Name: Taa yaga?
Duration: P00H04M08S
Description: "Taa yaga?" meaning "Who is it?" is a song about the mythical Kijimunaa of Okinawa.

Taa yaga?

from Tiichi by Brandon Ufugusuku Ing

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"Taa yaga?" meaning "Who is it?" is a song about the mythical Kijimunaa of Okinawa.

lyrics

[ENGLISH TRANSLATION]
I’ve heard the story over and over. You’re so interesting.
Your hair is red, and you are smaller than a human being.
You are very good fishermen, you catch many fish.
You really like fish, don’t you? But you only eat the eyes.

I don’t eat the fish eyes, so you can eat all of them.
If you ride with us on our boat, we can be best friends!
[CHORUS]
You live in the Gajimaru (trees), everyone knows.
I still haven’t seen you, but I believe in you.

Thing you dislike is the octopus. It gives you a gross feeling.
You also don’t like the rooster’s call. The sounds makes you run away.
I don’t sing like the rooster, so you don’t have to worry.
Plus, I only have two hands; I don’t have “eight hands” (octopus)

[chorus]

You want fire, so you come to my house to steal it.
*But if I pass gas, I will be thrown into the ocean.
The fire, the gas, both are dangerous, so let’s be careful of each other.

[chorus]

*Kijimunaa are said to sometimes help humans cross over water by carrying them on their backs. However, if the human were to fart while being carried, the kijimunaa would understandably throw the human off from their back, and into the water.