Hi no Izuru Kuni Jipangu

("Aratamemashite Nihon desu.
Shumi wa kuuki wo yonde
Hatsugen wo tsutsushimu koto desu")

Nagai rekishi no naka ni wa
Hikikomotte ita toki mo aru
Minasan yori wa
Unto jisan touyou ni ukabu watashi

Amerikasan no murinandai ni
Hibi keikenchi wo age ganbatte
Sugoi iro desu
Taberaremasen demo moratte shimau watashi

Wakai hito ni wa tsuite ikenai
Sonna koto wo omou hi mo aru
Shikashi bushi no tamashii dake wa
Wasurete wa inai no desu

Kogadaka nara makasete kudasai
Iro mo sorezore goyoui shitemasu
Nijigen nara karada yogoremasen
Kokoro wa sukoshi yogoremasu ga

Iro ha ni ho he to chi ri nu ru wo
Hi no izuru kuni Jipangu

Kuni wo hiraita totan ni
Odorokimashita gekihen de
Youfuku kutsu ni chikara no kagiri!
Demo sugu narete shimau watashi

("Juunen hodo ita dakeba...")

Hakkiri to shiro to iwaremasu ga
Hito yori zutto kangaete ite
Dakara Yes to No dake de wa
Katari tsukusenai mono desu

Arenji nara makasete kudasai
Karee wa pan ni mo gohan ni mo aimasu
Kutsujoku ni wa totemo taeraremasen
Kaku naru ue wa seppuku desu...ara?

Kono umi no ue ni wa tayou na kuni atte
Omonjite ita koto mo kutsugaeru

("Haru wa akebo
Natsu wa yoru desu
Aki wa yuugure
Fuyu wa tsutomete")

("Ten wo terasu kami no moto
Watashitachi no rekishi wo
Mata sennen tsumugimashou ne...")

Hana wa nioedo chitte yukimasu
Tsuki wa michitara kake yuku mono desu
Shiki no utsuri no kaori yutaka na
Watashi wa kono kuni ga suki desu

Iro ha ni ho he to chi ri nu ru wo
Hi no izuru kuni Jipangu

("Nice to meet you again, I am Japan.
My hobbies are...
Reading the mood and refraining from speaking.")

In my lengthy history
There were times I hid away[3]
Compared to everyone else
I'm an old man, floating in the orient

From America-san's unreasonable requests
I raise my experience points every day and strive on
It's an amazing color
But I cannot eat it, and yet I still accept it

There are also days I feel like
I'll never understand these young ones[4]
But my warrior spirit
Is the one thing I haven't forgotten

When it comes to minaturization, please leave it to me
I have even prepared one in every color
When it comes to 2D, the body will not be corrupted
Though the heart will, a little

Even the fragrant flowers will scatter
The country where the sun rises first, Cipangu

Just as this country opened up
I was shocked by all of the sudden changes
I wore western clothes and shoes as best as I could!
But I quickly got used to them

("Just give me another 10 years...")

I am told to speak more precisely
But I think about things more than the others
So just saying "yes" or "no"
Does not best serve my purposes

When it comes to the arrangements, please leave it to me
Curry goes well with bread or rice
I cannot bear any sort of humiliation
Since it has come to this, I must commit seppuku...right?

I met various countries on top of this ocean
And everything I revered was turned up-side down

("A spring sunrise
A summer night
A fall evening
An early winter morning")

("Underneath the heavens
Illuminated by the gods,
Let our history unravel for another millenium")

Even the fragrant flowers will scatter[5]
The moon fades after it is full
The plentiful scent of the changing seasons
I love this country

Even the fragrant flowers will scatter
The country where the sun rises first, Cipangu