Knight Quartet

[nebulancer]

English translation:

Four patriots had been left behind,

Their place of safe returns having sunk into oblivion

Patiently biding their time, they awaited a chance for victory

As if attempting to still the waves

 

When the blackened clouds spanned the skies, their scars ached

With pain that could not be put to words

They would never allow things to end until they met you,

A flower rendered incapable of speaking

 

Brandish swords, spill blood in retaliation

They offered up the pulse of steel

For the sake of those they had loved

Allowing the flames of rage to scorch them

They shall cut through the darkness with those hands

 

An onslaught of hateful briars approached

The breeze from a lone force stood up to face them

Drenched in live charcoals, breathing in the sandstorms

They drove away the shrieks of life

 

Embracing shoulders with their trembling hands, a sound affirmed their thoughts

Alongside their dripping tears

If only they could become inhuman, those ones could have been saved –

Such an afterglow lingered eternally

 

Slaughter in disarray, bask in blood

A heart which has been cleaved with grief

The voices of their lost relatives disturb their souls

The double-edged sword falls into the ocean

 

Continues pugnatum est [The fight continues]

Usque ad finem vitae [Until the end of life]

 

They severed their fears

Until the moment they drew their last breath

 

Continues pugnatum est [The fight continues]

Usque in lumine lucet [Until the light of day]

 

An unforgivable arch-enemy

The four’s swords come to overlap within death’s abyss

 

Brandish swords, spill blood in retaliation

They offered up the pulse of steel

For the sake of those they had loved

Allowing the flames of rage to scorch them

 

Sob in disarray, bask in blood

A heart which has been cleaved with grief

Fates stolen away

And souls disturbed by the corpses

They shall annihilate the darkness with those hands

Becoming light, now

Kouki // Kensuke // Ryouta // Mamoru

Color-coded English translation:

Four patriots had been left behind,

Their place of safe returns having sunk into oblivion

Patiently biding their time, they awaited a chance for victory

As if attempting to still the waves

 

When the blackened clouds spanned the skies, their scars ached

With pain that could not be put to words

They would never allow things to end until they met you,

A flower rendered incapable of speaking

 

Brandish swords, spill blood in retaliation

They offered up the pulse of steel

For the sake of those they had loved

Allowing the flames of rage to scorch them

They shall cut through the darkness with those hands

 

An onslaught of hateful briars approached

The breeze from a lone force stood up to face them

Drenched in live charcoals, breathing in the sandstorms

They drove away the shrieks of life

 

Embracing shoulders with their trembling hands, a sound affirmed their thoughts

Alongside their dripping tears

If only they could become inhuman, those ones could have been saved –

Such an afterglow lingered eternally

 

Slaughter in disarray, bask in blood

A heart which has been cleaved with grief

The voices of their lost relatives disturb their souls

The double-edged sword falls into the ocean

 

Continues pugnatum est [The fight continues]

Usque ad finem vitae [Until the end of life]

 

They severed their fears

Until the moment they drew their last breath

 

Continues pugnatum est [The fight continues]

Usque in lumine lucet [Until the light of day]

 

An unforgivable arch-enemy

The four’s swords come to overlap within death’s abyss

 

Brandish swords, spill blood in retaliation

They offered up the pulse of steel

For the sake of those they had loved

Allowing the flames of rage to scorch them

 

Sob in disarray, bask in blood

A heart which has been cleaved with grief

Fates stolen away

And souls disturbed by the corpses

They shall annihilate the darkness with those hands

Becoming light, now

Romaji:

 

kaerubeki basho wa kyomu ni shizumi

nokosareta yonin no shishi

jitto taeshinobi shouki wo matta

sazanami wo tomeru you ni

 

kuroi kumo ga kakaru toki uzuku kizuato

koe ni naranai kurushimi

mono iwanu hana ni natta kimi to au made

owarase wa shinai

 

furikazase chi wo kawashi

sasageta hagane no kodou

aishiteita hito no tame

ikari no homura ni yakarete

sono te de yami wo kirihirake

 

osoi kitaru nikushimi no odoro

tachimukau kogun no kaze

okibi ni mamirete sajin wo sui

inochi no himei wo harainokeru

 

furueta te de kata wo daki tashikameta oto

shitataru namida to tomo ni

hito naranu mono ni nareba sukueta no ka to

tsukinai zankou

 

kiri midare chi wo abite

nageki ni sakareta kokoro

ushinatta nikushin no yobigoe ga yusaburu tamashii

moroha no umi ni ochite yuku

 

Continues pugnatum est

Usque ad finem vitae

 

osore wo tachi

saigo no toki made

 

Continues pugnatum est

Usque in lumine lucet

 

yurusarezaru shukuteki

yonin no ken wo shi no fuchi ni kasaneau

 

furikazase chi wo kawashi

sasageta hagane no kodou

aishiteita hito no tame

ikari no homura ni yakarete

 

naki midare chi wo abite

nageki ni sakareta kokoro

ubawareta unmeitachi

nakigara ga yusaburu tamashii

sono te de yami wo uchihatase

hikari to nare ima

Kanji:

 

帰るべき場所は虚無に沈み

残された四人の志士

じっと耐え忍び　勝機を待った

漣を止めるように

 

黒い雲がかかるとき　疼く傷跡

声にならない苦しみ

物言わぬ花になった　君と逢うまで

終わらせはしない

 

振りかざせ　血を交わし

捧げた　鉄の鼓動

愛していた人の為

怒りの焔に焼かれて

その手で　闇を斬り開け

 

襲い来たる憎しみの棘

立ち向かう孤軍の風

熾火にまみれて　砂塵を吸い

命の悲鳴を払い退ける

 

震えた手で肩を抱き　確かめた音

滴る涙と共に

人ならぬ者になれば　救えたのかと

尽きない残光

 

斬り乱れ　血を浴びて

嘆きに裂かれた心

失った肉親の呼び声が揺さぶる魂

諸刃の海に堕ちて征く

 

Continues pugnatum est

Usque ad finem vitae

 

怖れを断ち

最期の瞬間まで

 

Continues pugnatum est

Usque in lumine lucet

 

赦されざる宿敵

四人の剣を死の淵に重ね合う

 

振りかざせ　血を交わし

捧げた　鉄の鼓動

愛していた人の為

怒りの焔に焼かれて

 

哭き乱れ　血を浴びて

嘆きに裂かれた心

奪われた運命たち

亡骸が揺さぶる魂

その手で　闇を討ち果たせ

光となれ　今