Umi Yukaba (Motoharu-chū)

海ゆかば

English: At Sea
"Umi Yukaba"
National anthem of Motoharu-chū
Lyrics	renku poem, circa 18th Century
Music	Takaya Ieuji, 1912
Adopted	TBA
Audio sample
Motoharu Music Corps' instrumental version file help

Umi Yukaba (海ゆかば; English: At Sea) is the national anthem of Motoharu-chū. It was nationally adopted in TBA following the independence of the territory. The lyrics are from a renku poem written by an unnamed author around the 18th Century, and the current melody was composed by Takaya Ieuji, a Motoharan composer, in 1912.

Lyrics

Esonian original	Romanized	English translation
海ゆかば / 潮がさまよう場所で / 広大な領域の中で / 私の魂に家を見つけてください / 君の傍らで私を横たえさせて / 何があろうとも / 決して振り返らない / 海ゆかば / カモメが鳴く場所で / 広がる果てない / 空の下 / 君の傍らで / 私を褪せさせて / 旅の思い出に	Umi yukaba / Shio ga samayō basho de / Kōdaina ryōiki no naka de / watashi no tamashī ni ie o mitsukete kudasai / Kimi no katawara de watashi o yokotae sasete / Nani ga aroutomo / kesshite furikaeranai / Umi yukaba / kamome ga naku basho de / Hirogaru hatenai / sora no shita / Kimi no katawara de / watashi o ase sasete / Tabi no omoide ni	At sea, where the tides may roam, In the vast expanse, find my soul a home. By the side of my Sovereign, let me lay, Never to look back, come what may. At sea, where the seagulls cry, Underneath the open, endless sky. By the side of my Sovereign, let me fade, In the memories of the journey made.