歩兵の本領 - 1944年 録音 (Hohei no Honryo - 1944 Recording)

This recording is quite special because it has more lyrics than any usual Hohei no Honryo version
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Lyrics 【日本語】

万朶の桜か襟の色

花は吉野に嵐吹く

大和男子と生まれなば

散兵綫の花と散れ

尺余の銃は武器ならず

寸余の剣何かせん

知らずやここに二千年

鍛えきたえし大和魂

軍旗まもる連隊は

すべてその数二十万

八十余ヶ所に屯して

武装は解かじ夢にだも

千里東西波越えて

我に仇なす国あらば

横須賀出でん輸送船

暫し守れや海の人



敵地に一歩我踏めば

軍の主兵はここにあり

最後の決は我が任務

騎兵砲兵協同せよ

アルプス山を踏破せし

歴史は古く雪白し

奉天戦の活動は

日本歩兵の粋と知れ

携帯口糧あるならば

遠く離れていく日露

曠野千里にわたるとも

散兵戦に秩序あり

退くことは我知らず

見よや歩兵の操典を

歩兵の戦は射撃にて　

敵をひるませ其隙に


前進前進又前進

肉弾とどく處まで　

我が一軍の勝敗は　

突撃最後の数分時

歩兵の本領茲にあり

ああ勇ましの我兵科

會心の友よさらばいざ

共に励まん我任務


【Romanji】


Banda no sakura ke eri no iro.
Hana wa yoshino ni arashi fuku.
Yamato-onoko to umaretewa
sanpeisenno hana to chire.

Shaku-yo no tsutsu wa buki narazu.
Sun-yo no tsurugi nanika sen.
Shirazuya koko ni nisen-no,
kitae kitaeshi yamatodama.

Gunki o mamoru monofu wa
subete sono kazu nijyuman
hachijyu-yokasho ni tamuro shite,
buso wa tokaji yume ni damo.

Senri tozai nami koete
waga ni kyu nasukokuaraba
yokosukade den yusosen
shibashi mamore ya umoi no hito.

Tekichi niichi ho waga fumeba,
gun no shu shei wa koko ni ari.
Saigo no ketsu waga ninmu
kihei hohei koydo seyo.

Arapusu san o toha seshi
rekishi wa furuku sepakku shi.
Hotensen no katsudo wa
Nippon hohei no iki to shire.

Keitai koryo arunaraba
toku hanareiteiku nichi ro
koya senri ni watarautomo
sanpeisen ni chitsujo ari.

Shirizoku koto wa ga shirazu
miyo ya hohei no soten o hehei no sen wa
hohei no sen wa shageki nite
teki o hiruma se sonohima ni.

Zenshin zenshin mata zenshin
nikudan to doku kokoro made
wagai ichigun no shohai wa
totsugeki saigo no subun-ji.

Hohei no honryo kokori ari,
ari aisamashi no ga heika
kaishin no tomoyo saraba iza
tomoni hageman ga nimu.


(English) (Rough Translation)


Color of the collar badge like cherry blossoms in full bloom.
The blossoms encounter a storm in the Yoshino mountain.
If were born as a Japanese man.
Fall as a blossom of the skirmish line.

The short rifle cannot be said to arms.
It is no point mention bayonet shorter than it.

However, there is Yamato-Damashii spirit (Japanese spirit,)
that has been built up over the two thousand years.

Samurai who protect the battle flags
number two hundred thousand in all
gathering in about eighty locations,
will never surrender. Even if it is a dream.

Across the Senri-West wave
a ship transport ship arriving to the country
the person in the sea, protected
while crossing the waves to the port.

If we go one step further into enemy territory,
the army's main soldier is here.
And the last decision,
is my mission cavalry and artillery cooperation.

Passing over the Alps mountains,
and the history is old, and snow white.
And the activity of the Battle of Mukden
is the essence of the Japanese infantry.

If there is a cell phone stalk,
it will be far away from us.
and three to four days will come
and there will be order among the scattered line.

Looked back at betrayal,
now look at the infantry's operations.
Infantrymen in combat firing at the enemy
and we will catch them in the air.

Advance or advance to the stream of bullets
where the enemy is firing.
Attack until the end of our army
is the last few remaining at the end.

In our home territory,
there you can find the home
of our brave and courageous infantry.
And with our courageous military department leadership.