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Chidori no Kyoku

千鳥の曲

[ジャンル]箏曲
[作曲様式]Meiji Shinkyoku
[流派]Ikuta Ryû - 生田
[対象楽器]吉沢 検校 - 箏

発祥 (柘植 元一):

Chidori no kyoku ('Song of Plovers') is one of a set of compositions for voice and the koto entitled Kokin no kumi, in which a new tuning (and mode) for the koto, called kokin-joshi, was introduced.

Two waka poems are sung in this piece: the first waka is from the Kokin waka shu, a tenth century anthology of court poetry compiled by imperial command. The second one, sung after the tegoto (or instrumental interlude), is from the Kin'yo shu, a twelfth century anthology.

詩 (【翻訳者】 柘植 元一)

At Shionoyama
Frequenting the sand spit
Plovers call out:
'You, my lord,
May you live eight thousand years!'
'You, my lord,
May you live eight thousand years!'

At Awaji Island
The call of the plovers,
Flying to and fro.
How often they have awakened
The guard at Suma Pass!
How often they have awakened
The guard at Suma Pass!
(maebiki)

Shionoyama
sashide no iso ni
sumu chidori
kimi ga miyo woba
yachiyo tozo naku
kimi ga miyo woba
yachiyo tozo naku

(tegoto)

Awajishima
kayoo chidori no
naku koe ni
ikuyo nezamenu
suma no sekimori
ikuyo nezamenu
suma no sekimori

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Out on the shore
Will chirp
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The Watchman at Suma
Keeps dreaming all night
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Chidori no kyoku
Transliteration

[Maebiki]
(1)
Shionoyama
Sashide no iso ni

sumu chidori

[Ai]

Kimi ga miyo woba
ya-chiyo tozo naku

[Ai]

Kimi ga miyo woba
ya-chiyo tozo naku

[Tegoto]

(2)
Awajishima
kayo chidori no
naku koe ni

[Ai]

Ikuyo nezamenu
Suma no sekimori

[Ai]

Ikuyo nezamenu
Suma no sekimori

[Atobiki]


Song of the Plovers
Translation
[Prelude] -1-

(1)
On Shio Mountain,
on the cliffs of Sashide,
which jut into the sea,
the plovers nest:

[Brief instrumental interlude]

May the emperor's illustrious life
last eight thousand generations,
they cry!

[Brief instrumental interlude]

May the emperor's illustrious life
last eight thousand generations,
they cry!

[Long instrumental interlude] -2-

(2)
On Awaji Island
the plovers fly back and forth
their piercing cries:

[Brief instrumental interlude]

How many nights have they awakened
the watchman at border post of Suma!

[Brief instrumental interlude]

How many nights have they awakened
the watchman at border post of Suma!

[Postlude]

-1- Imitation of the gestures of the gakuso zither used in court music creates a festive atmosphere for the song of good wishes that follows.

-2- In the first half of this tegoto section, performed at a more rapid tempo, the gestures are intended to symbolize the sound of the waves; in the second half, the call of the plovers.

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