EPIC Nightcore Version of Dōki no Sakura | 同期の桜

Dōki no Sakura began as a girl's lament. In early 1938 Saijō Yaso published the poem Nirin no Sakura (Two Cherry Blossoms) in the girls' magazine Shōjo Club, in which a young woman speaks to her lover killed in the fighting at Shanghai. In July 1939 it came out on record as the soldiers' song Sen'yū no Uta, set to music by Ōmura Nōshō. The record was no success. At the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy on Etajima, the cadet Chōsa Hiroshi came across it and rewrote it for the classmates of his own year, the "dōki". Two verses about a naval air group were added later by an unknown author. *日本語* 貴様と俺とは同期の桜 同じ兵学校の庭に咲く 咲いた花なら散るのは覚悟 みごと散りましょ国のため 貴様と俺とは同期の桜 同じ兵学校の庭に咲く 血肉分けたる仲ではないが なぜか気が合うて別れられぬ 貴様と俺とは同期の桜 同じ航空隊の庭に咲く 仰いだ夕焼け南の空に 未だ還らぬ一番機 貴様と俺とは同期の桜 同じ航空隊の庭に咲く あれほど誓ったその日も待たず なぜに死んだか散ったのか 貴様と俺とは同期の桜 離れ離れに散ろうとも 花の都の靖国神社 春の梢に咲いて会おう *English* You and I are cherry blossoms of the same class Blooming in the garden of the same Naval Academy Blossoms that have bloomed must be ready to fall So let us fall in glory for our country You and I are cherry blossoms of the same class Blooming in the garden of the same Naval Academy We are not brothers - no blood binds the two of us And yet somehow we are so close we cannot part You and I are cherry blossoms of the same class Blooming in the garden of the same air group Out in the southern sky in the sunset glow we watched The lead plane has still not come home You and I are cherry blossoms of the same class Blooming in the garden of the same air group We swore it so solemnly - yet you did not wait for that day Why did you die? Why did you fall? You and I are cherry blossoms of the same class Even if we fall far apart from each other At Yasukuni Shrine in the capital of flowers Let us bloom on its branches in spring and meet again [EN] DISCLAIMER This is a cover of Dōki no Sakura, a song sung by cadets and airmen of the Imperial Japanese Navy between 1939 and 1945. The lyrics are the wording as it was handed down; they are not mine. The song likens death in battle to falling cherry blossoms and promises that the fallen will meet again at Yasukuni Shrine. It is presented as a document of its time, and that view of death is not shared here. The text names no enemy, no nation and no person, and the video shows none. It is shared for its musical and historical interest. [JP] 免責事項 本作は、1939年から1945年にかけて日本海軍の生徒や搭乗員の間で歌われた「同期の桜」の カバーです。歌詞は歌い継がれてきたものであり、制作者によるものではありません。 この歌は戦死を桜の散る姿になぞらえ、戦没者が靖国神社で再会することを歌っています。 本作は当時の記録として紹介するものであり、その死生観に同意するものではありません。 歌詞には敵も国家も人物の名も登場せず、映像にも描かれていません。音楽的・歴史的な 関心から公開する作品です。 [CREDITS & COPYRIGHT NOTICE] Original song: 同期の桜 (Dōki no Sakura) Music: 大村能章 (Ōmura Nōshō) Lyrics: after 西條八十 (Saijō Yaso), adapted by 帖佐裕 (Chōsa Hiroshi); verses 3 and 4 by an unknown author Nightcore cover arrangement and production: Kurisushima All copyright belongs to their respective owners. #dokinosakura #gunka #nightcore #japanesecover #同期の桜