Hello. I'd like to tell you all who are studying Japanese that Okinawa is a really great place. If you have the chance, I hope you will study Japanese and visit this part of the country. I wrote this song in the Okinawan dialect to express my hopes. It's entitled "My Hope." I'll sing it for you here.

Meaning of the lyrics:
My Hope

songs and lyrics by Tamaki Shun'ichi

The sound of the waves
Soothes my heart like the gentle receding tide
Falling in love, shedding tears
Yearning after what we can't forget

Feelings like this are the same for us all
We are fellow human beings!
Don't put up walls!
Let's go on like brothers and sisters

We are all one in spirit
under the deep blue sky and sea
I believe the stars in the heavens
will answer my dreams someday