Music heals the soul when we are lost in grief. Losing a loved one is a natural part of life, but it seems paralyzing and puts your mind and soul into a neither-world, somewhere between the here and now and the unknown. There is that strange ethereal feeling of spacelessness. Where are you departed one? Where are we?
Music is like that too. Spanning the here and now into the unknown... and completely without space.
This past month we lost our dear friend. One of his favorite singers was Misora Hibari.
Her song Kawa No Nagare No You Ni and its lyrics always make me cry. They seem to bring it all into focus. Here's a sampling of the lyrics.
Shirazu shirazu aruite kita / Hosoku nagai kono miti / Furi kaereba haruka tooku / Furusato ga mieru / Dekoboko miti ya magari kunetta miti / Tizu sae nai sore mo mata dinsei
The path is narrow and long and / We walk along it without much thought but / If we turn our heads, far in the distance / We can see our places of origin. / Bumpy and winding; these uncharted roads, / But then again- that is life isn't it?
Ikiru koto wa tabi suru koto / Owari no nai kono miti / Ai suru hito soba ni tsurete / Yume sagashi nagara / Ame ni furarete nukarunda miti demo / Itsuka wa mata hareru hi ga kuru kara
To live is to journey / On this path without an end / and people we love draw near us / As we search for our dreams / Even though the rains may fall, muddying the way / Someday, again, another clear day will surely come
Aa kawa no nagare no you ni / Odayaka ni / Kono mi o makasete itai / Aa kawa no nagare no you ni / Itsumademo / Aoi seseragui o kikinagara
Ah, like the flow of the river, / Calmly / We release ourselves / Ah, like the flow of the river, / Forever / As we listen to the flow of the blue*
I also really like this song, especially I think it is the shamisen.
* I don't speak Japanese, so obviously these lyrics and translation are borrowed. I love them; but if you know more about it and have some corrections / accuracies - I am happy to hear
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