“Sunrise, Sunset” is a song performed in an American musical “Fiddler on the roof”. This is a story about an old poor farmer(milkman) and his family, who are Jewish persons living in the rural area of imperial Russia and they were pressured politically at that time. In Japan, the musical was performed with Japanese language, and Hisaya Morishige acted the father of the family. I watched the American movie of originated by this musical nearly 50 years ago. The film was directed by Norman Jason, music arranged by John Williams (famous for the composer of Star Wars and Indiana Jones series). I strongly recommend you to listen this song (maybe on Youtube), if you never heard of it. You will never forget and moved by the melancholy melody.
サンライズ、サンセットは米国ミュージカル「屋根の上のバイオリン弾き」の中で演じられる曲です。全体のお話は帝政ロシアの一地方でユダヤ人たちが政治的な圧迫を受けている中の、貧しい農夫（牛乳屋）と家族の物語でした。劇場ミュージカルを日本で行い、かつて森繁久彌がその家族の父親を演じていました。私は昔（多分50年位前）映画で見たことがあります。監督はノーマン・ジェイソン、編曲はジョン・ウィリアムズ（スター・ウォーズやインディ・ジョーンズの映画の作曲でも有名）。もし、この曲を聞いたことがなければYoutubeなどで聞くことをぜひお勧めします。その物悲しい旋律は心に残ります。
The word of sunset are in many of songs. Perhaps, the thoughts of some strong sympathy for loneliness and sadness through one’s life could be easily expressed in words when people project the scene of sunset. I can easily remind songs, for example “Yoohiwa Akaku (Sunset glows red)” “Tabibitoyo (Dear wanderers)” and “Yoohi ga naiteiru (Sunset looks like crying)”. OMG, what an old guy I am, these are GROUP SOUNDS(Note 1). But these are very nice songs. Please try these on Youtube also, if you want.
夕陽、夕暮れ、日没は歌に歌われることが多いです。恐らく人生の中で寂しさ、悲しさの詰まるような思いがその風景に投射された時に、詩になりやすいのでしょうか。私が浮かぶ曲は「夕陽は赤く」「旅人よ」（いずれも岩谷時子作詞、弾耕作作曲、加山雄三歌）「夕陽が泣いている」（浜口庫之助作詞・作曲、スパイダーズ演奏、歌はマチャアキ）です。いやあ古いねえオッサン、グループサウンズかよ。でも名曲です。これも聞いたことがなければYoutubeでどうぞ。
I have several shots of just sunrise and sunset in my photo albums, so I will upload those in this blog. Nobody cannot stop the scenery change in the dawn and the dusk, so I should shoot instantly when a find nice view. Thanks for iphone camera, I could see rare and beautiful picture sometimes.
今回のブログは単純にサンライズとサンセットを撮った写真が私のアルバムにあり、それをアップして見ました。夜明け、夕陽は「あ、きれい」と思った時撮らなければ、どんどん変わってしまいます。でもスマホカメラのおかげでハッとするような風景が撮れることがあります。
Even I travel often, but I have only one picture of sunset took at outside of Kawasaki, that is Mt Iwate-san from the city of Morioka. In my sense of beauty, I prefer the picture sunset with colored clouds than in the perfect clear sky.
川﨑以外の夕焼けの写真は次の盛岡市内から見た岩手山が唯一でした。私の感覚では完全な晴天より、雲が赤く染まっている方が写真としては綺麗なんです。
Sometime clouds in a sunny day is also a nice view.
日中の雲も時にはいいものです。
The last picture shows the UNKAI clouds covered the basin and be suggested as ocean. It was took after I looked for the chance this will be occurred.
最後は狙って撮った雲海の写真、岩手県遠野市。
The words sunset reminds me about Japanese film “ALWAYS San-chome no yoohi”. Maybe write about that in next time.
夕日で思い出すのは映画「ALWAYS３丁目の夕日」。その話はいずれまたの機会に。
Note 1 : GROUP SOUNDS is category of Japanese pop music in ’60s or ’70s. Each band, had a western name, like TIGERS, SPIDERS, etc, performed electric guitars, drums, etc. and sing in a style of rock & roll or slow tempo POPs.
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Yes, I’ll check this music “Sun rise, sun set” on YouTube. The story seems so interesting too. I haven’t ever read it. I’ll try it.
Ay, how enormous numbers of books I wanna read from now on!
So long!
Thank you for comment. I didn’t read the based novel yet. “Gyuunyuu-ya Devie” is the title.
Why don’t you try to find an old DVD of the film.