Shi no kettō

Tsuki no hikari kagayaki, kage wa nejirete yurugi,

Futari no samurai tatsu, kessen no zen'ya.

Meiyo aru kokoro, to yokubō ni michita akutō,

Hashi de futari wa au, unmei no kuroi tane.

Arashi no mae no shizuka, kūki wa unmei ni michi,

Hitotsu no kokoro wa toride, ta no kokoro wa nikushimi ni michi.

Toshiyori no samurai tatsu, meiyo o kazoete tatsu,

Musume o mamoru, zettai ni katsu tame ni susumanu.

Kaze ga keiji o sasayaku, toki wa chikazuite kuru,

Akutō no me wa hikari, yokubō no e o miageru.

"Kono onna wa ore no mono, kore ga saigo,"

Kenchō ni katana o nigiri, mirai o hayaku kaku.

Chinmoku no tsuki no kage ni, ryū no hi moete,

Futatsu no michi meguri au, bōryoku no jugyō.

Katana o nuku, sasayaki ga oto ni sakidatsu,

Hashi wa mokugeki, kessen no ba o shimesu.

Shi no kettō, hokori no gekitotsu,

Hoshi no hikari no yoru, nigeba wa nai.

Meiyo tai yokubō, tamashii no unmei,

Kessen no sen no naka de, tada hitori ga kanzen.

Kaminari no yō ni, kōri hikari kurai,

Subete no kyokumen hibiki, utsukushisa ushinawarete.

Akutō no fusegi, kiri no naka ni mi o kakushi,

Hikari no sakeme, kage no katachi o kaeru.

Toshiyori no samurai, kiri ni mi o makase,

Shizuka ni ugoki, chichi no shizuku no gei.

Kokoro no kodō, mi o makase te odoru,

Me o tojite, seishin wa hanarenai.

Katana no midare, sekai ga tōi yume,

Toki wa kokoro no kodō, gekisen no ba ni ochiru.

Kanashimi to ikari majiri, kōbō no hate ni mi o makase,

Nagare no mama ni mi o makase, yoru o hiraku.

Shi no kettō, hokori no gekitotsu,

Hoshi no hikari no yoru, nigeba wa nai.

Meiyo tai yokubō, tamashii no unmei,

Kessen no sen no naka de, tada hitori ga kanzen.

Akutō wa iki o hisaishi, inochi kieru,

"Yami ni michita michi de, dono yō ni massugu ni kitta?"

Toshiyori wa sasayaku, taiyō ga kiete iku,

"Me o tojite mo, tsuyoi kokoro ga shiru."

Softu na tsuru no oto ga, yoru no konran o kurikaesu,

Hoshi no manazashi no shita, seigi ga kagayaku.