Usagi o-i-shi kano yama, (We used to chase wild hares in the mountain.) Kobuna tsurishi kano kawa, (We used to fish in those rivers.) Yume wa i-ma mo megurite, (The dream still appears even now.) Wasure-gataki furusato. (The hometown we cannot forget.)
Ikani umasu chichi-haha, (How are you doing, Father and Mother?) Tsutsuganashi ya tomogaki, (I hope you are well, my friends.) Ame ni kaze ni tsuketemo, (In rain or wind,) Omo-i-i-zuru furusato. (We still think of our hometown.)
Kokorozashi o hatashite, (After we finished what we went out to do.) I-tsunohinika kar-e-an, (We would like to come back one day.) Yama wa a-o-ki furusato, (The mountain is green in my hometown.) Mizu wa kiyoki furusato. (The river is clear in my hometown.)