争いの系譜
Sound Horizon Lyrics


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―かつて世界には
神より遣わされし蒼氷の石が在った
古の聖者がその秘石(ひせき)を用い
焔の悪魔を封じた伝説は伝承の詩となったが
今や…その秘石(いし)の行方は…杳として知れぬまま……

「←西進すること幾星霜、果てしなき流浪の旅路
今は聖戦のイベリア
争いの歴史をしっかりと見ておきなさい」

「サランダ」「畏まりました」
「トゥリン」「仰せのままに」
「エニャ」「はい、シュタル先生」

「ラミレス将軍に続けー!」

――神よ(Dios)!
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服せよ(Reconquista)!
お別れだ(adis)…

再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服せよ(Reconquista)

嗚呼(Ah)…神よ(Dios)!

再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服せよ(Reconquista)!
此処でお別れだ(adis)…
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服せよ(Reconquista)!
嗚呼(Ah)…我らが神よ(Dios)!

再征服(Reconquista) →
再征服(Reconquista) →
領土再征服せよ(Reconquista)!

【書ハ物語ル】
(The Old Testament's Story)

神は土塊から初めに男を創り
その肋骨(あばらぼね)
から女を創った

「蛇の甘言に楽園を追われ、人は公約を為した(子を生した?)」

兄は土を耕し弟は羊を飼った
争いの歴史は此処から始まった

「神への供物
 血の匂い
 羊の初子
 地の食材
 怒りの目伏し
 生まれた殺意
 その後 兄は…」

以来...何故...人は断ち切れないのだろう?
争いを繰り返す負の連鎖を
弱い私は誰を憎めば良い
嗚呼...誰か教えて……

『歴史は駈け廻る――』
(The chronicle of history. It is as rapid as a blink of an eye.)
離散の老預言者と流浪の三姉妹
(The diaspora ancient oracle and ...sisters)
父と母を両皿に傾かざる少女の天秤
(The scales ofLayla influenced by Moors and Iberian)

幸せな時ほど誰もが気付かない
密やかに歯車廻すのが《六番目の女神》(うんめい)

不幸せな時にはもう気付いても手遅れ
世界を蝕む奈落へ堕とすのも《六番目の女神》(うんめい)

少女が裸足で駈け出した
石畳を蒼く照らす月灯り

家にはもう居たくない
足などもう痛くない
此処ではない何処かへと
行方のない彼方へと

『歴史は駈け廻る――』
怒りと憎しみの時代(とき)を彼女は疾り月夜に散った

「撃て!」


き冷雨の牢獄 朽の眠りに囚われし男
(A cold dank dungeon, a man in the gravel cocoon.)
奪われし焔を取り戻し 緋き瞳を静かに開いた
(The lost flame revealed his soul. He awakened with ruby eyes.)
男は少女に問うた 少女は《美しき夜》の名で応えた
(He asked the girl. The reply was Layla.)
『Anaa ismii Layla』
少女も男に問うた 答えは馴染みの無い異国の響き
(She returned the question.)
『Ma-smuka?』
(His reply was cryptic.)
「XXXXX」
少女は男を《悪魔》と呼ぶことにした 男は奇妙に嗤った
(She proclaimed him a demon.)
『Shaytn』
( He laughed mysteriously. )

少女は生死を別つ淵に立ちながらも 凛として怯えなかった……
(Perched upon the precipice, she showed no fear……)

『歴史は駈け廻る――』
痛みと哀しみの時代(とき)を私は選び其の手を取った

残酷ナ『永遠』ト謂ウ苦イ毒ヲ、喰ラウ覚悟ガ在ルナラバ、共ニ生キヨウ





(人として、死ぬことを許さないとしても、それでも私は……)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Sound Horizon's song 争いの系譜 (Genealogy of War) describe the echoes of a long-gone legend about a mystical blue ice stone that was once used by ancient saints to seal the flames of evil demons sent by the gods. This stone now seems to be lost, and the characters in the song are embroiled in the recurring warfare that has plagued humanity since the beginning of time. The main part of the song focuses on the Reconquista, a period of medieval Spanish history characterized by the Christian attempt to recapture the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule. The lyrics describe the men and women who fought and died for their beliefs and their leaders, calling upon their God to guide them in their quest for victory.


Line by Line Meaning

かつて世界には神より遣わされし蒼氷の石が在った
Long ago, the world had a blue ice stone sent by God.


