This is another Japanese "Gun-Ka" (military song), and a famous one at that --- Still sung by many middle-aged, hard-working, company worker-warriors in Tokyo.
You can sing along at this link:
UN TO SUI-KOMU, AKA-GANE IRO NO...
MUNE NI, WAKASA NO, MINA-GIRU HOKORI,
UMI NO OTOKO NO KAN-TAI KINMU,
GETSU, GETSU, KA , SUI, MOKU, KIN, KIN.
It's a copper-red sunrise, early morning,
I breath in the taste of the ocean current,
My young chest is bursting with pride,
The Fleet duty days of an ocean sailor...
Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.
AKAI TAIYO NI, NAGARERU ASE O,
FUI-TE NIKKORI, TAIHO TE-IRE.
TAIHEIYO NO NAMI, NAMI, NAMI NI...
UMI NO OTOKO NO KAN-TAI KINMU,
GETSU, GETSU, KA , SUI, MOKU, KIN, KIN.
My sweat pours out, under the red Sun,
Which I happily wipe, while repairing the cannon,
As I ride the waves and waves of the Pacific.
The Fleet duty days of an ocean sailor...
Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.
DO-KYO HITOTSU NI, HI NO YO NA REN-MA,
HATA WA NARU-NARU, RAPPA WA HIBIKU.
IKU-ZO, HI-NO-MARU, NIHON NO FUNE DA!
UMI NO OTOKO NO KAN-TAI KINMU,
GETSU, GETSU, KA , SUI, MOKU, KIN, KIN.
Our courage joins as one, fired by hard training,
The Flag flaps and snaps in the wind, with the bugle's cry.
Full speed ahead, the Rising Sun Flag, on Japan's warship!
The Fleet duty days of an ocean sailor...
Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.
DON TO BUTSU-KARU, DO-TOU NO UTA NI,
YURERU TSURI-DOKO, KO-YOI NO YUME WA...
ASU NO IKUSA NO, KONO UDE-DAMESHI.
UMI NO OTOKO NO KAN-TAI KINMU,
GETSU, GETSU, KA , SUI, MOKU, KIN, KIN.
The ship crashes through the song of the raging waves,
In my swaying hammock, the evening brings my dream...
Of how I will handle the next day's battle.
The Fleet duty days of an ocean sailor...
Monday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Friday.
Interesting . Thank you
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