Sakura
Japanese Folk Song, arr. Linda Steen Spevacek (b. 1945)
Aaron Butler & Slava Frjlanic, percussion
Jenna Ingersoll, recorder

Sakura sakura
yayoi no sora wa
miwatasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
nioi zo izuru
izaya izaya
mini yukan

Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms,
Across the spring sky,
As far as the eye can see.
Is it mist, or clouds?
Fragrant in the air.
Come now, come now,
Let’s go and see them.