Japanese Military Song: Battotai

Battotai, also known as the Japanese Army Branch March, is a Japanese march composed by Charles Leroux in 1912 and used by the Imperial Army of Japan and Japan Self-Defense Forces.

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Lyrics (Japanese):

我は官軍我敵は
天地容れざる朝敵ぞ
敵の大將たる者は
古今無雙の英雄で

之に從ふ兵は
共に慓悍决死の士
鬼神に恥ぬ勇あるも
天の許さぬ叛逆を

起しゝ者は昔より
榮えし例あらざるぞ
敵の亡ぶる夫迄は
進めや進め諸共に

玉ちる劔拔き連れて
死ぬる覺悟で進むべし
皇國の風と武士の
其身を護る靈の

維新このかた廢れたる
日本刀の今更に
又世に出づる身の譽
敵も身方も諸共に

刃の下に死ぬべきぞ
大和魂ある者の
死ぬべき時は今なるぞ
人に後れて恥かくな

敵の亡ぶる夫迄は
進めや進め諸共に
玉ちる劔拔き連れて
死ぬる覺悟で進むべし
Lyrics (Japanese Romanized):

Ware wa kangun waga teki wa
Tenchi irezaru chouteki zo
Teki no taishou taru mono wa
Kokon musou no eiyuu de

Kore ni shitagou tsuwamono wa
Tomo ni hyoukan kesshi no shi
Kijin ni hajinu yuuaru mo
Ten no yurusanu hangyaku wo

Okoseshi mono wa mukashi yori
Sakaeshi tameshi arazaru zo
Teki no horoburu sore made wa
Susume ya susume moro tomo ni

Tamachiru tsurugi nuki tsurete
Shisuru kakugo de susumu beshi
Mikuni no fuuto mono no fu wa
Sonomi wo mamoru tamashii no

Ishiin kono kata sutaretaru
Nihontou no ima sara ni
Mata yo ni izuru mi no homare
Teki mo mikata mo moro tomo ni

Yaiba no shita ni shisu beki ni
Yamato-damashii aru mono wo
Shinubeki toki wa ima naruzo
Hito ni okurete haji kakuna

Teki no horoburu sore made wa
Susume ya susume moro tomo ni
Tamachiru tsurugi nuki tsurete
Shisuru kakugo de susumu beshi
Lyrics (English):

We are the Imperial Army
And our enemies are enemies of the Emperor
The enemy general is a
Hero equal to none in glory and victory

And the men who follow are also stalwart
And warriors who do not fear death
Even though they are brave enough to frighten the devil,
Heaven will not pardon their rebellion

Those who have crossed the Emperor
Have never prospered
Until our enemy is destroyed,
Forwards, forwards, one and all

Unsheathing the sword like a shattered gem,
We must go forwards, prepared for death

As it has been custom in this Imperial Land,
Samurai have protected like their very souls
The sword which has been made
Obsolete in the Restoration,

Now it has been brought back,
So let friend and foe
Die under the blade, and
For those with Yamato Spirit

Now is the time to die,
Do not bring shame through delay
Until our enemy is destroyed,
Forwards, forwards, one and all

Unsheathing the sword like a shattered gem,
We must go forwards, prepared for death
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