Aiba shingunka [With Eng and Romaji sub]

愛馬進軍歌 / Aiba shingunka / March of the beloved horse
Japanese military song
Singer: Koichi Miura, Philharmonic Chorus of Tokyo
Performer: Victor Orchestra
[About this song]
This song was released in January 1939, along with the "Aibako," with lyrics by Shinobu Kuboi and music by Seiichi Arashiro. Its lyrics describe soldiers' feelings toward their horses.
[Rōmaji]
Kuni o detekara ikutsuki zo
Tomo ni shinu ki de kono uma to
Semete susunda yama ya kawa
Totta tazuna ni chi ga kayou
Kinō otoshita tōchika de
Kyō wa karine no takaibiki
Uma yo gussuri nemuretaka
Asu no ikusa wa tegowaizo
Tama no ame furu dakuryū o
Omae tayori ni nori kitte
Tsutome hatashita ano toki wa
Naite magusa o kuwashitazo
Imonbukuro no omamori o
Kakete tatakau kono kurige
Chiri ni mamireta higezura ni
Nande natsukuka kao yosete
Date niwa toranu kono tsurugi
Massaki kakete tsukkomeba
Nanto moroizo teki no jin
Uma yo inanake kachidoki da
Omae no sena ni hinomaru o
Tatete nyūjō kono gaika
Hei ni otoranu appare no
Isao wa nagaku wasurenuzo
[Japanese]
国を出てから幾月ぞ
共に死ぬ気でこの馬と
攻めて進んだ山や河
取った手綱に血が通う
昨日落したトーチカで
今日は仮寝の高いびき
馬よ ぐっすり眠れたか
明日の戦は手強いぞ
弾丸の雨降る濁流を
お前頼りに乗り切って
務め果したあの時は
泣いて秣を食わしたぞ
慰問袋のお守りを
掛けて戦うこの栗毛
塵に塗れた髭面に
なんで懐くか顔よせて
伊達には取らぬこの剣
真っ先駆けて突っこめば
何と脆いぞ 敵の陣
馬よ 嘶け 勝鬨だ
お前の背に日の丸を
立てて入場 この凱歌
兵に劣らぬ天晴れの
勲は永く忘れぬぞ