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Yon no Uta
Released on 2014 Feb. 26th, included in the first album.
Lyric: BLACK BABYMETAL / Music: BLACK BABYMETAL / Arr.: tatsuo, KxBxMETAL
This song is made and sung by MOAMETAL (R ch) & YUIMETAL (L ch).
Yon no Uta (Song of 4)
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "failure".
"4" is for "favor-asking". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "vitamin C".
"4" is for "joy".
Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Oops-a-daisy! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Heave ho! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Goody! ]
Four, four, four, four, four, four.
Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Delicious! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ]
After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ]
Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "failure".
"4" is for "social reform". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "happiness".
And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ]
"4" is for "delicious".
"4" is for "joy".
Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ]
Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four!
ROMAJI LYRIC AND NOTES ARE BELOW.
[i] About Japanese Reading of Numbers and Superstition
The number 4 has two readings in Japanese: native "yottsu" (yon, yo) and "shi" from (ancient) Chinese. Many people associate the number 4 with death because both are read as "shi", and they tend to avoid the number 4. This is common in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, etc. (the pronunciations differ a bit from that of Japanese). For example, many Japanese parking lots lack #4 & #9 (both 9 and pain are read as "ku").
This song is probably sung against such a superstition, claiming to associate the number 4 not with bad things but with good things.
Unnecessary addition: since there are two or more readings for each number in Japanese, the Japanese have invented many mnemonics for important numbers (mathematical, historical, etc). For example, root 5 = 2.2360679 = Fuji sanroku oomu naku. = A parrot calls at the foot of Mt. Fuji.
[ii] About Songwriting of Miss Moa, Miss Yui & Miss Suzuka
Miss Moa said (in some magazines) she & Miss Yui made this song during their Singapore tour (2013 Sep.?), and they kept on singing this song then, so the staff complained about it. And you may find the childish songs they made in their twelve somewhere in the internet. She seems to have made a few more songs.
Miss Suzuka said (in some magazines) she longs to be a singer-songwriter and she has made and written down many poems or fragments of poem in her notebooks. Not a few fans are waiting for those notebooks leaked out, holding the guitar or sitting at the piano.
Yon no Uta (Song of 4 *0)
| Romaji Lyric | English Translation | Notes |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | 1 |
| Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ HEY! HEY! ] | After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ] | 2 |
| Ni no tsugi wa san. [ HEY! HEY! ] | After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Four! ] | After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ] | 3 |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
| Nana no mae wa roku. [ HEY! HEY! ] | Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| Roku no mae wa go. [ HEY! HEY! ] | Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] | Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ] | |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
| Shiawase no shi | "4" is for "happiness | 4 |
| Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] | And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] | [i],5,3 |
| Shippai no shi. | "4" is for "failure". | |
| Yoroshiku no yon. [ Foo! ] | "4" is for "favor-asking". [ Four! ] | 6 |
| Shiawase no shi. | "4" is for "happiness". | |
| Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] | And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] | |
| Bitamin no shi. | "4" is for "vitamin C". | 7 |
| Yorokobi no yon. | "4" is for "joy". | |
| Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ] | Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ] | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. | Four, four, four, four, four, four. | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yoishoo! ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Oops-a-daisy! ] | 8 |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. | Four, four, four, four, four, four. | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yokkorasho! ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Heave ho! ] | 8 |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. | Four, four, four, four, four, four. | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yosshaa! ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Goody! ] | 9 |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. | Four, four, four, four, four, four. | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Oishii! ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Delicious! ] | |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
| Ichi no tsugi wa ni. [ HEY! HEY! ] | After one is two. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| Ni no tsugi wa san. [ HEY! HEY! ] | After two is three. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| San no tsugi wa, uu, yon. [ Four! ] | After three is, woo, four. [ Four! ] | |
| Nana no mae wa roku. [ HEY! HEY! ] | Before seven is six. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| Roku no mae wa go. [ HEY! HEY! ] | Before six is five. [ Hey! Hey! ] | |
| Go no mae wa, uu, yon. [ Foo! ] | Before five is, woo, four. [ Four! ] | |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
| Shiawase no shi | "4" is for "happiness | |
| Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] | And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] | |
| Shippai no shi. | "4" is for "failure". | |
| Yonaoshi no yon. [ Foo! ] | "4" is for "social reform". [ Four! ] | |
| Shiawase no shi. | "4" is for "happiness". | |
| Shinu ja nai shi. [ Foo! ] | And it doesn't mean "to die". [ Four! ] | |
| Oishii no shi. | "4" is for "delicious". | |
| Yorokobi no yon. | "4" is for "joy". | |
| Yon. Yon. Yon. Yon. [ Foo! ] | Four. Four. Four. Four. [ Four! ] | |
| Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! Yon, yon! | Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! Four, four! | |
Notes
- I hit on this translation before BABYMETAL officials began to use "Song 4" as English title. But, does it express "singing about the number 4"?
