O ano de 2008 está marcado de comemorações dos 100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil. O Kasato Maru é considerado o primeiro navio a aportar no Brasil com imigrantes japoneses, em 18 de junho de 1908, em Santos, trazendo 165 famílias, que vinham trabalhar nos cafezais do oeste paulista. Esta música japonesa fez sucesso no mundo inteiro e teve versões em diversas línguas. A versão em português, foi gravada pelo Trio Esperança: “Olhando Para o Céu”. Kyu Sakamoto nasceu em 10/11/1941 e morreu na queda do vôo 123 da JAL em 12/08/1985. “Ue wo muite arukou – Sukiyaki” foi seu maior sucesso.

Kyu Sakamoto – Sukiyaki

Ue o muite arukou
namida ga kobore naiyouni
omoidasu harunohi
hitoribotchi no yoru
Ue o muite arukou
nijinda hosi o kazoete
omoidasu natsunohi
hitoribotchi no yoru
Shiawase wa kumo no ueni
shiawase wa sora no ueni
Ue o muite arukou
namida ga kobore naiyouni
nakinagara aruku
hitoribotchi no yoru
(whistling)
omoidasu akinohi
hitoribotchi no yoru
Kanashimi wa hosino kageni
kanashimi wa tsukino kageni
Ue o muite arukou
namida ga kobore naiyouni
nakinagara aruku
hitoribotchi no yoru

Phil Collins – Do You Remember?

We never talked about it but I hear the blame was mine
I’d call you up to say I’m sorry,
But I wouldn’t want to waste your time
‘Cause I love you, but I can’t take anymore
There’s a look I can’t describe in your eyes
If we could try like we tried before
Would you keep on telling me those lies?
Do you remember?

There seemed no way to make up,
‘Cause it seemed your mind was set
And the way you looked it told me,
It’s a look I know I’ll never forget
You could’ve come over to my side,
You could’ve let me know
You could’ve tried to see the distance between us
But it seemed to far for you to go
Do you remember?

Through all of my life,
In spite of all the pain
You know that people are funny sometimes,
‘Cause they just can’t wait to get hurt again,
Tell me do you remember?

There are things we won’t recall,
And feelings we’ll never find
It’s taken so long to see it,
‘Cause we never seemed to have the time
There was always something more important to do,
More important to say
But “I love you” wasn’t one of those things,
And now it’s too late
Do you remember?