RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~

RED CLIFF ~Shin Sen~ (RED CLIFF〜心・戦〜), translated as "Red Cliff ~Heart, War~", is one of the songs performed by Tibetan vocalist, alan. It appears on her sixth eponymous album and serves as the image song for the John Woo directed film series Red Cliff.

This song is the Japanese vocal version which includes the Tibetan wail cut from the Chinese version. A rock rearrangement of the song is used in commercials for Dynasty Warriors 6: Special, which aired on TV September 2008. So far, Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special ver. has not been released onto any CD.

Credits

 * Lyrics: Goro Matsui
 * Composition: Taro Iwashiro
 * Arrangement: Yuta Nakano
 * avex entertainment label

Lyrics
Kanji=
 * なぜ心はいつも
 * さみしいのでしょうか
 * 抱きあう腕で
 * また傷つけて


 * 幸せになろうと
 * 選ぶ道の先
 * そこから人は
 * まだ変われる


 * あふれる愛があるなら
 * 消えない愛があるなら


 * 涙をちぎるような逆風(かぜ)も
 * 怖れないで 羽ばたいて
 * 光はすぐ たどり着ける


 * わずかな痛みにも
 * 優しくなれれば
 * めぐり逢う 誰か
 * きっといてくれる


 * 生まれてきた理由(わけ)は
 * 悲しみではない
 * 未来はここで
 * いまはじまる


 * あふれる愛を信じて
 * 消えない愛を信じて
 * 心はただ荒ぶる長江(ながれ)
 * 赤い壁を 貫いて
 * 命はまだ 強くなれる


 * 鳥の群れに
 * 解かれる雲
 * 降り注ぐ
 * 光から
 * 花がまだ
 * 咲くように
 * 信じてる
 * 愛を


 * -|Romaji=
 * naze kokoro wa itsumo
 * samishii no deshouka
 * dakiau ude de
 * mata kizutsukete


 * shiawase ni narou to
 * erabu michi no saki
 * sokokara hito wa
 * mada kawareru


 * afureru ai ga aru nara
 * kienai ai ga aru nara


 * namide o chigiruyouna kaze mo
 * osorenaide habataite
 * hikai wa sugu tadori-tsukeru


 * wazukana itami ni mo
 * yasashiku narereba
 * meguri-au dareka
 * kitto itteskureru


 * umaretekita wake wa
 * kanashimi dewanai
 * mirai wa kokode
 * ima hajimaru


 * aifureru ai o shinjite
 * kienai ai o shinjite
 * kokoro wa tada araburu nagare
 * akai kabe o tsuranuite
 * inochi wa mada tsuyokunareru


 * tori no mure ni
 * hodokareru kumo
 * furi-sosogu
 * hikari kara
 * hana ga mada
 * sakuyouni
 * shinjiteru
 * ai wo


 * -|English Translation=
 * Why is the heart always
 * so lonesome?
 * Arms that seek to embrace
 * harm me once more


 * To become happy
 * in the chosen path ahead,
 * the people from there
 * will surely change


 * If I have a torrent of love,
 * if I have undying love,


 * then even with these freezing winds cutting through my tears,
 * I have nothing to fear. I take flight.
 * I shall soon reach the light.


 * If slight pain
 * can turn into kindness,
 * then I know the person I want to meet
 * will be there for me.


 * I don't lament
 * the reasons for my birth.
 * My future
 * starts here.


 * I believe in this torrent of love,
 * I believe in this undying love.
 * The heart is just a turbulent current
 * I shall pierce through this red wall
 * to show that life can still be strong


 * Under the flock of birds
 * and the dispersing clouds,
 * basking in the light
 * pouring down on me,
 * like the flower
 * still in bloom,
 * I shall believe in
 * love

Translation Notes

 * The kanji for "current" is actually Yangtze, the name for the river near Red Cliff.