This song was accidentally written during a Japanese Earthquake. I did not post it online for some months. 3/9/2011 Namazu 鯰 Song 225 [Intro] The peaceful city sleeps silently 平和な街は静かに眠る Heiwana machi wa shizuka ni nemuru [Chorus] Namazu don’t shake 鯰が 騒げば namazuga sawageba The earth will tremble 地震が 起きる jishinga okiru Kashima keep your guard 鹿島の神の kashimano kamino Don’t let the stone slip お出ましだ odemashida It will be a disaster 石を 担いで ishiwo katsuide The land will quake お出ましだ odemashida [First Verse] Down in the river どでかい 石は dodekai ishiwa Buried in the mud 要石 kanameishi Is the Namazu それで抑えりゃ soredo osaerya Subdued by a stone 動けない ugokenai Placed by Kashima 鯰は全く namazuwa mattaku To keep the land safe 動けない Ugokenaii [Repeat Chorus] [Second Verse] It’s a battle それでも 皆、 soredemo min-na To keep Namuzu still 気を 抜くな kiwo nukuna Nobody knows 鯰を しっかり namazuwo shikkari The next time 押さえてろ osaetsro Namuzu will get loose 鯰が 騒げば namazuga sawageba And the earth quake 地震が 起きる jishinga okiru [Repeat Chorus] [Repeat Intro] Kanji and Romagi lyrics were written by Hiro Ando The Composition is by Tracy Poe