Title "HANA" "Flower"

Haruno urarano Sumidagawa Nobori kudarino funabitoga Kaino shizukumo hanato chiru Nagamewo nanini tatoubeki	The Sumida River in the warm spring weather; Boats go up and down the stream; Water drops are splashed from the oars; What can one compare the beautiful scene to?
Mizuya akebono tsuyu abite Wareni monoiu sakuragiwo Mizuya yuugure tewonobete Ware sashimaneku aoyagiwo	Can't you see the cherry trees That speak to you, with dews at dawn? Can't you see the willow trees That invite you with their hands stretched, in the dusk?

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Wayback machine dialed to 1962(?) Kunihiko Makita (Foreign Exchange Student) and
I sang a Japanese song he taught me, as a duet for some assembly or something
- (I need some help remembering this). Only a tune and a few words were left in
my brain, and asked Kuni, now in Singapore, who emailed me these lyrics. He said
he had to look them up too, so I didn't feel as bad. I remember it as "Haru-no".
It's the kind of nature poem where you can see and feel the river and the setting.
It reminds of Merry's trip to Tanaguchi Gardens, in some city in Texas .

Update: Kuni sent me the score, and I converted it to MIDI, so you can play it Here.
Also, The orange icon above says "MAKITA" and was from a glass stamp that I got
from Kuni way back when.