Credited on the record as 津和のり子.
美しい昔 [Diễm xưa]
1980 · Philips FS-2170 · Tokyo, Japan
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- Artist
- 津和のり子 [Noriko Tsuwa]
- Credited on the record as
- 津和のり子
- Title
- 美しい昔 [Diễm xưa]
- Release
- 美しい昔 / 春子 [Diễm xưa / Haruko]
- Year
- 1980
- Label
- Philips # FS-2170
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Tokyo, Japan
- Songwriter
- Trịnh Công Sơn; Japanese words 高階真, additional words 津和のり子; arr. 青木望
- Genre
- Japanese Music · Kayōkyoku · Pop
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Lyrics
English: This afternoon it is still raining – why don't you come? If tomorrow we are lost in pain, how will we have each other? __________ Vietnamese: Chiều nay còn mưa sao em không lại Nhỡ mai trong cơn đau vùi, làm sao có nhau
Notes
Philips FS-2170 (FS-2170 A), stereo, 45, side 1, ℗1980, manufactured by Nippon Phonogram Co. Ltd., Tokyo; "美しい昔 DIEM XUA" (トリン・コン・ソン作詞・作曲／高階真訳詞／津和のり子補作詞／青木望編曲), 4:09; the B side is "春子" (津和のり子作詞・作曲), 4:52. The back sleeve carries the line "NHKドラマ人間模様「サイゴンから来た妻と娘」から", the Japanese lyrics of both songs with Vietnamese lines of "Diễm xưa" in handwriting, and advertisements for 津和のり子's albums 曼珠沙華 (S-7013) and 降りつむ (S-7055); the front is a black-and-white portrait of the singer (photo by Saichi Katoh). ¥600; Philips/Nippon Phonogram company sleeve. The lyrics mourn a lost love who faded away in the rain in a far-off red land, as endless rain falls on temple roofs and roads and flowers wilt. [From the record sleeve and labels]