同期の桜 (Doki no sakura)

Old Japanese military song or "kamikaze song" with an authentic film material from the year 1945. During World War II, soldiers of the same corps called themselves "douki no sakura" (Cherry blossoms of the same class/period), implying (and, perhaps, convincing themselves) that they were happy to fall and die for their country and their loved ones.

同期の桜（同期の櫻、どうきのさくら）とは、日本の軍歌。大東亜戦争時、好んで歌われた歌である。華々しく散る姿を、桜花に喩えた歌である。西條八十作詞、大村能章作曲。

Japanese lyrics:

一、
　貴様と俺とは同期の桜
(kisama to ore to ha douki no sakura)
　同じ兵学校の庭に咲く
(onaji hei gakkou no niwa ni saku)
　咲いた花な ら散るのは覚悟
(sai ta hana na ra chiru no ha kakugo)
見事散りましょ国のため
(migoto chiri masho no kuni no tame)

二、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
(kisama to ore to ha douki no sakura)
同じ兵学校の庭に咲く
(onaji hei gakkou no niwa ni saku)
血肉分けたる仲で はないが
(ketsuniku wake taru naka de ha nai ga)
なぜか気が合うて別れられぬ
(naze ka ki ga au te wakare rare nu)

三、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
(kisama to ore to ha douki no sakura)
同じ航空隊の庭に咲く
(onaji koukuu tai no niwa ni saku)
仰いだ夕焼け南の空 に
(aoi da yuuyake minami no sora ni)
今だ還らぬ一番機
(ima da kaera nu ichiban ki)

四、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
(kisama to ore to ha douki no sakura)
同じ航空隊の庭に咲く
(onaji koukuu tai no niwa ni saku)
あれほど誓ったその日も待たず
(are hodo chikat ta sono hi mo mata zu)
な ぜに散ったか死んだのか
(na ze ni chit ta ka shin da no ka)

五、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
(kisama to ore to ha douki no sakura)
離れ離れに散ろうとも
(hanarebanare ni chiro u tomo)
花の都の靖国神社
(hana no to ono yasukunijinja)
春の梢（こず え）に咲いて会おう
(haru no kozue ni sai te ao u)

English translation by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney:

You and I are two cherry blossoms.
We bloom in the shadow of a pile of sand bags.
Since we are flowers, we are doomed to fall.
Let us fall magnificently for the country.

You and I are two cherry blossoms.
We bloom on the branch of the same squad.
Though not brothers, we became good friends
and cannot forget each other.

You and I are two cherry blossoms.
We both bloom for his Mejesty's country.
We stand side by side during the day
and we embrace each other at night.
We dream in the bed of bullets.

You and I are two cherry blossoms.
Even if we fall separately.
The capital of flowers is Yasukuni Shrine.
We meet each other in the treetops in spring.

Copyright of this tranlation by Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney (Kamikaze, Cherry Blossoms and Nationalisms) and The University of Chicago, 2002
ほんとうにありがとう！ Thank you very much!

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[teiska123]

No hate speech here, nor violent rhetoric.

[TokubetsuKogekitai]

mhh I think in "san" is a mistake:

(onahi koukuu tai no niwa ni saku)

Must be: (Onaji...)

Or am I wrong?

[teiska123]

@TokubetsuKogekitai Oh, of course it must be "onaji". It's only typo. But same line is correct in other verse of the lyrics. You're very observant. Well... Be satisfied. I made that Romaji for you very quickly, less than 20 minutes. Okay? ;)

[TokubetsuKogekitai]

Have anyone the Lyrics in Romaji??^^

[teiska123]

@TokubetsuKogekitai I added Romaji of the lyrics to the video description. Please, check it again and you find it. Note: verse 4 is not sung in this version, okay? Hope this will help you. :) Best regards, Teisuka

[TokubetsuKogekitai]

@teiska123

Ahhh Thank you very much =)

[teiska123]

@TokubetsuKogekitai You're welcome. :)

[KS6066]

It is very wonderful. the kamikaze corpsIt is the highest image.

[Sephiroth0031]

the austrians and germans was wimps in world war 2! the only honor goes to the troops of japan!

for me is japan the best. imperial japan forever!

[murad2422]

jaj tam dzer ergi vra ay agarkeq

[DeathToNeoCons]

Imperial Japan was the first nation that used suicidebombing.

[hakuentai]

米国から真の独立を果たし、誇り高き日本民族を再興させよう。

[ssz2fwax100]

今の政治家は幼少より喧嘩もした事が無い負け犬同然の連中だ。

彼らに国と国との駆け引きが出来ないのは当然。

さぞかし国の為に散ったいった先輩たちも嘆いているかも。

なんとかせねば！

[AwakenedMachinist]

0:53 Even when shot down, the Kamikaze Warrior still manages to crash his plane onto the American ship, very impressing.

[o1k1a2s7ho]

この時代の日本人は立派だったと思います。白人無敵の時代に米英­に立ち向かったんだから。　それに比べ、今の日本人は何だ？ロシアにも中国にも弱腰外交でな­められて…。これでは彼らに顔向け出来ませんよね？　売国政権はとっととつぶれろ！

[gVidsIsGone]

in 二　”血肉” is chiniku in the song

[thatkid358]

Im very proud to be a quarter Japanese