Name: Mooashibii
Duration: P00H03M51S
Description: "Mooashibii" is an Okinawan "hangout" tradition where young people gather at night to sing, dance, drink and just have a good time until the sun comes up.

Mooashibii

from Tiichi by Brandon Ufugusuku Ing

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"Mooashibii" is an Okinawan "hangout" tradition where young people gather at night to sing, dance, drink and just have a good time until the sun comes up.

lyrics

[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
Are you free tonight? Why don’t we go have some fun?
I’ll bring this sanshin. Won’t you sing with me?
It’s lonely if I sing by myself.

Let’s go to the beach. Everyone from the village will be there.
While singing, everyone will dance, and the girls will bring their handkerchiefs.
What do we do in this situation - I wonder if there’s anyone who doesn’t know.

[CHORUS:]
Mooashibii, singing and dancing.
Mooashibii, even when the sun comes up.
I wonder, will you give that handkerchief to me?

Feel the sand with your two feet, it feels so nice.
I am calmed by the smell of the sea, it heals my soul.
But when I hear the sound of the sanshin I get excited.

[chorus]

Now the *plover cries, “chui, chui” on the beach.
But he’ll get happy tonight,
Because he won’t be alone anymore.

[chorus]

*The plover (chijuyaa in Okinawan) is said to make the sound “chui” when it calls/sings. Because chui also means “one person” in Okinawan, the plover is often used in Okinawan songs and poetry as a symbol of loneliness.