Futatsu, mitsu,
Hanashité misénu
Hotaru-uri.
Mitsu, yotsu wa,
Akari ni nokosé
Hotaru-uri.
Onoga mi wa
Yami ni kaëru ya
Hotaru-uri.
He will not give you the chance to see two or three fireflies set
free,--this firefly-seller.
He leaves in the cage three or four, just to make a light,--this
firefly-seller.
For now he must take his own body back into the dark night,--this
firefly-seller.