yari wa sabite mo kono na wa sabinu
otoko genba no kokoro iki
Akō rōshi no kage to nari
tsukusu makoto wa Yari hitosuji ni
kaoru homare no Genroku sakura
sugata sobaya ni yatsushite made mo
shinobu Sugino yo setsunakaro
koyoi nagori ni mite okeyo
Tawara kuzushi no gokui no hito te
kore ga hanamuke otoko no kokoro
namida o tamete furikaeru
sobaya no sugata o yobitomete
semete namae o kikasero yo to
kuchi made deta ga sō janai
iwanu ga hana yo jinsei wa
ōte wakareru sadame to ka
omoi naoshite tawara hoshi
hitori shimijimi nomi nagara
toki o sugoshita mayonaka ni
kokoro Sumida no kawakaze o
nagarete hibiku isamashisa
hitouchi ni uchi san nagare
are wa tashika ni tashika ni are wa
Yamaga ryūgi no jindaiko
toki ni Genroku jū go nen jū ni gatsu jū yokka, edo no yokaze o furuwasete,
hibiku wa Yamaga ryūgi no jin taiko, shikamo hitouchi ni uchi san nagare,
omowazu hatto tachiagari, mimi o sumasete taiko o kazoe
"ō, masashiku Akō rōshi no uchiiri ja" sukedachi suru wa kore no toki zo,
moshi ya sono naka ni hiruma wakareta ano sobaya ga oriawasenu ka, namae wa nan to ima hito tabi,
ōte wakare ga tsugetai mono to, keiko juban ni mi o katamete, dan Kokura no hakama,
momodachi takaku toriageshi, shiraaya tatan de ushiro hachimaki me no tsuru gotoku,
nageshi ni kakaru wa senzo denrai tawara danjō kitaetaru kushaku no teyari o migi no te ni,
kirido o akete hito ashi omote ni fumidaseba,
ten wa yūan chi wa Gaigai taru shirayuki o ketatete yukute wa Matsuzaka chō…
Kira no yashiki ni kite mireba,
ima, uchiiri wa massaichū, sōdaishō no Kuranosuke.
mitsukete kakeyoru tawara hoshi ga, tenka musō no kono yari de, o sukedachi oba itasō zo,
iwareta toki ni ōishi wa fukaki go on wa kono tōri, atsuku go rei o mōshimasu.
saredo mo koko wa kore no mama ni,
yari o osamete o hikiage kudasaru naraba arigatashi,
kakaru ori mo ichi nin no rōshi ga yuki o ketatete
Saku, Saku, Saku, Saku, Saku, saku-,
sensei ou, sobaya ka iya, iya, iya, iya,
eri ni kakareta namae koso, Makoto wa Sugino no jū Heiji dono,
washi ga oshieta ano gokui, inochi oshimu na na okoso oshime,
rippana hataraki inorimasu zo yo, saraba saraba to migihidari.
Akō rōshi ni jamasuru yatsu wa nan nin tari tomo tōsan zo,
hashi no tamoto de ishi tsuki tsuite, yari no Genba wa niōdachi
ute ya hibike ya Yamaga no taiko
tsuki mo yozora ni saewataru
yume to kiki tsutsu ryōkoku no
hashi no tamoto de yuki fumishimeta
yari ni Genba no namida ga hikaru