戦争は終わり、もしあなたがそう望むなら。

巷でクリスマスソングが聞こえる季節となりました。数ある定番ソングのなかでも、サビーネのクリスマスオープンハウスでいつも歌うのは、そう、John LennonのHappy Christmasです。”And so happy Christmas, for black and for white, for yellow and red ones, let’s stop all the fight.” 「ハッピークリスマス、黒人も白人も、アジア人も先住民も、戦いをやめよう」。この歌にでてくるwarは、当時のベトナム戦争をさしているそうですが、見渡せば、半世紀近くたった今でも、世界のあちこちで戦いはやみません。みなさんにとって、今年はどんな一年だったでしょうか？ Let’s hope it’s a good one, without any fear.

“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”
by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Happy Xmas, Kyoko
Happy Xmas, Julian

So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas (war is over)
For weak and for strong (if you want it)
For rich and the poor ones (war is over)
The world is so wrong (now)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
For black and for white (if you want it)
For yellow and red ones (war is over)
Let’s stop all the fight (now)

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

And so this is Xmas (war is over)
And what have we done (if you want it)
Another year over (war is over)
A new one just begun (now)
And so happy Xmas (war is over)
We hope you have fun (if you want it)
The near and the dear one (war is over)
The old and the young (now)

A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

War is over, if you want it
War is over now

Happy Xmas