study in Detmold Hochschule fuer Musik in 1995. Her E-Mail above.

仰げば尊し　　 文部省唱歌(明１７．３) １、 あおげばとうとし　わが師の恩 教えの庭にも　はやいくとせ おもえばいと疾（と）し　このとし月　 いまこそわかれめ　いざさらば

２、 たがいにむつみし　日ごろの恩 わかるる後（のち）にも　やよ忘るな　　 身をたて名をあげ　やよはげめよ いまこそわかれめ　いざさらば ３、 朝ゆうなれにし　まなびの窓 ほたるのともし火　つむ白雪 忘るるまぞなき　ゆくとし月 今こそわかれめ　いざさらば