Akogare no minami/憧れの南 [With English and Romaji subtitles]

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憧れの南 / Akogare no minami / South of Longing
- Japanese Popular Song

Singer: Katsuhiko Haida, Band of the South
Performer: Japan Victor Orchestra

Record released by Victor Records in August 1943

Lyricist: Tetsuo Nagata
Composer: Katsuhiko Haida

[About this song]
This song was released in August 1943. The lyrics are about longing for the South Seas Islands and Southeast Asia.

[Rōmaji]
Tanoshi uta minami kara
Fukuyo soyokaze ni nori
Kanaderu wa yoseru nami
Aoi umi no kanata kara
Kimi shiruya minami no
Kokochiyoki shirabe o
Tanoshi uta akogare no
Tooi minami no shimajima

Uruwashi no yashijima e
Wakoudo no yume wa tobu
Kogi yukan akogare no
Jūji no hoshi motomete
Kimi shiruya minami no
Sachi himeshi unabara
Moyuru mune nozomi mitsu
Tooi minami o omoeba

[Japanese]
楽しうた南から
吹くよ そよ風に乗り
奏でるは寄せる波
青い海の彼方から
君知るや南の
心地よき調べを
楽しうた 憧れの
遠い南の島々

麗しの椰子島へ
若人の夢は飛ぶ
漕ぎ行かん 憧れの
十字の星求めて
君知るや南の
幸秘めし海原
燃ゆる夢 望み満つ
遠い南を想えば