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Gone for Pearls

by Scarlett O'Hanna

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'Gone for Pearls' is released in support of the fire victims of Evoia, Greece. All sales revenue will be donated to Open Solidary City Association, Solidarity 4 All + Athens Social Polyclinic campaign, working to attend their needs.


A voice and body percussions piece.

In tribute to the history and tradition of Ama divers.

Researched in Brussels and developed in Japan.

Recording from an early spring morning performance at Radio Campus Brussels, upon an invitation from Leslie Doumerc, Flora Six, and I Will Play This Song Once Again.

Mixing and Mastering: Scarlett O'Hanna

Photo artwork: Emma Quirky Pagan

Japanese translation: Tomoko Oono

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I belong to the sea
from its surface to its darkest deep
from mother to daughter it’s been so
since I can remember, two thousand years ago

Faces beaten by the weather, skins bit by the salt
the youngest watch their elder go under
repeating their whistling sound
other ama join hands and utter a prayer
while daughters close their eyes to whisper along
for the ones they’ve lost
gone for pearls, gone for abalone

I belong to the sea
from its surface to its darkest deep
from mother to daughter it’s been so
since I can remember, two thousand years ago

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水底の真珠たち

わたしの心も体も海のもの
波立つ;面から遥か暗黒の深みまで
母から娘へと ずっとそうあり続けてきた
追憶の限り遠く 二千年の記憶

風雨と日射しに刻まれた顔 塩で傷んだ肌
若い者に見守られ 年長の女たちが潜りゆく
繰り返し吐くその息は 笛の音にも似て
仲間の海女が手を合わせ 祈りを唱える
娘たちは目を閉じ 声を揃えささやく
真珠や鮑を追い求め 帰らぬ人となった女たちを想って

わたしの心も体も海のもの
波立つ面から遥か暗黒の深みまで
母から娘へと ずっとそうあり続けてきた
追憶の限り遠く 二千年の記憶


日本語詞への翻訳は大野友子。訳書に森山大道「犬の記憶」(Mémoires d’un chien, Editions Delpire)、そのほか村上春樹、川端康成等の作品のフランス語翻訳にも参加協力しています。

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released August 13, 2021

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Scarlett O'Hanna City Of Brussels, Belgium

Scarlett O'Hanna is the pop moniker of Brussels-based vocalist, songwriter, musician and producer Anna Muchin. After years dedicated to other sound works, SOH returns with "Precious Nothings", her first new record in a long time: 26.04.24

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