ギリシャの歌手Savina Yannatouのアルバムでこの曲を聴いて歌いたいと思い、なんとかギリシャに電話をかけて、やりとりの末、全然別の内容の歌詞にも関わらず、快くカバーを許可してもらった。後でわかった原曲の詞の内容は男女の仲の物語だったらしい。原曲のタイトルの訳が「女神」だったのを頼りに私が書いた詞は子猫と月の物語。バリ島で泊まることになっていたコテージに私が来る前日に迷い込んできて、まるで私を待っていた子猫、bulan。よちよち歩きで私の後をついてきて、膝の上でよく眠った。bulanというのはインドネシア語で「月」という意味。バリ島は月のパワーが絶大。ベダル・スチールの多重録音が神秘的。

I heard this song on an album by a Greek singer, Savina Yannatou, and wanted to make my own version. I got through to Greece somehow by calling the number on the CD and they kindly gave me permission to make a cover version even though the lyrics are completely different from the original. The original lyrics are about a love story between a man and a woman. Inspired by the translated title “goddess”, I wrote a story of a kitten and the moon. Bulan is the name of a kitten I found waiting for me when I went to stay in a cottage on Bali. She had got lost a few days before I arrived. She would tumble around after me and often slept on my lap. Bulan is the word for “moon” in Indonesian. The spiritual power of the moon is very strong in Bali. The many layers of the pedal steel guitars are mystic.

Music : Lena Platonos
Lyrics : ayako
Arranged by Hiroki Komazawa

pedal steel guitar : Hiroki Komazawa

Recorded at Space Velio Tokyo Japan March 1999
Recorded by Satoru Fujii
Assisted by Shinichi Tokumo (Space Velio)