北満だより / Hokuman dayori / Letter from North Manchuria
- Japanese military song
Singer: Ichiro Wakahara
Performer: King Orchestra
Hi everyone! This time, I translated "Hokuman dayori." The photo shows houses near the Soviet-Manchurian border.
[About this song]
The song was made in December 1938, with lyrics by Sonosuke Sato and music by Minoru Mikai. The lyrics are about the Soviet-Manchurian border guards.
[About translation]
*Heilongjiang River
It's another name for Amur.
*Red Foxes
It's a figurative expression of Soviet soldiers.
*Hsinking
It's the capital of Manchukuo.
*Xing'anling
It's the general name for two mountain ranges in Manchuria.
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[Rōmaji]
Jūgo no tomo yo manshū mo
Iyoiyo fuyu ga kimashitaga
Somankokkyō keibi suru
Wakai bokura no junketsu wa
Yuki ni kagayaku sakura desu
Mukou no kishi wa sobieto
Tōchika mieru kokuryūkō
Kooru nagare o nori koete
Akai kitsune ga hamukaeba
Boku mo tokui no nerai uchi
Akashia no hana chiru koro ni
Shinkyō idete ikusanga
Ima ja hizoku no kage mo naku
Yuki no kōri de hi ga kurerya
Koshi no guntō ga naitoruyo
Kōan'oroshi fuki susabi
Sentōbō wa kooru tomo
Bokura sokoku no zen'ei wa
Koko ni aku made ganbatte
Fuyu o koshimasu sayounara
[Japanese]
銃後の友よ 満州も
いよいよ冬が来ましたが
ソ満国境 警備する
若い僕等の殉血は
雪に輝く桜です
向こうの岸はソビエト
トーチカ見える黒竜江
凍る流れを乗り越えて
赤い狐が刃向かえば
僕も得意の狙い撃ち
アカシアの花散る頃に
新京出でて幾山河
今じゃ匪賊の影も無く
雪と氷で日が暮れりゃ
腰の軍刀が泣いとるよ
興安颪吹き荒び
戦闘帽は凍るとも
僕等祖国の前衛は
ここに飽くまで頑張って
冬を越します さようなら