Katsujinken ~ Nen wa Ken Yori mo Tsuyoshi ~

Katsujinken ~ Nen wa Ken Yori mo Tsuyoshi ~ (活人剣 ～念は剣よりも強し～), roughly translated as "Sword of Justice ~Heart is Stronger than the Sword~", is a Samurai Warriors character image song which can be found on Gekika Ougi. It's a solo song performed by Hiromu Miyazaki for Munenori Yagyū, his main character in the series.

Katsujinken is Munenori's historical philosophy of a sword that is meant to protect life rather than to take it.

Credits

 * Lyrics: Yuriko Mori
 * Composition, Arrangement: Yuu Sasaki
 * UNIVERSAL MUSIC label

Lyrics
Kanji=
 * 泰平の時代の　足音が聞こゆる
 * 己ゝ是を知るべし


 * 刀を振り回す　乱世は過ぎ去りで
 * 剣はいずれ　無用となりゆく


 * 人を活す為　使わば
 * 剣は　人を鍛えゆく
 * 念（こころ）に勇気を蓄えて歩く為


 * 平らかな明日を
 * 高らかに念じて
 * 拙者は慎ましく生きよう
 * 丸腰で正々堂々
 * 誰しもが威風堂々と
 * 歩む未来がいつか来る（きたる）と信じて


 * 幼少のみぎりも　剣をただ学びて
 * 拙者は味気なき者


 * ざれども新しき　天下を待ち望む
 * いずれ武器が　飾りとなる日を


 * 人を磨く為　ありせば
 * 是れ「剣の道」となる
 * 武士とは誰かを斬る為　在るに非ず


 * 時は今来たりと
 * 誰も皆　気づけと
 * 拙者が説き伏せに参ろう
 * 丸腰で一刀両断
 * 此れにては一件落着
 * 平和なる日を　道の彼方に見据えて


 * 平らかな明日を
 * 高らかに念じて
 * 拙者は慎ましく生きよう
 * 丸腰で正々堂々
 * 誰しもが威風堂々と
 * 歩む未来がいつか来る（きたる）と信じて


 * -|Romaji=
 * taihei no jidai no ashioto ga kikoyuru
 * onoono kore wo shirubeshi


 * katana wo furimawasu ransei wa sugisari de
 * ken wa izure muyou to nariyuku


 * hito wo katsu tame sukuwaba
 * ken wa hito wo kitaeyuku
 * kokoro ni yuuki wo takuwaete aruku tame


 * tairakana ashita wo
 * takarakani nenjite
 * sessha wa tsutsumashiku ikiyou
 * marugoshi de seisei-doudou
 * dareshi mo ga ifuu-doudou to
 * ayumu mirai ga itsuka kitaru to shinjite


 * youshou no migiri mo ken wo tada manabite
 * sessha wa ajikenaki mono


 * zaredomo atarashiki tenka wo machi nozomu
 * izure buki ga kazari to naru hi wo


 * hito wo migaku tame ariseba
 * kore "ken no michi" to naru
 * bushi to wa dare ka wo kiru tame aru ni arazu


 * toki wa ima kitari to
 * dare mo minna kizuke to
 * sessha ga tokifuse ni mairou
 * marugoshi de ittou-ryoudan
 * korenite wa ikken-rakuchaku
 * heiwanaru hi wo michi no kanata ni misuete


 * tairakana ashita wo
 * takarakani nenjite
 * sessha wa tsutsumashiku ikiyou
 * marugoshi de seisei-doudou
 * dareshi mo ga ifuu-doudou to
 * ayumu mirai ga itsuka kitaru to shinjite


 * -|English Translation=
 * I can hear the footsteps of an age of peace
 * and I know that it's coming soon


 * With one twist of my sword, the wars vanish
 * Someday swords will become obsolete


 * If used to enrich a person's life
 * a sword can help train their heart
 * and give them the courage to keep moving


 * Yearning for
 * a peaceful tomorrow,
 * I seek to live humbly
 * I'll be just to the innocent
 * and treat everyone fairly
 * while believing that future I walk will someday come true


 * I did constant sword training when I was younger too
 * I'm no different than any of them


 * Even so, I still wait for a new land,
 * for the days when swords will become props


 * If there's a reason why we haven't progressed,
 * I would say it's the "way of the sword"
 * No samurai should keep the excuse to kill another person on the spot


 * I was persuaded to fight
 * in order to someday realize the age
 * that everyone wants
 * One slice of my fearless resolve
 * will be all it takes to settle this
 * I await the days of peace beyond the road before me


 * Yearning for
 * a peaceful tomorrow,
 * I live humbly
 * I'm fair to the innocent
 * and don't choose favorites
 * I believe the future I walk will come true