This version of Battotai replaced the 2nd verse with the 3rd version.
Battotai March, popular during WW2 in the Empire of Japan. Batto Tai means ''Drawn Sword Corps". Battotai was an "Die Wacht Am Rein" for the newly constructed Japanese state.
Lyrics (Kanji);
1.
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
共に慓悍決死の士
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
2.
前を望めば劔なり
右も左りも皆劔
劔の山に登らんは
未來の事と聞きつるに
此世に於てまのあたり
劔の山に登るのも
我身のなせる罪業を
滅す爲にあらずして
賊を征討するが爲
劔の山もなんのその
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 (Romanji);
1.
Ware wa kan gun wagateki wa
Tenchiirezaru choutekizo
Teki no taishou taru mono wa
Kokon musou no eiyuu de
Kore ni shitagou tsu wa mono wa
Tomo ni hyoukan kesshinoshi
Kijinni hajinu yuuaru mo
Tenno yurusanu hangyaku wo
Okoseshi mono wa mukashi yori
Sakae shitame shi arazaru zo
Teki no horoburu sore made wa
Susume ya susume moro tomo ni
Tamachiru tsurugi nuki tsurete
Shisuru kaku gode susumubeshi
2.
Mae wo nozomeba tsurugi nari
Migi mo hidari mo mina tsurugi
Tsurugi no yama ni noboru no wa
Mirai no koto to kikitsuru ni
Kono yo ni oite ma no atari
Tsurugi no yama ni noboru no mo
Waga mi no naseru zaigō wo
Horobosu tame ni arazu shite
Zoku wo seibatsu suru ga tame
Tsurugi no yama mo nannosono
Teki no horoburu sore made wa
Susume ya susume moro tomo ni
Tamachiru tsurugi nuki tsurete
Shisuru kaku gode susumubeshi
24 мар 2020
