紙の鶴
丘みどり Lyrics

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会えない人に思いを込めて
一折り二折り紙の鶴
女心の赤い色
愛しい思いの赤い鶴
あなたあなたに会いにゆく
ゆくらゆくらに
春の岬を飛んでゆく

優しい人を夢見て眠る
一夜も二夜も紙の鶴
ひとり淋しい冬の夜
一緒に泣きます赤い鶴
あなたあなたに会いにゆく
ほうらほろほろ
春になったら飛んでゆく

恋しい人の心の中へ
一夢二夢紙の鶴
揺れる一途な恋心
届けてくれます赤い鶴
あなたあなたに会いにゆく

ひらりひらさら
春の空へと飛んでゆく

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of 丘みどり's song 紙の鶴 (Kami no tsuru or Paper Crane) speak of longing and love. The first stanza describes the act of folding paper cranes and imbuing them with thoughts and feelings to send to someone who cannot be met. The singer adds a red crane, representing the love they feel for the recipient. The chorus repeats the line "I will go to you" and describes flying over a spring cape on the way.

In the second stanza, the singer dreams of a gentle person and spends lonely nights folding cranes to cry together with the red crane when they miss the person. The chorus is repeated, but this time with the addition of "when spring comes." Finally, the third stanza speaks of sending cranes with one's unswerving love to the person they long for. The singer's love is conveyed by a crane that flies into the spring sky.

Line by Line Meaning

会えない人に思いを込めて
With feelings for someone I can't meet

一折り二折り紙の鶴
One fold, two folds, origami crane

女心の赤い色
The red color of a woman's heart

愛しい思いの赤い鶴
A red crane filled with beloved thoughts

あなたあなたに会いにゆく
I'm going to you, to you

ゆくらゆくらに
To where, to where

春の岬を飛んでゆく
Flying over the spring cape

優しい人を夢見て眠る
Sleeping while dreaming of a kind person

一夜も二夜も紙の鶴
One night, two nights, origami crane

ひとり淋しい冬の夜
A lonely winter night

一緒に泣きます赤い鶴
Together, we'll cry with the red crane