Saraba

This city, peaceful as can be, is under a clear blue sky today.
Black contrails, the sound of relentless air raids.
Is this the end of peace in Japan?
Radio and TV show the sacrifices of other nations.
Journalists who don’t speak of their own plight,
Hypocrites who act like they care,
Always say, "War is unavoidable."
The anti-war voices never seem to reach anyone. Tell me, why do we fight among ourselves?

Peace has always spoiled people, and modern Japan has gone crazy.
Politics, police, schools, and families are all just ignoring each other now.
Cut it out, stop it! Is Japan really going to rot like this?

In the past, people died for their country.
You who live in the present, remember someday.
Farewell to those who fell for the sake of the nation,
Farewell to those who loved Japan.
Surely, if things stay the same, no one will change Japan,
The Rising Sun flag will eventually sink.
So we will sing.

AN ANTI WAR SONG, I will sing together,
Until this world is filled with smiles.
AN ANTI WAR SONG, sound this world,
So that no one gets hurt anymore.
AN ANTI WAR SONG, I will sing together,
For those who sacrificed themselves to teach us.
AN ANTI WAR SONG, sound this world,
Until the world is filled with happiness and smiles.

Farewell to those who dedicated their lives to protect this Japan.
I take pride in being born in the same Japan.
You taught us through your own lives,
The meaninglessness of war, the sorrow, the pain, and death.
I will never forget.
Thank you. Farewell, to those who became the wind.
I will protect the Rising Sun flag.
Farewell.