Koumyou ga Michi

Koumyou ga Michi (功名が道), roughly translated as "Fame is the Way", is a Samurai Warriors character image song which is so far exclusive to the vocal CD Gekika Ougi. It's a solo song performed by Masaya Matsukaze who voices Takatora Tōdō in the series.

Credits

 * Lyrics: Yuriko Mori
 * Composition, Arrangement: Takeshi Masuda
 * UNIVERSAL MUSIC label

Lyrics
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Kanji

 * 何処にいるのか？此の身が仕える
 * 主君は影もなし
 * 遠きあの日の忠義をぶら下げ
 * 流離う　唯独り
 * 此の儘で終わるつもりなどはない
 * 新たな仕官の場所だけを
 * 求めて歩く
 * —知らん. それ以外の嗚呼答えは
 * 道遠くと歩むべし　明日へ
 * 願い叶うその時まではひたつら
 * 風だけひとひら連れてく
 * 不本意な旅なれど
 * 嗚呼　功成り名遂げる其の日まで


 * 流れ流れて仕えし主君も
 * 再び滅びゆき
 * 蘇るのは初めて太刀をば
 * 賜りしの頃
 * 幾度も主君代わるのが武士だ
 * 手柄を立てたい男なら願いひとつ
 * —知らん. これ以外の嗚呼生き方
 * 道遠くと歩むべし　止まらず
 * 命までも亦賜りし此の俺
 * 紙切れみたいな三日月
 * 見上げれば笑うだけ
 * 嗚呼　他人の忠告捨てておけ


 * 道遠くと歩むべし　明日へ
 * 願い叶うその時まではひたつら
 * 風だけひとひら連れてく
 * 不本意な旅なれど
 * 嗚呼　功成り名遂げる其の日まで


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Romaji

 * doko ni iru no ka? kono mi ga tsugaeru
 * aruji wa kage mo nashi
 * tooki ano hi no chuugi wo burasage
 * sasurau tada hitori
 * kono mama de owaru tsumorinado wa nai
 * aratana shikan no bashou dake wo
 * motomete aruku
 * —shiran. sore igai no aa kotae wa
 * michi tooku to ayumubeshi ashita he
 * negai kanau sono toki made wa hitatsura
 * kaze dake hitohira tsureteku
 * fuhonina tabi naredo
 * aa kounari na togeru sono hi made


 * nagare nagarete tsukaeshi aruji mo
 * futatabi horobi yuki
 * yomigaeru no wa hajimite dachi wo ba
 * tamawarishi no koro
 * ikutabi mo aruji kawaru no ga bushi da
 * tegara wo tatetai otoko nara negai hitotsu
 * —shiran. kore igai no aa ikikata
 * michi tooku to susumubeshi tomorazu
 * inochi made mo mata tamawarishi kono ore
 * kami-kire mitaina mikazuki
 * miagereba warau dake
 * aa tanin no chuugoku suteteoke


 * michi tooku to ayumubeshi ashita he
 * negai kanau sono toki made wa hitatsura
 * kaze dake hitohira tsureteku
 * fuhonina tabi naredo
 * aa kounari na togeru sono hi made


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English Translation

 * Where is he? The master I swore my life to
 * left no trace of himself behind
 * Hanging onto the loyalty found in those distant days
 * I roam alone
 * I won't let it end here
 * I head towards the location
 * of my new position
 * —I don't know why. That's the only answer I have.
 * I walk along the long road towards tomorrow
 * until the time when that wish comes true
 * taking only the petals in the wind with me
 * It's a reluctant journey I must take, but
 * Ah, I must do it until I can perish under a reputable name


 * Aimlessly I serve a lord
 * until he falls into ruin like the rest
 * What revives me to keep going
 * is looking back to when I first held my sword
 * I'm a warrior who has switched several lords
 * They say a man's only wish is to be rewarded for their deeds
 * —I don't know why. That's the only way of living I hear.
 * I proceed along the distant road without stopping
 * until life is no longer bestowed upon me
 * The razor sharp crescent moon
 * would mock me if I were to look up at it
 * Ah, so I shall abandon other people's advice


 * I walk along the long road towards tomorrow
 * until the time when that wish comes true
 * taking only the petals in the wind with me
 * It's a reluctant journey I must take, but
 * Ah, I must walk it until the day I can die under a good name