浦島太郎
作詞作曲不詳／文部省唱歌

むかしむかし　浦島は
助けた亀に　連れられて
竜宮城へ　来てみれば
絵にもかけない　美しさ

乙姫さまの　ご馳走に　　
鯛やひらめの　舞おどり
ただ珍しく　おもしろく
月日のたつのも　夢のうち

遊びにあきて　気がついて
お暇ごいも　そこそこに　　
帰る途中の　楽しみは
土産にもらった　玉手箱

帰ってみれば　こはいかに
もといた家も　村もなく
道に行き会う　人々は
顔も知らない　者ばかり

こころ細さに　ふたとれば
あけてくやしき　玉手箱
中から　ぱっと白けむり
たちまち太郎は　お爺さん

Urashima Taro
(By Mother Turkey)

Once upon a time there was a fisherman,
Urashima Taro who came down
To the castle Ryugujo under the sea,
Riding the back of the turtle he had saved.

Otohime-sama, the princess of the sea,
Treated him to big feasts day after day.
And fishes gave the grand dancing shows
While the time had flown away behind his joyful heart.

One day he noticed himself tired of them all
And wanted to say goodbye, again on the turtle.
So the princess, with the warning never opening it,
Gave him the souvenir of Tamate-bako.

When he came back to his dear old home,
He could see no home nor village dear to him.
Nobody greeted him with a word or so.
He was quite a stranger here in his native land.

Deep loneliness made him open the very souvenir.
What a magical casket of Tamate-bako!
Out of it came a big mass of strange white smoke.
Instantly Taro became an old man.

英訳者名：Mother Turkey
書名：『英語で歌おう日本の童謡−Mother Turkey's Book of Japanese Children’s Songs』
出版社：及び出版年：文芸社　２００５

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