Nina Jo Smith - Christi Hana

Chisai Hana
(Little Flowers)
Nina Jo Smith
© 2023 Redwood River Music

Maybe it’s spring now
on top of Hakusan
June is spring and summer’s running up
A lot of little flowers want to bloom.

Sakura - cherry blossoms - eager
Trees emerge from the mist
Yoshihiko paints a picture
and a lot of little flowers want to bloom.

Rivers and seas
bind and tie together
all the sounds of the world
Sacred mountain - hears
Golden eagle - cries
and a lot of little flowers want to bloom.

I’ll meet you at the hotspring
after we climb.
Wisps of cloud touch the sky
Everything is singing
and a lot of little flowers want to bloom.

Sadness in the land
for those who won’t return
The sound of crying
reaches Hakusan - the white mountain -
and in spite of everything
a lot of little flowers want to bloom.

For Yoshihiko Nakanishi
With thanks to Fumi Sasa