Yamabiko ⼭彦
byThomasGoedecke
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wordsbyRyōkanTaiguandSamiMansei
Translation notes:
Excerpt from Untitled (based on a poem by Sami Mansei) by Ryōkan Taigu (良寛大愚) (1758–1831)
Original Script IPA
世の中は 何にたとへん
山彦の こたふる聲の 空しきがごと
[jo no na ka wa]
[ja mabi kono]
[ko ta fu ru ko ɛ no]
Yamabiko An Echo (2011) for divisi SATB
Approx.5’15”
By Thomas Goedecke
Poetic Translation (by Steven D. Carter)
Our life in this world ‐
[na ni ni ta to ɛn] to what shall I compare it? It is like an echo resounding through the mountains and off into an empty sky.
[mu na ʃi ki ga go to]
Poem 352 from Man'yōshū (万葉集 “Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves”) by Sami Mansei (沙弥満誓) (c. 680–740)
Man'yōgana (万葉仮名) Kanji Transcription IPA
世間乎 世間を [jo no na ka o]
Poetic Translation
Living in this world ‐
何物尓将譬 何に譬へむ [na ni ni ta to ɛ mu] to what shall I compare it?
旦開 朝開き [a sa bi ra ki] It is like a boat
榜去師船之 漕ぎ去にし船の [ko gi i ni ʃi fu ne no] rowing out at break of day
跡無如 跡なきごとし [a to na ki go to ʃi] leaving no trace behind.
Program Notes:
This piece’s text is taken from two poems: the first stanza of a poem by Sōtō Zen Buddhist monk Ryōkan Taigu (良 寛大愚) (1758–1831) and the poem it was based on by Buddhist priest and poet Sami Mansei (沙弥満誓) (c. 680–740). The texts explore Buddhist philosophies through metaphor, and encourage contemplation on the analogies.
This piece is dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
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& ? S A T B Pno. 10 na ˙ ˙ ∑ naka ka œœ ˙ ˙ ˙˙ b b œ œ œ ∑ wa wa œœ . ˙ ∑ nakawa œ œ œ œ ∑& ? S A T B Pno. 14 na naka nakawa nakawa œ œ œ b b ˙ ˙ b œ œ œ œ œ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ kawa wa ˙˙ ˙ ˙ b ˙˙ ww w w Ah 3 3 Ah ww ww w . . . . ˙˙ ˙ ˙ Œ 3 3 nanini nanini ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ œ œ2 ...to what shall I compare it? This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
It is like an echo... ...resounding through the mountains...
& ? 4 3 4 3 S A T B Pno. 18 3 3 tato tato œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ Ya Ya Ya Ya w w . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ espress. espress. espress. espress. mabi mabi mabi mabi œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ kono kono kono kono . . œ œ j œœ b œœ œœ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b ˙ ˙ ˙ U U U U . . ˙˙ Œ . ˙ Œ . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ Œ 10" * 10" * 10" * 10" *-& ? 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 S A T B Pno. 23 Ya Ya Ya Ya . . ˙ ˙ . . . ˙ ˙ ˙ leggiero leggiero leggiero leggiero mabi mabi mabi mabi œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b b ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ kono kono kono kono . . œ œ j œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ b ˙˙ ˙ ˙ U U U U ˙ ˙ Œ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ Œ 10" * 10" * 10" * 10" * Ko Kotauru Kotauru Kotauru œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ3
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& ? S A T B Pno. 28 3 taurukoe koeno koeno koeno œœ œ œ b œ œ b j œ œ œ 3 œœ œ œ b b b œœ œ œ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ b no Munashi' Munashi' Munashi' œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ iMu iKotauru iKotauru œ œœ b œ œ œ œ œb œ œ œ œ b œ œ œ Munashi na Muna Muna œ œ ˙ œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ kigago shi shi shi œœ œœ b œ œ œ œ œ œ w w w b to ki ki ki w ww w # # # w w w ----------& ? S A T B Pno. 34 U no U no U Yono U no ˙ ˙ Œ U œ ˙ œ U œ œ . . . . œœ œ œ # j œœ œ œ ˙˙ ˙ . œ J œ ˙ rit. 3 na 3 na œœ œ œ # œ# œ œ œœ œ œ œ# 3 œ œ œ œ œ# 3 na 3 na w ww w # ˙ # ˙ # ˙ 3 w ka ka ka ka ˙ ˙ ˙ # ˙ wN w w w w # w a tempo4 ...and off into an empty sky. Living in this world... wo wo wo wo Mu-na - shi ki na - ka wo na - ka wo na - ka wo na - ka wo na - ka wo na - ka wo-This score is not licensed for performance. Please visit MusicSpoke.com to purchase performance copies.
& ? S A T B Pno. 40 w ∑ 3 3 Na Na 3 nani nanini nanini ww w # # ˙˙ ˙˙ ˙ ˙ œ œ œ œ 3 3 tatoemu tatoemu 3 3 nitatoe nitatoe tatoe tatoe ∑ œœ œ # œœ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ 3 asabi mu mu mu ˙ ˙ # ˙ ˙ # # ˙ ˙ 3 w w ww # # # # rit. raki ˙ ˙ # # ˙ ˙ # w w ww a tempo N.B. N.B. N.B. N.B. --& ? 8 6 8 6 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 S A T B Pno. 45 kogiinishi kogii kogii kogii œ œ # # œ œ œ # œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ # # ˙ ˙ rubato fune nu . . . . œ œ œ œ # # # # . . . . œ œ œ œ # # # w w # # no . . . . . ˙˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ # # # # # . . ˙ ˙ # # N.B. N.B. Ato 3 Ato Ato Ato ˙ # œ œ# œ œ# 3 ˙ ˙ # # ˙ ˙ # a tempo nakigo naki na naki œœ œ # # # œ œ œ# œ œ ˙ ˙ ˙ # œ œ œ # # œ#---
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