Text from the recording’s subtitles.
Song lyrics
Apa yang berkilau di tikar kotak-kotak?
Delapan apel merah berbaris rapi
Kuhitung semua, satu per satu
Sebelum dipindah, jumlahnya delapan
Kupindahkan tiga ke keranjang
Satu per satu, hanya berganti tempat
Kuambil sebagian, berapa tersisa?
Pengurangan menunjukkan berapa yang tinggal
Delapan kurang tiga, hasilnya lima
Tadi delapan, kupindah tiga, tinggal lima
Tiga apel kini di keranjang
Barisan pendek masih di tikar
Kuhitung cermat: tersisa lima
Itulah hasil pengurangan
Hitungannya cocok dengan yang kulihat
Kuambil sebagian, berapa tersisa?
Pengurangan menunjukkan berapa yang tinggal
Delapan kurang tiga, hasilnya lima
Tadi delapan, kupindah tiga, tinggal lima
Tiga dari keranjang kembali ke tikar
Lima tambah tiga jadi delapan
Kelompok awal kembali; hitungan cocok
Kuambil sebagian, berapa tersisa?
Pengurangan menunjukkan berapa yang tinggal
Delapan kurang tiga, hasilnya lima
Tadi delapan, kupindah tiga, tinggal lima
Delapan apel ada di tikar lagi
Kini kutahu mengapa tersisa lima
Language version lyrics
What shines on the checkered picnic blanket?
Eight red apples make a tidy row
I count the whole group one by one
Before I move one, there are eight
I place three gently in the basket
Each apple simply changes place
Take some away—how many remain?
Subtraction shows how many stay
Eight minus three equals five
Eight at first, three moved, and five remain
Three red apples rest in the basket
The blanket holds a shorter row
I count it carefully: there are five
Five is the subtraction result
The equation matches what I see
Take some away—how many remain?
Subtraction shows how many stay
Eight minus three equals five
Eight at first, three moved, and five remain
I bring those three back to the blanket
Five plus three makes eight again
The starting group is back—our check works
Take some away—how many remain?
Subtraction shows how many stay
Eight minus three equals five
Eight at first, three moved, and five remain
All eight are on the blanket now
Now I know why five remained