TAMPOPO (Dandelion) 

music, lyrics - Nobuko Miyamoto

The seed of a dandelion scatters in the sky

A windblown weed, a wild flower, watch it fly

Dancing on the wind, spinning from a world it leaves behind

Dancing on wind, new life, new life begins

 

Okagesama de - Okagesama de    (thanks to the unknown forces)

Through all the forces 

Through the shadows and the light

The unknown forces, dandelion

 

Okagesama de - yare yare sore - okagesama de

The seed of a dandelion scatters in the sky

Tampopo, tampopo – tadano tampopo, tampopo

A windblown weed, a wild flower, watch it fly

Tampopo, tampopo – tadano tampopo, tampopo 

 

Dancing on the wind, spinning to a world beyond the eye  

Dancing on wind, new life, new life begins

 

On this night past and present are one 

On this night of Obon, dandelions return 

On this night, the old and the young

All the dandelions dance, dance as one 

Not a rose or an iris, not a bird of paradise 

Not an orchid or a lily, just a simple dandelion

We are simple dandelion

Tadano Tampopo - tadano tampopo…