Akikawa Masafumi – A Thousand Winds

Original Poem: Unknown¹
Japanese Lyrics: Arai Man
Music: Arai Man

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there
I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds
Thousand winds
That blow in the open sky

I am the autumn sunlight on ripened grain
I am the diamond glints on snow
I am the gentle autumn rain
I am the birds that awaken you in the morning
I am the stars that watch over you at night

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I did not die
I do not sleep
I am a thousand winds
Thousand winds
That blow in the open sky.

I am a thousand winds
Thousand winds
That blow in the open sky.

That blow in the open sky.

^{1 – The lyrics are based on the poem, “Do not stand at my grave and weep,” whose author is unknown but largely considered to be Mary Elizabeth Frye.}