日本の平和

　　赤い熊が踊ったら

　　大地がぐらりと揺れだして

　　地軸がすこし傾いた

　　こりゃ大変だと白い熊

　　四股を踏んだが氷河が割れて

　　海にどぼんと落っこちた

　　水面はみるみる上がり

　　椰子の実は木から逃げ

　　南の島は乱痴気騒ぎ

　　四方八方に騒ぐ声

　　つられて群れなす飛魚(とびうお)が

　　地球の裏へと跳躍する

　　海神(わだつみ)も土神(つちがみ)も

　　大迷惑と怒れども

　　為すすべもなく持て余す

　　そんなこととは

　　つゆ知らず

　　月の輪熊はのんびりと

　　今日もご飯を食べている

　　English version

　　　　Peace in Japan

　　If the red bear danced, the ground would sway,

　　The axis of the Earth would tilt that day.

　　White bear, in panic, stomped the floor,

　　But the glaciers cracked and he fell with a roar,

　　Plunging straight into the sea’s wide bay.

　　The waters rose and coconut palms took flight,

　　The southern isles erupted in wild delight.

　　Voices clamored from every side,

　　And flying fish leapt with the tide,

　　Vaulting Earth’s far backside.

　　Sea gods and earth gods, in great dismay,

　　Raged and roared but could not sway

　　The chaos that had come to stay.

　　Yet unaware of all the fuss and din,

　　The moon bear calmly eats within,

　　Today, as always, peace settles in.