Do-do-i-tsu

Do-do-i-tsu is a very short song and a ward game.

Guests make up  a short song at the party. And he (she) sings it by himself (herself) to the Shamisen (Japanese guitar) accompaniment of a Geisha.

Or, he (she) can sing do-do-i-tsus that were made by other people and those he (she) particularly like.

Usually Do-do-i-tsu is composed of a sentence in two parts.  

It must follows the syllable rule of as 7,7,7 and 5.

Japanese : “Koi ni kogarete naku semi yori mo, nakanu hotaru ga mi o kogasu”  

     ko i ni ko ga re te = 7 syllables

     na ku se mi yo ri mo = 7 syllables

     na ka nu ho ta ru ga = 7 syllables

     mi o ko ga su = 5 syllables

“The cicada is singing his love song very loudly. The firefly's body is silently being consumed by the fire of love.”  

A rival in love will always whisper that he (she) loves you. But I love you more than him (her). My heart is burning with silence like a firefly.

Japanese : “Yume ni miru yojya, omoi wa asai. Hon ni fukakerya, nemurarenu.”

“You say that you love me and dream of me. THEN I can not believe your love. How can you sleep? I cann`t sleep because I am always thinking about you.”

Would you make up and sing a do-do-i-tsu in your mother tongue at Geisha a party?

Or listen to Japanese do-do-i-tsus  recited by Geisha?

The do-do-i-tsu contain the Japanese spirit.