Kanji
かごめかごめ 篭の中の鳥は
いついつ出やる 夜明けの晩に
鶴と亀と滑った
後ろの正面だあれ。
English Transliteration
Kagome Kagome, Kago no naka no Tori wa
Itsu Itsu deyaru? Yoake no ban ni
Tsuru to kame to subetta.
Ushiro no shoumen daare ?
Translation
Kagome, Kagome, the bird in the cage,
when will you come out?
In the evening of the dawn,
the crane and turtle slipped.
Who stands right behind you now?
Or
Kagome Kagome crouch little bird inside your cage,
when oh when will he get out?
Up before the light of dawn.
Crane and turtle slipped and fell,
who is behind you can you tell?
