A Mother's Lullaby

(A big, old tree stands by a road near the city of Hiroshima.)

A big, old tree stands by a road near the city of Hiroshima.

(Through the years, it has seen many things.)

Through the years, it has seen many things.

(One summer night, the tree heard a lullaby.)

One summer night, the tree heard a lullaby.

(A mother was singing to her little girl under the tree.)

A mother was singing to her little girl under the tree.

(They looked happy, and the song sounded sweet.)

They looked happy, and the song sounded sweet.

(But the tree remembered something sad.)

But the tree remembered something sad.

("Yes. It was some eighty years ago. I heard a lullaby that night, too.)

"Yes. It was some eighty years ago. I heard a lullaby that night, too.