Son Gokû Songu (“The Son Goku Song”) Dragon Ball Series Insert Song (episode 43)
Lyrics: Music: Arrangement: Vocals:	Asa Kawakishi Shunsuke Kikuchi Masaaki Jinbo Masako Nozawa (Son Goku)
English Translation:	Julian Grybowski
Romanized Japanese Lyrics	English-Translated Lyrics
Ossu! Ora Gokû!1 So So Son Gokû Yama kara detekita bakkashi da kedo Jit-chan ni naratta Kanfû to jiman no Nyoi-Bô Senaka ni shoeba Ora no tenka sa dare ni mo makenê Jan-Ken Panchi! Nobiro Nyoi-Bô Ehe2 don’na mondai Te n ka i chi E? Ora no tokui waza ka? Ka Ka Kamehame-Ha Ottamageru zo Kamehame-Ha Kame-Sen’nin no jit-chan ga Tsukau fushigi na fushigi na waza wa Yama mo kudaku ze kakkoî jutsu da Ora mo yaru zo! Kamehame-Ha Hora sugê daro Ma ka fu shi gi Ora, sora mo toberu da na? Ki Ki Kinto-Un Kirikinton to wa hito-aji3 chigau Kame-Sen’nin no jit-chan ni Moratta yukai na yukai na kumo wa Sora o sui-sui jiyû jizai Koi Kinto-Un! Yuke chi no hate made Oho! Gokigen da So ra no ha te Doko itchatta na? Jit-chan no Doragonbôru! Do Do Doragonbôru Jit-chan no katami no Sûshinchû4 Nana-tsu soroeba Doragon ga Kanaete kureru min’na no negai Tabi kara tabi e to daibôken da Ganbare Ora makenai zo— Hen kujikeru kai Mi tsu ke ru zo	Hiya! I’m Goku! So- So- Son Goku, I only came from the mountains, But my grampa taught me Kung-Fu and gave me his trusty Nyoi-Bô That I carry on my back! It’s my world, and nobody can beat me! Jan-Ken, Punch! Extend, Nyoi-Bô! Ehe... No doubt about it! I’m the best on Earth! Huh? My special move? Ka- Ka- Kamehame-Ha, The Kamehame-Ha’s really awesome! The old-timer Kame-Sen’nin Uses this weird, weird move, That smashes even mountains apart! It’s a cool technique! I’m gonna do it, too! Kamehame-Ha! Hey! Ain’t it great? It’s a mystery! Can I even fly through the sky? Ki- Ki- Kinto-Un, Like kurikinton,1 it’s got its own special flavor! The old-timer Kame-Sen’nin Gave me this happy, happy cloud, That glides through the sky! I’m free to go wherever! Come to me, Kinto-Un! Go to the ends of the Earth! Oho! It’s so fun! The ends of the sky! Where’d my grampa’s Dragon Ball go? D- D- Dragon Ball, My grampa’s heirloom, the Four Star Ball! If you gather all seven of ’em together, the Dragon’ll Grant everybody’s wish! Journey after journey, it’s a big adventure! Hang in there, I won’t get beat—! That’s weird! Will I get crushed? I’m gonna find out!
1 The spoken lines, in between the stanzas, aren’t printed in the lyrics. However, since they introduce the subject of each verse, I transcribed them by ear and added them in. 2 This is a sort of “giggle” noise. It’s not set apart by anything in particular in the Japanese text; I just wanted to make it clear that it's not really a word. 3 This phrase is a pun. If you read the kanji for “hito-aji” as “ichi-mi,” the meaning becomes “one bit different” rather than “unique flavor"... which actually makes more sense. 4 The names of the Dragon Balls are written in Chinese, so the kanji here actually read “si xing qiu.” The “sûshinchû” pronunciation is just a Japanese approximation.	1 Kurikinton is a dish made up of mashed sweet potatoes and chestnuts. The joke here, of course, is that it sounds like “Kinto-Un” (see footnote 3 at left).
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