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Butterfly's Dream

from Raindancer by Erutan

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In springtime, Japan gets a light delicate rain, so light (as the poet suggests) that even the butterflies might not know of it as it falls around them while they sleep.

This poem, "Spring Rain" was written in the late 1800's by Court Lady Saisho Atsuko. The wife of a samurai, she served the Empress and Empress Dowager in the Imperial Court in all literary affairs, and left behind a large number of her poems

I wrote the melody of this song to fit the beauty of the poem and attempt to capture in music the feeling of spring rain. The English lyrics are my take on the original translation.

lyrics

Hana no ue ni
Nemuru kochou no yume ni dani
koyoi no ame wa
shirazu ya aruran


Whispering from the sky,
the raindrops fall tonight
Even this gentle cry
stirs not the butterfly's dreaming
Streaming skies are breathing,
breathing into me
All the magic this night brings


Hana no ue ni
Nemuru kochou no yume ni dani
koyoi no ame wa
shirazu ya aruran

credits

from Raindancer, released January 30, 2013
Composed by Erutan
All vocals and instrumentals performed by Erutan

Japanese lyrics from "Spring Rain" by Lady Saisho Atsuko
English lyrics by Erutan

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Erutan Charleston, South Carolina

Erutan (katethegreat19) is a classically trained singer-songwriter that specializes in a Celtic/Medieval style and plays a plethora of instruments including harp, lute, violin, guitar, hand drums, recorder, pan flute, kantele, dulcimer, etc. to bring her arrangements to life.

She records original songs and in her spare time arranges Celtic-based covers of video game themes.
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