about [ INORI～祈り～ ] (Lyrics in ENGLISH)

[ INORI～祈り～ ] Lyrics in ENGLISH （revised edition）

I knew my life was coming to an end but I couldn’t tell how I really felt inside.

I secretly whispered to those colorful folded paper cranes.

I missed all my love and their tenderness

Please God, allow me to stay with them a little longer.

I cried and cried. I was tired of crying. I was shivering from fear.

“INORI”“INORI” I wished I could live.

Everytime I fold a paper crane, the pain of parting welled up in me.

But if I strived to fold a string of one thousand paper cranes,

I believed that I could return to my warm sweet home.

I kept my fingers crossed and kept folding paper cranes

But I couldn’t stop crying because I knew my departure was coming closer no matter what.

I cried and cried. I was tired of crying. The paper cranes encouraged me.

“INORI”“INORI” I dreamed of my wish every day.

My time has come. I lastly want to express my gratitude as my last words

All I want to do is thank you for all. I have been happy all my life.
I cried and cried. I was tired of crying. The paper cranes encouraged me.
“INORI”“INORI” I dreamed of my wish every day.

Many seasons go by, I am still wishing.
I never want anyone to go through the same pain and sorrow.
I never want anyone to experience such pain and sorrow.

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This song “INORI –Wish(pray)“, sung by a Japanese female singer Kumiko, was written to convey messages from Sadako Sasaki. Sadako is known as “the Child of the A-bomb”, whose statue is displayed in the Hiroshima Peace Park.

Sadako was exposed to radiation in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima when she was 2 years old and suffered from leukemia 10 years after the bombing, and finally passed away when she was 12. In her sickbed, she kept folding paper cranes with her paper medicine wrapping , believing she could go back home soon and wishing that such tragic war never occur again.


INORI means Wish(pray).
Sadako's pray was to get well soon and to live with the people she loved. She wished that nobody else would have to go through the same pain as her own. We believe mercy and loving-kindness always create love, on the other hand hatred only arises hatred. We felt that this song INORI could convey the power of love and create bonds of love among people all over the world.

INORI website in ENGLISH

http://orizuru-inori.com/en/index.html