Nanatsu
no ko
(Seven Baby Crows)
Year: 1921
Composer: Nagayo Motoori
Poet: Ujoo Noguchi
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Lyrics:
Karasu naze nakuno
Karasu wa yama ni
Kawai nanatsu no
Ko ga aru kara yo
Translation:
“Mother crow, why do you cry so?”
“Because I have seven cute children
high on the mountain.”
Karasu wa nakuno
Kawai kawai to
Nakundayo
.“Kawai kawai” cries the mother crow.
Itte mite goran
Marui me o shita
Iiko da yo
on the mountain. And there you'll see such
round-eyed, good children.”