There’s a cute Japanese children’s song called “Shabondama” (しゃぼん玉). Shabondama are ‘soap bubbles’. It’s an old Japanese children’s song, but it’s a prominent one, so take a listen:

しゃぼん玉　飛んだ (shabondama tonda)

The soap bubbles flew away

屋根まで　飛んだ (yanemade tonda)

As far as to the roof

屋根まで　飛んで (yanemade tonde)

As far as to the roof and…

壊れて　消えた (kowarete kieta)

Broke up and disappeared

しゃぼん玉　消えた (shabondama kieta)

The soap bubbles disappeared

飛ばずに　消えた (tobazuni kieta)

Without flying

生まれて　すぐに (umarete suguni)

Another [soap bubble] is born [formed] and immediately

壊れて　消えた (kowarete kieta)

Breaks and disappears

風風　吹くな (kazekaze fukuna)

Wind, wind don’t blow

しゃぼん玉　飛ばそ (shabondama tobaso)

Let’s fly soap bubbles

I like this song because the soap bubbles in the song serve as a metaphor for living things. In other words the fragility of the soap bubbles is a metaphor for the fragility of human life.