Lyrics of Reason and Experience

Tanuka was her name

92 Tanuka was her name In the interior village of Tamazu Lived a beatific ‘princess’, the forest blooming rose Her name beautiful and unique Tanuka the blooming rose Tall and slender She was Her exquisiteness A talking magic A gossip of the birds of the forest A free tourist attraction for the countless An emblem of decoration Yet the only daughter of Takapiwa and Tendai, the pitiable old villagers So loved was she the blooming rose And so loving was she the blooming rose All she had to do was to ask her parents She would become the spring of their happiness Their only God given treasure The days that followed Her plans she hatched And grew to lure the son of the richest but humblest man on the land Then came the day Nokito the well-heeled man’s son A well built, gorgeous and morally upright young man Ambitious but reticent 93 Slow in action but wit and intelligent After many arrows from all over the village had missed the blooming rose He made his way to the rose Slow but sure of his steps Lest he fall and miss the rose There she is As he sings his melodic song She only nods Nodding in approval Her little heart running amok in traces of joy Her eyes jerking, Lyrics of hope looming For she knew This day will come No need to rush Together In unison They went Only to come back treasure and happiness What Tanuka had pledged ...