Wings Words

and Music by Toru Takemitsu

English text by Ella Louise Rutledge and Kirsti Kaldro
Piano arrangement by Shigeo Ida

      
a tempo
 = 71 Slow and nostalgic rit.

 
Flute

        
or Voice


        
 
　　 Ka ze
 
    
　　 Oh__

    
         

    
 rit. a tempo


Piano


  

      
 

   
  

            
5 3 3 3 3
3
Fl.

　 yo,　　 ku mo yo,____ hi ka ri yo.________　 Yu me o _____ ha ko bu_______ tsu ba

   
　　　

  
            
wind, oh__clouds, oh__ sun- light!_____You're the wings__ that__ car_______ ry my

   
         
3 3
3 3 3

            
    
3


Pno.

     

           
  42   
8

Fl.
sa, Ha ru ka na ru so ra ni e ga ku____________________ ki bo

    24 
dreams, You_ write a - cross a_______ dis - tant sky__________________ words of

               

    3     
           4
2  

Pno.




3
3
   


 
          
    
12

Fl.

u to i u ji o. Hi to wa yu me mi ta bi

        

in - spi - ra - tion. So did peo - ple once tra - vel in

          
        
      
    
    
 
Pno. 


 
   

       
     

15 
Fl.

 
shi te, i tsu ka so ra o to bu. Ka ze

              
dreams,_________ floating out a - cross the sky. Oh___

          
    
    
   


 
Pno.


     

                
       
18 3
3 3
3 3
Fl.

yo, ___ ku mo yo,___ hi ka ri yo!________ Yu me o_____ ha ko bu_______ tsu ba

   
wind,__ oh__clouds,__ oh____sunlight!_____ You're the wings_ that__ car_______ ry my

  
                        
3 3
3 3
3

           
    
3


Pno.


     

2
            
  42
21

Fl.

sa, Ha ru ka na ru so ra ni e ga ku________________

         
dreams, You___write a - cross a__________ dis - tant sky_______________

 
  42

    
       

     2
4
Pno. 3


3
3
   
 

24     
       

24

Fl.




___ ji yu u to i u ji o.

24         
___words of free - dom and li - ber - ty.

             



       
 42          
  
Pno. 


       

   
28
rit.

  
     
Fl.

     
 
  

     
      



  
Pno.

  
    

 