Ode to the Showa Restoration (English Version) 昭和維新の歌

Hey everyone. This is my second video - now with a new mic! Woo!
I'm really pleased with how it came out. If you have any feedback on tips on how to improve, those are always greatly appreciated. :)

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

The few extra verses that didn't make it into this version: Storm clouds gather in the heavens on high, Violent are the seas that offer up their cries, The time for reform has come to us at last, Sweeping through the land like a fearful evening blast! All under heaven is endless and vast, Every man must journey down his own determined path, This world used to praise the glory that had been, But can those splendors in this day be seen? Fame is the pride of a dream’s fleeting shade, Only our devotion is sure to never fade, Guided by fate we shall live our truest lives, What our fates may be only heaven can decide.

[@ImperatorTheodosius]

Full version incoming?

[@taiwantaiwan617]

you must be a hot and smart person,

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

@@taiwantaiwan617 Well I certainly don't want to toot my own horn. I leave assessments of my intelligence and handsomeness to the appraisement of others. ^^

[@taiwantaiwan617]

@@thesouthernsinger2763 Will you sing the following Taiwan military song, it is the only military song in Taiwanese. Taiwan soldiers win kzbin.info/www/bejne/ememfXqGqpKni80

[@taiwantaiwan617]

@@thesouthernsinger2763 The following are the translation of the Taiwan military song : Taiwan men love Taiwan, Taiwan soldiers are the bravest, iron men the bravest, iron men the bravest. wind blows the cannon， encourage my heart, angry missiles,angry missiles, brave men, decide clearly, destry enemy, direct to target, let China Fear Taiwan soldiers Win Taiwan soldiers will win

[@dimitrivukasin6867]

A song every citizen that observes politics anywhere in the world can relate to.

[@mr.potato7281]

who is the traitor?? it say "Honor the Emperor, Destroy the Traitors"

[@subhumancurrytruecel]

@@mr.potato7281 the Hideki tojo cabal that allied with the zaibatsus in the japanese parliament in the 1930s

[@jiaxuanxia1340]

a song for young turks around the globe 😂

[@Vulcaani]

​@@jiaxuanxia1340 song for nationalists all around the world!

[@user-bi7dh3zy1u]

@@mr.potato7281 The song was sung by the officers who rose up during the military coup of the Showa period, and the enemies of the Emperor in the lyrics referred to the politicians of the time. Ironically, they themselves became the Emperor's enemies, much to the anger of the Emperor, who wanted to avoid a shift in Japanese politics toward the military. When they learned of this, they committed seppuku (ritual suicide).

[@user-rk4od7lh6t]

難しい言い回しだったり、言葉だったりする日本軍歌を英訳した上、リズムに合わせて歌われているのは本当に凄い。

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

It took many many hours of thought and revision to get it the way I wanted. Translating Japanese lyrics, I would say, are the hardest of all, but usually the most rewarding.

[@vln4lyf]

the Spirit of Japan will never fall

[@vln4lyf]

TENNO HEIKA BANZAI

[@maxthexpfarmer3957]

Everything until they say the word “Shōwa” is shockingly relatable. I guess people in all times felt like this.

[@maxthexpfarmer3957]

Now knowing that this song was made by a movement that was so completely against freedom and peace, it feels weird that I felt this way. But the greivances they sing of are still quite relatable.

[@FreeSpeechAbsolutist1776]

@@maxthexpfarmer3957 Is the content of the lyrics not a near perfect representation of the current day? Are you sure they were against freedom and peace? Or were they against a "freedom" that was destroying their nation and a "peace" that was leading them to a world war?

[@joundii3100]

You mean until "fall"

[@ignisilluminati]

@@maxthexpfarmer3957 When a nation is full of greedy politicians and companies and thus needs a reformation, it always requires a concentration of power to penalize those social elites. Here, if a nation is not lucky enough to have a super smart leader who can serve such reformations within democratic area of politics - e.g., FDR -, the only remaining way to neutralize the resistances from these elites in politics and economics is to get aids from military - or the coup d'état by armed forces. It is very like the rise of fascism in Europe, and it is still true in these days. It is like a gatcha game: the "HP" of a nation goes down by 10 per decade. If a nation fails to successfully get a "good" leader (let's say, spade A or a joker card) before its HP goes to 0, the coup d'etat and a following dictatorship rises and to recover it to 100, but then the decay rate becomes larger to 20 because of the weakened democratic system.

