Umi Yukaba - Lyrics

Lyrics

Umi yukaba
Mizuku kabane
Yama yukaba
Kusa musu kabane
Okimi no he ni koso shiname
Kaerimi wa seji

If I go away to the sea,
 I shall be a corpse washed up.
 If I go away to the mountain,
 I shall be a corpse in the grass
 But if I die for the Emperor,
 It will not be a regret.

海行かば
水漬く屍
山行かば
草生す屍
大君の辺にこそ死なめ
かへりみはせじ

Umi Yukaba was sung before takeoff by many Kamikaze suicide attack pilots in the final stages of the Pacific War.

Umi Yukaba is also the name of a 1983 Japanese film.

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