Sakura Hitohira

Sakura Hitohira (桜ひとひら), translated as "Cherry Blossom Petals", is one of the four Samurai Warriors character image songs produced for the animated TV series. These songs are accompaniments to the adaptation's alternate parody continuity established in the CD dramas. Sakura Hitohira is a solo song performed by Takeshi Kusao for Yukimura Sanada, his main role in the series.

Credits

 * Lyrics: Shiori Yoshida
 * Composition: MIKOTO
 * Arrangement: Yuji Hamasaki
 * avex pictures label

Lyrics
Kanji=
 * 散りゆく花は　色褪せず脈を打つ
 * 幾重の夢を忍ばせて
 * 生きる濁流へ


 * 道は違わぬはずだと　ただ実直に
 * 疾駆するほど不透明な信頼
 * 追い求む


 * 闘志を試し招くように
 * 未来は変わらず来たる


 * 桜ひとひらさえ
 * 掴めず迷い追いかけ
 * 数多の花吹雪
 * 威風の流動とともに


 * 散りゆくことも　困難なまま身命は
 * 燻る感情に駆られて
 * 行方を探す


 * 乱世の思惑は　薙ぎ伏せ己の
 * 信じる足で踏破しよう
 * 敗北を認め


 * 最先に具現する随想は
 * いつかの記憶の欠片


 * 桜ひとひらにも
 * 燃ゆる魂の鼓動
 * 共鳴する潔さ
 * 韋駄天の如く舞う


 * 桜ひとひらさえ
 * 掴めず迷い追いかけ
 * 数多の花吹雪
 * 威風の流動とともに


 * 先へと
 * 飛び立つ


 * -|Romaji=
 * chiriyuku hana wa iroasezu myaku wo utsu
 * ikue no yume wo shinobasete
 * ikiru dakuryuu he


 * michi wo tagawanuhazu da to tada jicchoku ni
 * shikkusuru hodo futoumeina shinrai
 * oimotomu


 * toushi wo tameshi maneku youni
 * mirai wa kawarazu kitaru


 * sakura hitohira sae
 * tsukamezu mayoi-oikake
 * amata no hanafubuki
 * ifuu no ryuudou to tomo ni


 * chiriyuku koto mo konnanna mama shinmei wa
 * iburu kanjou ni kararete
 * yukue wo sagasu


 * ransei no omowaku wa nagifuse onore no
 * shijiru ashi de touhashiyou
 * haiboku wo mitome


 * saisaki ni gugensuru zuisou wa
 * itsuka no kioku no kakera


 * sakura hitohira ni mo
 * moeyuru tamashii no kodou
 * kyoumeisuru isagiyosa
 * idaten no gotoku mau


 * sakura hitohira sae
 * tsukamezu mayoi-oikake
 * amata no hanafubuki
 * ifuu no ryuudou to tomo ni


 * saki he to
 * tobitatsu


 * -|English Translation=
 * Timeless shades of the scattered flowers strike a pulse
 * Hidden in the cycle of dreams,
 * they float in the muddy streams of life


 * My path should be no different; I shall rightly
 * ride after my unclear beliefs
 * with a proud gallop


 * As though to test my fighting resolve,
 * a fixed future approaches


 * Like the cherry blossom petals,
 * hesitation has no hold on me
 * In this blizzard of endless flowers,
 * I gloriously glide free


 * Even a scattered life has its difficulties
 * Faced with smoldering emotions,
 * I search for the way


 * Deliberations of the tremulous age beats
 * the legs of my belief; obstructed,
 * I accept defeat


 * Yet the impressions which had once embodied me
 * shall someday revive the fragments of my memories


 * Even the cherry blossom petals
 * beat with a burning soul
 * They resonate with purity
 * and dance with champion alacrity


 * Like the cherry blossom petals,
 * hesitation has no hold on me
 * In this blizzard of endless flowers,
 * I gloriously glide free


 * Blast away,
 * always onward