Katanagatari (Ali Project - Katana to Saya)

Ali Project - Katana to Saya

Your luck ran out
When you happened upon me

Silently scattering about
Even if the words were linked together
The truth that exists in me
It seems no one is able to even touch it

Dancing like the cherry blossoms
You bid farewell to this world
But even so, this body you received from your parents
Is so cute

You put on a kimono heavier than life
And smile

As a first-class fighter, your wounds will not stop you
"Be prepared"

Draw out and slip back
The katana and sheath
Cutting asunder the carnage
The intestines of your dreams
That fell into that crack
Are atrocious

Meeting face-to-face
If we can share
Our boiling blood
You who are beloved
Please give the decisive blow
Is a flower in full bloom valuable to you?

Challenging traditional ideals
The men conceal lions in their shoulders
And with eyes seething with anger
They are ready to shoot at me

Now, go forth and attack
With the advantage of being born a woman
Whether blooming or scattering
Together with the rootless grass

The warm sympathy of the human world
Is futile

I alone am honored in Heaven and on Earth
"Do not underestimate me"

Stab and pierce
The center of your body
With a chipped blade
Only within that empty sky
And the pain
Does your heart live

Locked in a grapple
Your returning breath
Draws out a red color
We are powerful people with evil ways
Is this the end?
Is this two person hell the Pure Land?

Our meeting in this place
Was your doom
"Say farewell to love"

Draw out and slip back
The katana and sheath
Cutting asunder the carnage
And still facing towards
A place that is always
Of darkness that lies an inch ahead

Meeting face-to-face
If we have shared
Our boiling blood
You who are beloved
Please let us die together
For the last moments of a flower are so very beautiful…