[@dehistoriapisciumfish7639]

@@FreeSpeechAbsolutist1776 The japanese were happy to invade their neighbors and brutally genocide colonize and do experiments on them. Don’t pretend they were some victim nation that just wanted peace (the japanese leaders of the time would probably also laugh at you if you said that they were a “peaceful” nation, since they didn’t try to be, they wanted an empire)

[@shako4907]

sounds actually decent, great job! Great translation, considering how poetic and archaic the original is.

[@shako4907]

also how about 戦友 - Senyu (Comrade in Arms) next? I checked there are instrumentals online

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

@@shako4907 Sure! I've got a ton to get to but I will definitely have to remember it. :)

[@Kjk_808]

It’s super cool to hear an English translation of the song that actually matches with the flow of the music, since Japanese dose not directly translate to English. Amazing job

[@william35]

Nice singing you represent all of our Imperial Japanese Armed Forces

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

Thank you! I hope to do more Imperial songs in the future. :)

[@Kamo_shika]

Epic Job!! 素晴らしい職人技！

[@acidkettle4303]

This is brilliant, glad I found it

[@lukastheprussian4465]

"Here I stand as the world falls apart" current situation here in Germany....

[@FreeSpeechAbsolutist1776]

Current situation in USA too.

[@crazyd4ve875]

If the world's falling apart then trust me it's the situation here too

[@aza8109]

quite interesting how the OP said his country is falling apart, and the replies is of two individuals saying the same about where they live. it's the entire world at the end

[@user-zi8lw5zp3t]

It's time for Hohenzollern Restoration

[@dicknig1054]

This song describes the feelings of all conservatives and traditionalists.

[@robertfranco2464]

If anyone is asking if there is a spanish version There was one from Peru Union revolucionaria (revolutionary union) was a fascist party that was formed by Inmigrants asians, americans(peruvians) and inmigrants europeans. This party was born in the city of Arequipa.

[@shako4907]

Can you link it

[@robertfranco2464]

@@shako4907 i think this channel have it if dont write me again and i will pass you the lyrics but they are in Spanish with arequipa cultural and historical that maybe you don't understand. Sorry for my English kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoOwc6Nnj7upb6M

[@RPM1776]

They were against asians

[@robertfranco2464]

@@RPM1776 That was the northern part of the UR. Sanchez Cerro only imitated what he saw in Arequipa when creating his party. however there were many differences. One of them is that Arequipa, specifically the circles that they commanded, only supported S.C in his coup d'état but they did not accept him as a leader because he was a dirty blood. I mean, he had black blood. In Arequipa and the south things have always been different (since pre-Inca times and even the viceroyalty) while in the north things were done differently. In the north they had no problems with blacks and gypsies while in the south we persecuted them to clean up our land. In my family my great-grandfather was half Japanese and his son ended up marrying a Jewish woman, whose father supported the deportation of other Jews. Of course only not Arequipeños and political enemies. If you want to know more about that there is a video on Yt of Aqp in the second world war. It is not very detailed but it is a good introduction to what the atmosphere was like in Arequipa and in part the south.

[@RPM1776]

@@robertfranco2464 That's interesting, thanks for the info

[@FM_1819]

Your english covers are awesome! you got my subscription. Have you considered doing Father You Were Strong or Song of the Fierce Eagles?

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

Thank you for these suggestions! I had never heard of either of these until you mentioned them and now I love them both. lol So many Japanese songs to do! I will definitely put them on my list though. Thank you for your kind words and your subscription and apologies for my delayed response. ^^

[@andrewe.8373]

@@thesouthernsinger2763 father you were strong is a particularly good one. One of my favorites

[@salami3966]

Hey, i just found out about your channel, And i must say that your work is amazing! I love nicely translated songs to english. Keep up the great work

[@javo5270]

wow, awesome as always!

