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星の流れに
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On the Stream of Stars (Hoshi no nagare ni)
Trendy Popular Song Music Sheets (Ryūkō kayō gakufu)
星の流れに
Designer: Kimata Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1910 – 1997)
Composer: Tone Ichirō (Japanese, 1918 – 1991)
Arranger: Miyata Tōhō (Japanese, 1898 – 1986)
Lyricist: Shimizu Minoru (Japanese, 1903 – 1979)
Publisher: Shinkō ongaku shuppansha
Composer: Tone Ichirō (Japanese, 1918 – 1991)
Arranger: Miyata Tōhō (Japanese, 1898 – 1986)
Lyricist: Shimizu Minoru (Japanese, 1903 – 1979)
Publisher: Shinkō ongaku shuppansha
Japanese
Shôwa era
1948 (Shôwa 24)
Medium/Technique
Color lithograph; ink on paper
Dimensions
Height x width: 25.4 × 17.8 cm (10 × 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary and Robert Levenson
Accession Number2023.1195
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsMusical scores
DescriptionTranslation of lyrics from Japanese, by Kuniko and Kendall Brown:
"On the stream of stars, telling my fortune
Where shall I stay, what lodging tonight?
With a hardened heart, there is no desire
I cried and cried, till my tears dried up
Who made me such a woman?
Smoking a cigarette, whistling a tune
Aimless nights, wandering around
People turn to look, my body shrinks
The city’s flickering lights, so lonely
Who made me such a woman?
Starving by now, where’s my sister?
To glimpse you once more, dear mother
How sad my rouged lips, I bite them
Even the dark night wind, cries as it blows
Who made me such a woman?"
"On the stream of stars, telling my fortune
Where shall I stay, what lodging tonight?
With a hardened heart, there is no desire
I cried and cried, till my tears dried up
Who made me such a woman?
Smoking a cigarette, whistling a tune
Aimless nights, wandering around
People turn to look, my body shrinks
The city’s flickering lights, so lonely
Who made me such a woman?
Starving by now, where’s my sister?
To glimpse you once more, dear mother
How sad my rouged lips, I bite them
Even the dark night wind, cries as it blows
Who made me such a woman?"
Marks
'Kimata Kiyoshi,“ seal 'KK“ lower right
ProvenanceBy 2019, Mary and Robert Levenson, Belleair, FL; 2023, gift of Mary and Robert Levenson to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 13, 2023)