A Song of Today: 同期の桜 Cheery Blossoms in the Same Year (Douki no Sakura) #UN

 

 

1. You and I are cheery blossoms, blooming at the same military academy in the same year. We are determined to die like cheery blossoms fall off cherry trees. We will courageously die for our nation.
2. You and I are cheery blossoms, blooming at the same military academy in the same year. Although we are not related to one another by blood, we cannot help but care for one another.
3. You and I are cheery blossoms, blooming at the same air base in the same year. At sunset, looking up the southern sky, we do not see our  squadron leader plane coming home yet.
4. You and I are cheery blossoms, blooming in the same year. We may fall off apart from one another. We will still meet again, blooming on cherry trees at Yasukuni Shrine in the spring

(The above is an translation by Ted Yokohama. All rights reserved)

1.  You and I are cherry blossoms in the same year, blooming in the yard of the same military academy. We are determined to die like cheery blossoms fall off cherry trees. We will courageously die for our nation.
2. You and I are cherry blossoms in the same year, blooming in the yard of the same military academy. Although we are not related to one another by blood, we cannot help but care for one another.
3. You and I are cheery blossoms in the same year, blooming in the yard of the same air base.  At sunset, looking up the southern sky, we do not see our squadron leader plane coming home yet.
4. You and I are cheery blossoms blooming in the same year. We may fall off apart from one another. We will meet again,  blooming on cherry trees at Yasukuni Shrine in the spring.

(The above is an translation by Ted Yokohama. All rights reserved)