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Japanese
Original lyrics
父よあなたは強かった
父よ あなたは強かった
兜(かぶと)も焦がす炎熱(えんねつ)を
敵の屍(かばね)と共に寝て
泥水(どろみず)すすり草を噛み
荒れた山河(さんが)を幾千里
よくこそ撃って下さった
夫よ あなたは強かった
骨まで凍る酷寒(ごくかん)を
背(せい)も届かぬクリークに
三日も浸っていたとやら
十日も食べずにいたとやら
よくこそ勝ってくださった
兄よ 弟よ ありがとう
弾丸(たま)も機雷も濁流も
夜を日に進む軍艦旗
名も荒鷲の羽ばたきに
残る敵機の影もなし
よくこそ遂げてくださった
友よ わが子よ ありがとう
誉(ほま)れの傷のものがたり
何度聞いても目がうるむ
あの日の戦に散った子も
きょうは九段の桜花(さくらばな)
よくこそ咲いてくださった
ああ御身らの功こそ
一億民の真心を
一つに結ぶ大和魂
今大陸の青空に
日の丸高く映える時
泣いて拝む鉄兜
Submitted by 
Brulgorilla on 2023-05-09
Brulgorilla on 2023-05-09English
Translation
Father you were strong
Father, you were strong,
Bearing the scorching heat that would burn your helmet,
Sleeping among the enemy's corpses.
Sipping mud, biting on grass,
Enduring the rough mountains and rivers for thousands of miles,
Yet you struck for us.
Husband, you were strong,
Facing the bone-chilling cold that would freeze even to the bones,
Standing in creeks beyond your reach,
Immersed for three days,
Without food for ten days,
Yet you triumphed for us.
Older brother, younger brother, thank you,
Bullets, mines, and muddy currents,
Naval ensign advancing at day and night,
Known as the soaring of the wild eagles,
Not even a shadow of the remaining enemy planes,
Yet you accomplished for us.
Comrade, my child, thank you,
Tales of honorable wounds,
No matter how many times I hear them, tears fill my eyes,
The children who fell that day in the battle,
Today, they blossom as cherry flowers in Kudan1,
Still, you bloom for us.
Oh your bodies glorious deeds.
The sincere hearts of a hundred million people,
bound together into one by the Japanese spirit.
Now on the blue skies of the continent.
When we see the Hinomaru flying high,
crying, we will honour your helmets of steel.
- 1. The hill on which the Yasukunijinja is located
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