Boku wa Kuma

A package came in the mail from Hong Kong on the 29th November. Opening it revealed 3 items!

Sorry ‘bout the picture quality, but it doesn’t help that I’m snapping it in my bedroom with a horrible yellow light that doesn’t work hand-in-hand with my camera. 3 Utada Hikaru singles, from left to right: Boku wa Kuma (?????, Special Package Edition), Dareka no negai ga kanau koro, and Be My Last (CD+DVD).

Special package edition of Boku wa Kuma (which means “I am a Bear”, I’m seeing wtf faces forming as you read) contains a pictorial booklet specially drawn by Utada herself! Not to mention that such copies are limited.

So what’s so special about the copy?

I’m amazed that I can actually read it, thanks to the furigana on top of the kanji, but then again it took me quite sometime to finish a sentence. Yeah, it’s like reading a child’s storybook, because the song is sang for some children’s TV show, Minna no Uta, in Japan.

Online shopping woot.

It’s a cheeky little lullaby, the song that is, and even more amazing is the fact that it reaches #4 in the overall sales of singles in Japan, for a children’s song, heh.

You can listen to the entire song from the music player at the sidebar. If you don’t see the song, try pressing Ctrl+F5, or clear your cache and reload it again.

Lyrics!

bq.. Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma
Kuruma ja nai yo kuma kuma kuma
Arukenai kedo odoreru yo
Shaberarenai kedo utaeru yo
Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma

Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma
Kenka wa yada yo kuma kuma kuma
Raibaru wa ebi-furai da yo
Zense wa kitto chocolate
Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma

Bonjour! Je m’appelle Kuma. Comment ?a va?

Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma
Fuyu wa nemui yo kuma kuma kuma
Yoru wa, “Oyasumi, makura-san”
Asa wa, “Ohayou, makura-san”
Boku wa kuma kuma kuma kuma

Yoru wa, “Oyasumi, Makura-san”
Asa wa, “Ohayou, Makura-san”
Boku wa kuma ku-ku kuma
Ma-ma kuma kuma

And the translation:

bq.. I am a bear bear bear bear
I am not a car bear bear bear
I can’t walk but I can dance
I can’t talk but I can sing
I am a bear bear bear bear

I am a bear bear bear bear
I hate fighting bear bear bear
My rival is fried shrimp
I was probably chocolate in a previous life
I am a bear bear bear bear

Hello! I am Kuma. How are you?

I am a bear bear bear bear
The winter is sleepy bear bear bear
In the evening, “Goodnight, Mr. Pillow”
In the morning, “Good morning, Mr. Pillow”
I am a bear bear bear bear

In the evening, “Goodnight, Mr. Pillow”
In the morning, “Good morning, Mr. Pillow”
I am a bear ku-ku bear
Ma-ma bear bear

Cute eh? I’m probably slightly biased simply because it’s an Utada song, but whatever floats my boat. :)