Aruku uta [With Eng and Romaji sub]

歩くうた / Aruku uta / Walking Song
- Japanese war song

Singer: Bonny Jacks
Performer: Columbia Orchestra

Lyricist: Kotaro Nakamura
Composer: Nobuo Iida

[About this song]
This song was released in 1941 on the national radio program "国民歌謡/National Songs." It was produced to encourage people to walk for their health, but the lyrics have a wartime feel in places.

[Rōmaji]
Aruke aruke aruke aruke
Minami e kita e aruke aruke
Higashi e nishi e aruke aruke
Michi aru michi mo aruke aruke
Michi naki michi mo aruke aruke

Aruke aruke aruke aruke
Mezasu wa kanata aruke aruke
Kebureru yukute aruke aruke
Hate naki nozura aruke aruke
Kogoshiki iwane aruke aruke

Aruke aruke aruke aruke
Mi o yaku hideri aruke aruke
Shio fuku senaka aruke aruke
Mi o kiru fubuki aruke aruke
Itetsuku mehana aruke aruke

Aruke aruke aruke aruke
Omoi wa takaraka aruke aruke
Daichi no kiwami aruke aruke
Umi sae sora sae aruke aruke
Warera o todomezu aruke aruke

[Japanese]
歩け 歩け 歩け 歩け
南へ 北へ 歩け 歩け
東へ 西へ 歩け 歩け
路ある道も歩け 歩け
路なき道も歩け 歩け

歩け 歩け 歩け 歩け
目指すは彼方 歩け 歩け
けぶれる行手 歩け 歩け
果てなき野面 歩け 歩け
こごしき磐根 歩け 歩け

歩け 歩け 歩け 歩け
身を焼く日照り 歩け 歩け
塩吹く背中 歩け 歩け
身を切る吹雪 歩け 歩け
凍てつく目鼻 歩け 歩け

歩け 歩け 歩け 歩け
思いは高らか 歩け 歩け
大地の極み 歩け 歩け
海さえ空さえ歩け 歩け
我等を止めず歩け 歩け