- In this part of live performances, YUIMETAL & MOAMETAL put their index finger on their lip. It is a gesture of "be silent!". One reading of 4 (= shi) resembles the voiceless sound "shh" associated with the gesture, and probably no more implication. (Thanks to WHENIM64-METAL san on 2015 Mar. 12th)
- This is "the number after one is two", and so forth.
- This sounds like the shout rather than English "four", the shout characteristic of a Japanese comedian, Razor Ramon H.G. (H.G. means "hard gay". Kids shouldn't search for his videos).
But watching carefully their hands in these parts of live performance (in their World Tour 2014 Trailer and in fancam videos of concerts in Europe 2014 Jul.), they raise up one hand keeping finger signs of number 4, so I changed translation from "foh" to "four" on 2014 Jul 16th (thanks to latrell Cruz san of comment of 2014 May 5th). - This is like "S is for Space", and so forth, but "shi" itself means the number 4 and written so in the official lyric. It's difficult to translate.
- Though written as "4" in the official lyric, this "-shi" is a grammatical particle connecting sentences. "***-shi, ---" means like "***, and also ---". But "and also ---" is often omitted, and "***-shi, +++" often means "Because *** (and some other reasons), +++". Sometimes the consequence is also omitted like this line. Then it is already said or only suggested (for this line: "so you shouldn't avoid the number 4").
- "Yoroshiku (onegai shimasu)." is used in various contexts, but basically to ask someone some favor. In this line, it is asking to cope with the "failure" mentioned before.
- More literally, "4(shi) is for that(C) of vitamins".
- "Yoisho(o)" and "yokkorasho" are uttered when one lifts up something heavy, raises oneself, etc. The latter is uttered in heavier cases. Replace these if you know more suitable English words.
- This "yossha(a)" is uttered when a good chance has come (e.g. one has drawn a good card in a card game). Replace this if you know a more suitable English word. "Yossha" is also used for agreeing.
- Ending with "-nai?" (contracted "-ne?") is a form of tag question. As the main part is negative, it becomes a double negation form.
- In most cases, Japanese "hai", "soo", etc. (= yes) are to agree with the questioner, and Japanese "iie", "chigau", etc. (= no) are to disagree with the questioner. In this case, the questioner thinks it's not the Metal, and the answerer agrees with her.
Yon no Uta (444 ver.)
The Apocalypse limited edition of the first album includes "Yon no Uta (444 ver.)". Only the latter half of Reggae part is a bit different, and the words of that part are almost the same as that of the Vega mix ver. of "IINE!".
| the latter half of Reggae part of 444 ver. | ||
| Romaji Lyrics | Translation | Notes |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Yoyoyo!? ] [ Yoyoyo!? ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Four, four, four!? ] [ Four, four, four!? ] | |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Are? Kore Metaru ja naku-nai? ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ Why? This is not the Metal, is it? ] | 10 |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Metaru ja naku-ne? ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ It's not the Metal, is it? ] | 10 |
| Yon, yo, yo, yo, yon, yon. [ Soo DEATH ne! ] | Four, four, four, four, four, four. [ No, it isn't. ] | 11 |
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