古の聖者がその秘石(ひせき)を用い焔の悪魔を封じた伝説は伝承の詩となったが
Legends became poems in which an ancient saint used the stone to seal a demon of flames.


「←西進すること幾星霜、果てしなき流浪の旅路今は聖戦のイベリア争いの歴史をしっかりと見ておきなさい」
After wandering for many years, the singer is now in the holy war of Iberia. He is advised to learn the history of wars.


「サランダ」「畏まりました」 「トゥリン」「仰せのままに」 「エニャ」「はい、シュタル先生」 「ラミレス将軍に続けー!」
The troops chant the names of their leaders in preparation for battle.


神よ(Dios)! 再征服(Reconquista) → 再征服(Reconquista) → 再征服せよ(Reconquista)! お別れだ(adis)…
The troops pray to God for victory and chant "reconquista" repeatedly. They say goodbye to their loved ones as if it is the last time.


書ハ物語ル(The Old Testament's Story)
The story is an excerpt from the Old Testament.


神は土塊から初めに男を創りその肋骨(あばらぼね)から女を創った
God created man from dust, then created woman from man's rib.


「蛇の甘言に楽園を追われ、人は公約を為した(子を生した?)」
People were expelled from the Garden of Eden for listening to the snake's seduction. Was this the beginning of the covenant of life?


兄は土を耕し弟は羊を飼った争いの歴史は此処から始まった
Two brothers fought due to their different professions, and this marked the start of human conflict.


「神への供物血の匂い羊の初子地の食材怒りの目伏し生まれた殺意その後兄は…」
In an offering to God, the firstborn sheep of a flock was killed, causing anger and murderous intent. This evil continued through generations.


以来...何故...人は断ち切れないのだろう?争いを繰り返す負の連鎖を弱い私は誰を憎めば良い嗚呼...誰か教えて……
Why can't people break the chain of hatred and repeated wars? Who should the helpless one blame? Someone, please teach me...


『歴史は駈け廻る――』離散の老預言者と流浪の三姉妹父と母を両皿に傾かざる少女の天秤
History is constantly moving. A prophet of the exiled and three wandering sisters balance their scales while their parents disregard them.


幸せな時ほど誰もが気付かない密やかに歯車廻すのが《六番目の女神》(うんめい)
Even if things are going well, people don't notice the sixth goddess silently spinning gears.


不幸せな時にはもう気付いても手遅れ世界を蝕む奈落へ堕とすのも《六番目の女神》(うんめい)
When misery comes, it's too late to notice, and the sixth goddess drags the world into the abyss.


少女が裸足で駈け出した石畳を蒼く照らす月灯り家にはもう居たくない足などもう痛くない此処ではない何処かへと行方のない彼方へと
A girl ran away on cold pavement, lit blue by the moon. She didn't want to be at home anymore or feel the pain in her legs. She went somewhere else, the place where she can disappear.


怒りと憎しみの時代(とき)を彼女は疾り月夜に散った「撃て!」
The girl disappeared in the period of anger and hatred, then came back as a warrior on a moonlit night. "Shoot!" they ordered her.


き冷雨の牢獄 朽の眠りに囚われし男奪われし焔を取り戻し 緋き瞳を静かに開いた男は少女に問うた 少女は《美しき夜》の名で応えた
A man was trapped in a rotting, damp prison and lost his way. After recovering his lost passion, he asked the girl for her name. The girl replied, "My name is Beauty of the Night."


少女も男に問うた 答えは馴染みの無い異国の響き「Ma-smuka?'}
The girl also asked the man, but he answered in a strange foreign language: 'Ma-smuka?'


少女は男を《悪魔》と呼ぶことにした 男は奇妙に嗤った『Shaytn』
The girl decided to call the man a demon, and he laughed cryptically. "Shaytn," he replied.


少女は生死を別つ淵に立ちながらも凛として怯えなかった……『歴史は駈け廻る――』痛みと哀しみの時代(とき)を私は選び其の手を取った
Standing at the precipice of life and death, the girl was resolute and fearless. "History is constantly moving," she said. She chose to embrace the era of pain and sadness and took the man's hand.


残酷ナ『永遠』ト謂ウ苦イ毒ヲ、喰ラウ覚悟ガ在ルナラバ、共ニ生キヨウ
Regardless of the pain and cruelty of eternity, even if one is prepared to accept and consume poison, one should continue to live together.




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