A gray starling, a turtledove, a Japanese gold beetle,
and a giant purple butterfly, all in a dream.
The evening primrose can't sleep
because it drank the silver drop.
A dream, dream, no dream...
Voices of the night... If you traverse the forest...
A dream, dream, no dream...
Goodnight, my darling child.
When you wake up tomorrow, I'll give to you:
a raspberry, a summer oleaster, and a dogwood.
A day lily, a yellow lily, a screech owl.
Staying up late: a wild rabbit, a tiger finch.
A baby lizard without a tail...
In its place, a dragon jewel.
A dream, dream, no dream...
Voices of the night... If you traverse the forest...
A dream, dream, no dream...
Goodnight, my darling child.
When you wake up tomorrow, I'll give to you:
a carpet of Chinese milk vetch, adornments for your ears.
[Instrumental]
A water hemlock, a Japanese andromeda, a grass snake.
On a branch with a shrike, a tree frog.
The fawn that was eaten by the fox
had looked up at the ruddiness of the moon as it died.
A dream, dream, no dream...
Voices of the night... If you traverse the forest...
A dream, dream, no dream...
Goodnight, my darling child.
When the Japanese cedar 'round back weeps,
don your red garb, and flee.
Goodnight, my darling child
Goodnight...
(Come, now...)