Kawa No Nagare No You Ni

This song reminds me a lot of my mom because it was one of her favorite songs (and, I will admit, has also become one of mine). Doing some research on Wikipedia, I also learned that this was Misora Hibari's last song before she passed away.

EDIT: Found the following translation on http://www.jpopasia.com/lyrics/14730/tsubaki/kawa-no-nagare-no-you-ni.html, in case you don't know Japanese and was wondering what Hibari-san is singing:

I came walking on this long, narrow path
without knowing it
When I turn around,
my distant hometown is visible

The uneven path twists & turns
and doesn't even have a map
So is the road of life

Ah, like the flow of the river
the era passes by leniently
Ah, like the flow of the river
the sky is just endlessly dyed at twilight

Living and taking a journey,
an endless path
Take The person I love to my side
while searching for a dream

Even if I'm rained on & the path is muddy,
someday the sunny day will come again

Ah, like the flow of the river
I want to calmly go with the flow
Ah, like the flow of the river
The changing seasons

Ah, like the flow of the river
I want to calmly go with the flow
Ah, like the flow of the river
Forever
while listening to the blue blabbling stream