Uploaded June 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
This video was made for fun and was not aimed at copyright infringement. Lyrics, clips , characters and songs are owned by Disney. 12 languages -- sorry if I left yours out. Check the lyrics below opposed to the ones in the video because some of the translations are really crappy and completely wrong. Hopefully some native speakers can help? (Everything gives you an idea of what they're saying but some translations are closer than others)
Swedish (Sissel Kyrkjebø)
Om jag bara kunde få honom att förstå... Jag håller inte alls med honom.
(If only I could get him to understand... I disagree with him)
Jag förstår inte hur en värld, som skapat såna underbara ting, kan vara ond?
(I don't understand how a world that created those wonderful things, can be evil?)
Turkish 1989 (Şebnem Ferah)
Bak şunlara, güzel değil mi?
(Look at them, are they not beautiful?)
İnanmak güç ya, hepsi benim mi?
(Is it hard to believe that this is all mine?)
Bunları bir de sen gel, gör desem, gelir mi?
(Come to one of them, you can, watching the patterns of income)
Dutch (Laura Vlasblom)
Zoveel gevonden hier in de zee
(I found so much here in the sea)
Al shier rondkijkt dan krijg je t' idée
(When you look around you might get the idea)
t' meisje dat dit heeft vergaard
(the girl who collected these)
tsjaa, die heeft alles wel
(yeah, she must have everything)
Japanese 1999
Nani ni tsukaumo no kamo
(I don't even know what these are used for )
Shiranai no namae mo
(Nor do I know their names)
Nee, kore hoshii?
(Hey! Want this?)
Nijuuko mo aru no
(I've got twenty)
Dakedo... Tarinai Nanika
(and yet... these things aren't enough)
Greek 1999 (Anna Rossi)
Austrian German
Fischige Flossen sind ungallant
(Fishy fins are ungallant)
Beine sind besser zum Springen, Tanzen
(Legs are better for jumping, dancing)
und zum -- wie heiβt das? Spazieren! Dazu hätte ich lust!
(and for -- what's that called? Strolling! I feel like this!)
French 1999 (Marie Galley)
Si l'homme marche, si l'homme court
(If a man walks, if a man runs)
S'il peut sur terre rêver au grand jour
(If he can dream on the ground in the open)
Comme j'aimerais, si je pouvais partir là-bas
(How I wish I could go there)
Hebrew
Ma lo eten im rak ezdamen michuts lamayim
(What would I not give if I had the chance to be out of water)
Hon ashalem leyom shalem al chol chamim
(A fortune I'll pay for a whole day on the warm sand)
Danish 1999 (Sissel Kyrkjebø)
Langt væk fra vand
(Far away from the water)
Har de forstand Ingen far, skænder på sin pige
(Did they sense no father scolds at his girl?)
Der står kvinder Uden finner
(There are women without finns)
På egne ben
(On their own feet)
Korean (Sugyeong Kim)
사람들 아는 걸 알려줘.
(Let me know what those people know)
궁금한건 모두 묻고 싶어.
(I want to ask everyone to wonder)
불이 뭐야. 이게 어떻다구? 뜨거워.
(What's a fire. That's what? Hot)
Icelandic (Valgerður Guðnadóttir)
Ó, hvað ég vil vera uppi þar
(Oh how I wish to be up there)
Komast sem fyrst upp úr köldum mar
(Get as soon as I can out of this cold sea)
English (Jodi Benson)
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
This video was made for fun and was not aimed at copyright infringement. Lyrics, clips , characters and songs are owned by Disney. 12 languages -- sorry if I left yours out. Check the lyrics below opposed to the ones in the video because some of the translations are really crappy and completely wrong. Hopefully some native speakers can help? (Everything gives you an idea of what they're saying but some translations are closer than others)
Swedish (Sissel Kyrkjebø)
Om jag bara kunde få honom att förstå... Jag håller inte alls med honom.
(If only I could get him to understand... I disagree with him)
Jag förstår inte hur en värld, som skapat såna underbara ting, kan vara ond?
(I don't understand how a world that created those wonderful things, can be evil?)
Turkish 1989 (Şebnem Ferah)
Bak şunlara, güzel değil mi?
(Look at them, are they not beautiful?)
İnanmak güç ya, hepsi benim mi?
(Is it hard to believe that this is all mine?)
Bunları bir de sen gel, gör desem, gelir mi?
(Come to one of them, you can, watching the patterns of income)
Dutch (Laura Vlasblom)
Zoveel gevonden hier in de zee
(I found so much here in the sea)
Al shier rondkijkt dan krijg je t' idée
(When you look around you might get the idea)
t' meisje dat dit heeft vergaard
(the girl who collected these)
tsjaa, die heeft alles wel
(yeah, she must have everything)
Japanese 1999
Nani ni tsukaumo no kamo
(I don't even know what these are used for )
Shiranai no namae mo
(Nor do I know their names)
Nee, kore hoshii?
(Hey! Want this?)
Nijuuko mo aru no
(I've got twenty)
Dakedo... Tarinai Nanika
(and yet... these things aren't enough)
Greek 1999 (Anna Rossi)
Austrian German
Fischige Flossen sind ungallant
(Fishy fins are ungallant)
Beine sind besser zum Springen, Tanzen
(Legs are better for jumping, dancing)
und zum -- wie heiβt das? Spazieren! Dazu hätte ich lust!
(and for -- what's that called? Strolling! I feel like this!)
French 1999 (Marie Galley)
Si l'homme marche, si l'homme court
(If a man walks, if a man runs)
S'il peut sur terre rêver au grand jour
(If he can dream on the ground in the open)
Comme j'aimerais, si je pouvais partir là-bas
(How I wish I could go there)
Hebrew
Ma lo eten im rak ezdamen michuts lamayim
(What would I not give if I had the chance to be out of water)
Hon ashalem leyom shalem al chol chamim
(A fortune I'll pay for a whole day on the warm sand)
Danish 1999 (Sissel Kyrkjebø)
Langt væk fra vand
(Far away from the water)
Har de forstand Ingen far, skænder på sin pige
(Did they sense no father scolds at his girl?)
Der står kvinder Uden finner
(There are women without finns)
På egne ben
(On their own feet)
Korean (Sugyeong Kim)
사람들 아는 걸 알려줘.
(Let me know what those people know)
궁금한건 모두 묻고 싶어.
(I want to ask everyone to wonder)
불이 뭐야. 이게 어떻다구? 뜨거워.
(What's a fire. That's what? Hot)
Icelandic (Valgerður Guðnadóttir)
Ó, hvað ég vil vera uppi þar
(Oh how I wish to be up there)
Komast sem fyrst upp úr köldum mar
(Get as soon as I can out of this cold sea)
English (Jodi Benson)
Out of the sea
Wish I could be
Part of that world
