シャボン玉 (Soap Bubble) English Lyrics Translation

Japanese

シャボン玉

シャボン玉飛んだ　屋根まで飛んだ
屋根まで飛んで　こわれて消えた
風々吹くな　シャボン玉飛ばそ

シャボン玉飛んだ　飛ばずに消えた
生まれてすぐに　こわれて消えた
風々吹くな　シャボン玉飛ばそ

シャボン玉飛んだ　屋根まで飛んだ
屋根まで飛んで　こわれて消えた
風々吹くな　シャボン玉飛ばそ

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English

Soap Bubble

A soap bubble flew, flew up to the roof

It flew up to the roof, broke and disppeared

It flew without the wind

A soap bubble flew, and in flying it disappeared

As soon as it was born, it broke and disppeared

It flew without the wind

A soap bubble flew, flew up to the roof

It flew up to the roof, broke and disppeared

It flew without the wind

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This song isn't by Bump of Chicken, but they did a beautiful cover of it which you can listen to here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nISGfkIuWEY&feature=related

According to Wikipedia (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/シャボン玉_(唱歌)) it's a children's song written by Noguchi Ujou that came out in 1922.

The lyrics and tune are simple but moving. Please enjoy!