靖国神社
文部省唱歌（作者不詳）・大正元年
Yasukuni Shrine

英訳　山岸勝榮©
English Translation: YAMAGISHI, Katsuei ©

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１．
花は桜木人は武士　
その桜木に囲まるる
世を靖国の御社（みやしろ）よ
御国（みくに）のために潔（いさぎよ）く
花と散りにし　人々の
魂（たま）はここにぞ鎮（しず）まれる

Cherry among flowers, samurai among men
Surrounded by the blossoms is Yasukuni Shrine
With many souls of war fallen heros
Who fought for their fatherland and fell like the flowers
And they would rest here, meeting their brave end
Yasukuni where their spirits would take their last sleep

2.
命は軽（かろ）く義は重し
その義を践（ふ）みて大君に　
命ささげし大丈夫（ますらお）よ
銅（かね）の鳥居の奥ふかく
神垣（かみがき）高くまつられて
誉（ほまれ）は世々に残るなり

Life was dear to them, but cause was dearer to them
Every man enshrined here died for the cause of peace
Giving their life for their nation and for their Lord
　 And they were great men who acted bravely to the end
Deep in the shrine wood, behind the copper outer gate
　 Enshrined in the high holy fence around the shrine

【注記】2番の1行目にある「命は軽く」の「軽く」は unimportant, uncherishableということだが、
私は「命は大事(dear)だが、もっと大事な(dearer)ものは大義だ」と解釈して英訳した。