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Let's light the lanterns on the tiered stand.
Let's put peach blossoms on the tiered stand.
Five court musicians are playing flutes and drums.
Today is a happy Dolls' Festival.
 | MP3 Recording of Happy Dolls Festival (Click to listen) |  |
| | Another MP3 Recording of Happy Dolls Festival (Click to listen) | |
| | MIDI Tune of Happy Dolls Festival (Click to listen) | |
Transliterated Japanese
Akari wo tsukemasho bonbori ni
O hana wo agemasho momo no hana
Gonin bayashi no fue daiko
Kyou wa tanoshii hina matsuri
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Here's the computerized text: (we apologize if it doesn't display properly on your screen): This text includes 3 more verses to the Hina Matsuri Song. If anyone can provide an English translation, please email me. Thanks! Lisa
うれしいひなまつり
あかりをつけましょ ぼんぼりに
お花をあげましょ 桃の花
五人ばやしの 笛太鼓
今日はたのしい ひな祭り
お内裏様（ﾀﾞｲﾘｻﾏ）と おひな様
二人ならんで すまし顔
お嫁にいらした ねえさまに
よく似た官女（ｶﾝｼﾞｮ）の 白い顔
金のびょうぶに うつる灯（ﾋ）を
かすかにゆする 春の風
すこし白酒（ｼﾛｻﾞｹ） めされたか
赤いお顔の 右大臣（ｳﾀﾞｲｼﾞﾝ）
着物をきかえて 帯しめて
今日はわたしも はれ姿
春のやよいの このよき日
なによりうれしい ひな祭り
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If you'd like to read more about Hina Matsuri or the Doll Festival, there's a post about it on Mama Lisa's World Blog. Click the link to read all about it. Or you can read more about the Origin of Hina Matsuri in a later blog post.
Many thanks to Monique Palomares for creating the midi music. Thanks also to Petter Mæhlum for the transliteration
Many thanks to Sakura and Hatsami for singing the Hina Matsuri Song and to Peter Galante of Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com for allowing us to use this wonderful recording! The recording is from their podcast about the Hina Matsuri Festival (it's mainly in English).
Many thanks to CM2 (5th grade) students, St-Ambreuil (71), France, school year 2008-2009, for singing this song for us also and for the wonderful illustration!
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This is the Hina Matsuri Song. Hina means doll and matsuri means festival, so Hina Matsuri (雛祭り) is literally Doll Festival (also called Girls' Day). There's a tradition in Japan of displaying special dolls for Hina Matsuri on a tiered stand. The two most important dolls to display are the Emperor and Empress. Girls also dress up specially on this day in their best kimonos. Some girls will dress up like the dolls and have little parties.