Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Nanatsunoko (Japanese folk song)

This is "7 Kids" Song which appears in Detective Conan:



karasu, naze naku no
Crow, why do you cry?


karasu wa yama ni
kawaii nanatsu no ko ga iru kara yo

Because it has 7 cute kids in the mountain

kawaii kawaii to
karasu wa naku no

crow cries "kawaii - kawaii"

kawaii kawaii to naku n da yo
"kawaii - kawaii", it cries

yama no furusa e itte mite goran
marui me o shita ii ko da yo

Go to its old home at the mountain,
and you will see its round-eyed, lovely kids

Note: Kawaii = cute. The writer of this song interprets the "caw caw" sound of crow as "kawaii kawaii".
So basically, if you ask a Japanese crow why do you cry, it should answer you: I cry because I have 7 cute kids in the mountain

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