We are the imperial army and Our enemies are
The Emperors enemies forsaken by heaven and earth
The enemys commander is one who
through history has no equal a hero
The soldiers who follow him are
United as fierce warriors ready to fight to the death
Though the wrathful deities shake their courage not
Heaven will not forgive their rebellion
Those who have risen up against us since olden times
Have never had their moment of glory
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die
Our divine nations ways and the samurais
Bodies were defended by the spirits
Though thrown away after the restoration
Our Japanese swords now and again may be carried
Again in our era our reputation returned;
Enemy and ally together as one
Must die under the edge of the blade
And to those with the Japanese spirit
The time to die is now
Do not disgrace yourself with delay
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die
As I look ahead there is a sword
To my right and to my left everywhere a sword
To climb a mountain of swords
They say is a deed for the future
Seeing this world from the top with my own eyes
I climbed this mountain of swords
Not for the sake of atoning
For the sins I have committed
But for the sake of subjugating the rebels
The mountain of swords  what does it matter
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die
The glint of light on a sword
Is it a flash of lightning between the clouds
The voice of the artillery firing in all directions
Is it the roar of the thunder
The ones defeated by the enemy's blades
Or those struck by the enemy's rounds
Their life ended their bodies without a grave
The corpses piled up into a mountain
Their blood streaming into a river
They go into certain death for the sake of the Emperor
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die
Even amidst a rain of bullets
The body of which there is no two without regret
Charges forward  myself like the tempest's
Gusts that blow away the white dew
Should I meet my end unburied
For loyalty's sake I will have died
If it be that I die to that effect
Then to death I will hold no grudge
Those people who think they are as me
Do not tread back one step
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die
Now and here my body is to die
For the good of the emperor the good of the country
Discarded shall be our lives
Even if our corpses may rot
For our loyalty and composure our names
Esteemed among the later generations
Shall long be passed down by those who remain
As a warrior you were born  a life without worth
And let nobody call you an immoral dog
Nor let them slander you as a coward
Until that time that our enemy is destroyed
Charge charge together as one
Drawing our swords glistening like a broken jewel
We must charge forth determined to die