[@orderofsolomomstemple5040]

I'm currently going on a watching spree they all so good

[@beardlessodin945]

Amazing rhyming English translation! Artistic license used and liberties taken, it still rings as true as the original! Tennou Heika Banzai!

[@GermanBritish]

Great Edit: I found myself singing these lyrics

[@marooontaraben]

この歌を聴くと元気が出るよ

[@Joshua_N-A]

Someone did made an American version of this. Most of the lyrics remain unchanged except for a few stanzas. One such video is a Qing dragon version of the Gadsen Flag as the thumbnail with words "Don't Tread On Me".

[@pnz6ausfj779]

This song bops

[@warviper2523]

Based

[@consulfrancais6626]

great translation !

[@Dutch-McLarenJk82-]

For anyone who jus randomly wants to sing the Japanese lyrics through the English version: Bekira no fuchi ni nami sawagi fuzan no kumo wa midaretobu kondaku no yo ni ware tateba gifun ni moete chishio waku Kenmonkami ni ogodoredomo kuni o ureuru makoto nashi zaibatsu tomi o hokoredomo shashoku o omou kokoro nashi Ā hito sakae kuni horobu meshiitaru tami yo ni odoru chiran kōbō yume ni nite yo wa ikkyoku no go narikeri Shōwa ishin no haru no sora seigi ni musubu masurao ga kyōri hyakuman hei tarite chiru ya banda no sakurabana Furubishi mukuro norikoete kumo hyōyō no mi wa hitotsu kuni o ureite tatsu kara wa masurao no uta nakarame ya

[@asianlifter]

Good job.

[@user-yc2ug2dk5i]

これはすごい英訳お疲れ様です

[@ice_khespacov7336]

神ですよこれは　もっと歌ってください　お願いします

[@darealcarrotman]

this goes mad hard

[@Serhienko]

😐👍 Thanks man.

[@herbertsmagon5777]

the english writing is good in the two songs i heard. is it hard to make it rhyme?

[@thesouthernsinger2763]

Just takes some forethought and a little inventiveness. :)

[@zembood_zaran]

👍😎

[@calvinyou5728]

尊 皇 讨 奸! Honor the emperor and crusade against sycophantic courtiers!

[@finnjudd7504]

Keep it up

[@alexcta1079]

It's an impressive job I have a questions since many month. What's the rhyhtmic feet of this song ? I feel the stanzas are based on a 10/12/11/12 rhythms, but i am not sure of this. Damn, I can't find a music sheet of this...

[@CytotoxinK]

1:57 _'The men go marching one by one BANZAI! BANZAI!'_

[@phantomeagle2684]

I prefer this over the original version

[@mechanicalfruit9659]

Do Giovinezza in English my brother 😎

[@IrsyadMuhammadxkmn]

Very good song! I hope you Ba'ath Anthem English version

[@Youtubeisntlettingmeuseczech]

Ah the great Japanese cope song

[@Your_Eagle_One]

Hey there can u put this on Spotify pls. ^^

[@radon.drl.]

Lyrics?

[@user-yj6ch5dq7e]

1:04

[@user-yj6ch5dq7e]

0:10

[@user-qe9nn6es4w]

尊特讨拜！SA！

[@subhumancurrytruecel]

based, lets go brandon!

[@user-vu6cq5gh2c]

天诛

[@james950518]

2.26혁명만세!!!!!!!! 나라를 위해서 목숨받처 싸워주신 형제나라 일본군장병분들께도 2.26혁명장병분들께도 사랑합니다 ❤❤❤🇯🇵❤🇰🇷❤❤❤

[@DalChoSong]

그거 성공했으면 우린 독립 못했긴 해..

[@user-qm7dx9hs5b]

@@DalChoSong 独立しない方が良かったね。独立したせいで南北は横断され、無駄な血が流れた