Shijin Ballad no Higeki

The last poem...

It was simply too wonderful.
A soldier told a pair of lovers in the city about a poem.
Eventually, the poem passed from person to person.
The nameless poem,
Whose author remained unknown, eventually spread afar on the continent...
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The strong and beautiful queen of time.
Everyone kneels before absolute power.
The upcoming queen's birthday.
One poet was ordered to offer a poem praising her beauty...

The queen asks...
"Who is the most beautiful in this world?"
...however, he doesn't give in
"In my world, Your Majesty is the second most beautiful..."

"The beauty of withered flowers...
That is an illusion in the name of reminiscence...
A garden in full bloom throughout eternity without decay...
Even a noble and beautiful rose...
Being a flower itself, cannot match up to a withered one..."

The queen was enraged at the poem.
"You, are you telling me to wither away!?"
With a single sign from the prime minister, the soldiers surrounded the poet...
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The poet extolled as a genius...his name is Ballad.
Now, he is writing his last poem in the corner of the cold dungeons...

The time of execution draws close. The prison guard with a rose emblem on his chest
Heard his last crafted poem...
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The final bell tolls.
The execution is carried out swiftly.
In his last moments, he remembers...
The sky of his homeland, the scent of the wind.
The days he lived with a woman now dead...

Just like how cold autumn winds guide Winter,
One journeying girl wanders in search for her beloved
With a somewhat nostalgic poem on her lips...

～ Page 168 『 The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad 』

(Translated by Defade)

The last poem...

It was simply too wonderful.
A soldier told a pair of lovers in the city about a poem.
Eventually, the poem passed from person to person.
The nameless poem,
Whose author remained unknown, eventually spread afar on the continent...
・
The strong and beautiful queen of time.
Everyone kneels before absolute power.
The upcoming queen's birthday.
One poet was ordered to offer a poem praising her beauty...

The queen asks...
"Who is the most beautiful in this world?"
...however, he doesn't give in
"In my world, Your Majesty is the second most beautiful..."

"The beauty of withered flowers...
That is an illusion in the name of reminiscence...
A garden in full bloom throughout eternity without decay...
Even a noble and beautiful rose...
Being a flower itself, cannot match up to a withered one..."

The queen was enraged at the poem.
"You, are you telling me to wither away!?"
With a single sign from the prime minister, the soldiers surrounded the poet...
・
The poet extolled as a genius...his name is Ballad.
Now, he is writing his last poem in the corner of the cold dungeons...

The time of execution draws close. The prison guard with a rose emblem on his chest
Heard his last crafted poem...
・
The final bell tolls.
The execution is carried out swiftly.
In his last moments, he remembers...
The sky of his homeland, the scent of the wind.
The days he lived with a woman now dead...

Just like how cold autumn winds guide Winter,
One journeying girl wanders in search for her beloved
With a somewhat nostalgic poem on her lips...

～ Page 168 『 The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad 』

(Translated by Defade)

最期の詩・・・

それはあまりにも素晴らしく兵は街の恋人に詩って教えたやがてその詩は人から人へと伝わり誰が綴ったかもわからぬその名もなき詩は大陸中に広まった・・・

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強く美しき時の女王絶対的な権力の前に誰もがひざまづく来たる女王の誕生祭その美貌を称える詩を捧げよと一人の詩人に命じた・・・

女王は問う

「この世で一番美しいのは誰じゃ？」

しかし彼は譲らない

「私の世界では陛下は２番目にお美しい・・・」

「枯れてしまった花の美しさ・・・それは追憶という名の幻影朽ちることなく永遠に咲き続けられる庭園例え気高く美しき薔薇でさえ花である以上枯れてしまった花には及ばない・・・」

その詩に女王は激昂した「そなた余に枯れてしまえと申すのか！？」宰相の合図一つで兵達は詩人を取り囲んだ・・・

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天才と謳われし詩人彼の名はバラッド今は冷たい地下牢の隅最期の詩を綴っている・・・

処刑の刻が近づき胸に薔薇の紋章を抱いた牢番の兵は聴いてしまった彼の綴った最期の詩を・・・

最後の鐘が鳴り終わり処刑は厳かに執り行われる最期の瞬間思い出すのは故郷の空風の匂い今は亡き彼女と過ごした日々・・・

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冷たい秋風が冬を導くように旅の娘が一人想い人を尋ねて流離う

どこか懐かしいその詩を口ずさみながら・・・

Band	Sound Horizon
Release Medium	CD
Disc Number	1
Track Number	3
Length	2:11

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