Testing Video Upload (yet again)

Testing video upload using YouTube…so that I won’t be constrained by 90 sec of video…

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It works!

(although personally, i find Flickr’s video player sleeker and more understated than YouTube’s…ah well…you win some you lose some, unless you are willing to pay for it)

Anyhow, just to explain, the song in the video is a traditional Japanese folk song called ‘Hana’, or ‘Flower’ in English. It is a really beautiful song with meaningful lyrics, and the translation of the song is as follows (i found it here, but made some minor edits).

Hana (Flowers)

Where does the river flow?
Where does man go with the river?
When he arrives somewhere,
I would like you to bloom like a flower.
Cry more, when you feel sad.
Laugh more, when you feel happiness.
To bloom a flower in your heart someday.

What are your tears shed for?
Where does your love go with the tears?
I hope you will accept these tears as a flower.
Cry more, when you feel sad.
Laugh more, when you feel happiness.
Someday, a flower blooms in your mind.

Flowers blooming, sometimes look like they smile
On the other hand, people sometimes shed tears
But all of these are the same natural nature (?)
May a flower in your heart bloom someday

(Does anyone have a more accurate and grammatically correct translation?)