kono ko no kawaisa kagiri na ya
ten ni tatoeba hoshi no kazu
yama de wa ki no kazu kaya no kazu
obana karukaya kagi kikyou
nanakusa chigusa no kazu yori mo
daiji na kono ko ga nenne suru
					
					English translation 
					
					There is no limit to my baby's cuteness,
more so than, for example, the number of stars in the heavens,
more than the number of trees and nutmegs in the mountains,
or the number of zebra grass, triandra, bush clovers, bellflowers,
the seven porridge herbs, or any other flowering plants.
My most precious baby now slowly drifts off...