"同期の桜" Doki No Sakura - Japanese Imperial Song | Kamikaze
"Dōki no Sakura" (同期の桜, Synchronized cherry blossoms) is a Japanese gunka (composition of military music) During the late stages of the Pacific War, it was sung throughout Japan.[citation needed] It compares cherry blossoms with the destiny of soldiers who graduated from a military academy. The song was composed by Nōshō Ōmura . Although Yaso Saijō was thought to have written the original lyrics, he did not write the lyrics directly.
Originally released as "Sen'yū no Uta" (戦友の唄, Song of comrades) in 1939, the third and fourth verses were not added along with the original first, second and fifth verses until around 1944. In the revised version, the story of two kamikaze pilots was established. In the song, although a pilot dies, his bond with another surviving pilot remains strong. Before their mission, kamikaze pilots would sing "Dōki no Sakura" together.
Lyrics:
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
同じ兵学校の庭に咲く
咲いた花な ら散るのは覚悟
見事散りましょ国のため
二、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
同じ兵学校の庭に咲く
血肉分けたる仲で はないが
なぜか気が合うて別れられぬ
三、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
同じ航空隊の庭に咲く
仰いだ夕焼け南の空 に
今だ還らぬ一番機
四、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
同じ航空隊の庭に咲く
あれほど誓ったその日も待たず
な ぜに散ったか死んだのか
五、
貴様と俺とは同期の桜
離れ離れに散ろうとも
花の都の靖国神社
春の梢（こず え）に咲いて会おう
English Lyrics:
You and I are fellow cherry blossoms
In bloom in the same academy's yard
Blossoms in bloom are destined to fall
We shall fall nobly for our fatherland
2
You and I are fellow cherry blossoms
In bloom in the same academy's yard
Though we are not brothers by blood
We get along so well as to be inseparable
3
You and I are fellow cherry blossoms
In bloom in the same air corps' yard
I look up to the southern sky at sunset
And wait for the flight leader in vain
4
You and I were fellow cherry blossoms
In bloom in the same air corps' yard
For all our solemn vow to die together
Why did you fall and perish ahead of me?
5
You and I are fellow cherry blossoms
If we should fall at different times and places
Let's go to the Yasukuni Shrine in the glorious capital
And meet again in spring on a cherry branch
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14 май 2021
