A Song of Blood and Steel

The sun cuts through the snowy lace of the lake
The icy air bites her alabaster face
Her focused breath blows across the steaming plain
Metal plates surround the mantras on her waist

Her hidden talisman still burns on her chest
But Hachiman predicts a black butterfly
The red pine misted behind her swift footsteps
She will cut off the head of the strongest man
She will cut off the head of the strongest man

Nature is one with me
I am the glowing phoenix
Rider with honed Tachi
Let the golden dawn bleed
For my soul will be set free
I gallop with the kamis
My bow pierces the ranks
The wind brings steel and dread
And my heart hangs by a thread
With metal I'll triumph

She soars like a heron beneath the mountain
Her blade undulates with the flow of the water

The mirror of the sky darkens with red grief
The field of frost like the winter of her sword

Kono konton to shita sekai de wa
Senka no naka de saku hana no yō ni
Nayami no nai kokoro dake ga hana o sakaseru koto ga dekiru
(In this chaotic world, only a heart without worries
Can bloom like a flower blooming in the midst of war)

Dip your Naginata in the sacred river
You're the onna-bugeisha who fights with honour
Prevent rust from tarnishing your pure dignity
Clean your mouth and your hands with quiet honesty

The salamander drinks the blood on the spilled reeds
Recite the prayers for the rest of the departed

Moshi ima koko o hanaretemo
Kono yama no chōjō made
Sugu ni modottekuru
Matteiru to ittekure sae sureba
(If I leave here now
To the top of this mountain
I'll be right back
As long as you tell me you'll be waiting for me)

Nature is one with me
I am the glowing phoenix
Rider with honed Tachi
Let the golden dawn bleed
For my soul will be set free
I gallop with the kamis
My bow pierces the ranks
The wind brings steel and dread
And my heart hangs by a thread
With metal I'll triumph

The shore of Lake Biwa in flower
Under the willow of the spirit
The cries of a soul fade away
The cries of Tomoe Gozen