Yamato Damashii

amato kokoro kizanda tatakau kan tamashī
yamato make wa shinai shashin kakugo no tamashī

kaeranu hito o machiwabite
kai tte ite mo yueni sarabatomoyo

gekidō jidai ni uma reta sore mo kore mo sadame ka
gekidō jidai o ikinuke mō mamotte ite mo kachime nai
tatakau jidai yattekita ore mo kimi mo kimi mo
tatakau jidai mamorinuke mō mamotte itara amerika mo nai
kōsan shinai kōsan shinai ga wa

yamato nihonjin no kiyoku tadashī tamashī
daiwa kataritsuga re yomigaeru tamashī

katamichi dake no nenryō tsunde
o kuni no tame ni isagiyoku takaku chitte

gekidō jidai ga yattekita totsuzen totsuzen yattekita
gekidō jidai o ikinuke mienaiteki o yattsukero
tatakau jidai ga yattekita masaka jibun no jidai ni
tatakau jidai yattekita mō matte itara mizu mo nai
shinjitsuna nda shinjitsuna nda itsuwari janai

tondehiniirunatsunomushi obikiyose rare
tsutsunuke sono sakusen wa omoutsubo

nidoto kurikaesanai eien ni chikai
utsukushī shima o mamoru yo subete tsuranuku yamatodamashī todoke

nidoto furimukanai maehesusume
itoshī shima yo umi mo subete tsuranuku yamatodamashī kakage