Nanatsu no Ko

"七つの子"
Song
English title Nanatsu no Ko
Written Nagoya, Japan
Published July, 1921
Form Children's song
Composer Nagayo Motoori
Lyricist Ujō Noguchi
Language Japanese

Nanatsu no Ko (七つの子?, lit. Seven children, or Seven baby crows, The crow's seven chicks) [1][2][3] is a popular[3] Japanese children's song with lyrics written by Ujō Noguchi (野口雨情 Noguchi Ujō) and composed by Nagayo Motoori (本居 長世 Motoori Nagayo). Published in Kin no fune (The golden ship) magazine in July 1921.[1][3] Nanatsu no ko is used as the departure melody at Isohara Station in Kitaibaraki.

Lyrics

Japanese Romanization[2] English translation[2]
烏 なぜ啼くの
烏は山に
可愛い七つの
子があるからよ
可愛 可愛と
烏は啼くの
可愛　可愛と
啼くんだよ
山の古巣へ
言って見て御覧
丸い眼をした
いい子だよ
Karasu naze nakuno
Karasu wa yama ni
Kawai nanatsu no
Ko ga aru kara yo
Kawai kawai to
Karasu wa nakuno
Kawai kawai to
Nakundayo
Yama no hurusu e
Itte mite goran
Marui me o shita
Iiko da yo
Mother crow, why do you squawk so?
Because high on the mountain
I have seven cute children.
 
"Cute, cute,"
This mother crow sings.
"Cute, cute,"
Cries the mother crow.
You should behold the old nest
On the mountain. And there you'll see such
Round-eyed, good children.
 

In popular culture

In the manga and anime Detective Conan by Gosho Aoyama, the mail address of the boss of the Black Organization is #969#6261, which reproduces the beginning of Nanatsu no Ko.

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.willamette.edu/~rloftus/Crow%20Song.htm
  2. 1 2 3 http://bulldog2.redlands.edu/dept/AsianStudiesDept/music_ed/baby_crows.htm
  3. 1 2 3 http://www.kodomo.go.jp/gallery/KODOMO_WEB/authors/noguchi_e.html

External links

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