ISHIGAKI – The Spirit of Hikone Castle

[Intro] そのゆうそうな ISHIGAKI は みるものの　こころをひきつけ みためのうつくしさとは　うらはらに てっぺきのぼうぎょをほこる われ　きょうばしぐちより　いざまいらん [Verse] きゅうさいごうやしきながやもんを　ひだりにながめ めのまえにせまるは　りゅうのごとく みなもをはう　こしまき ISHIGAKI きぎをささえる　はちまき ISHIGAKI [pre-chorus:] ならぬ　こころよしずまれ まだくるわひとつ　おがんでおらぬ はやるこころをおさえつつ　いっきにおおてもんをわたる [Chorus] ISHIGAKI!　えいごうをささえしもの ISHIGAKI!　むごんにしてゆうべん つめよ　いのりを　くずれることなきとりでを いまこそたたえん　このびのかべを [Verse] あおばしげる　ばいりんをとおりぬけ やまざきくるわに　せんねんのにぎわいを むそうしつつ　くさきにまぎれし のぼり ISHIGAKI は　やまをわる [pre-chorus:] げんきゅうらくらくえんをとおりすぎ てんしゅへのいしだんをかけあがり ときをこえ　まもりつがれた ISHIGAKI が がんぜんにせまり　かたりかける [interlude] [Bridge] てんしゅをせに　つづきやぐらにせまる しずけきみちに　しんのかたりべがいる みぎはあたらしき　ひとのてのぬくもり ひだりはいにしえの　ほこりのままに [Final Chorus] ISHIGAKI!　いまもうちこまれるちかい ISHIGAKI!　せめるではなく　まもるために つめよ　このうつくしきれきしを あしたへとつづく　とりでとして [end] 以下機械訳 Title: ISHIGAKI of Hikone Castle [Intro] Majestic ISHIGAKI Captures hearts at first glance Beauty on the surface— But beneath, a wall of steel From Kyōbashi Gate, I march with pride [Verse 1] To the left, the old samurai gate stands Before me rises like a dragon’s spine Creeping along the moat’s still waters Waist-wrap ISHIGAKI, Headband ISHIGAKI, holding trees aloft [Pre-Chorus] Steady now, restless heart The inner ring has not yet been revealed I cross the Ōtemon in one swift breath Holding back the urge to run [Chorus] ISHIGAKI! Guardian through the endless time ISHIGAKI! Silent, yet it speaks Stacked with prayer, unmoving, unbroken We sing your praise—O wall of grace! [Verse 2] Through green leaves of the plum grove I dream of echoes from a thousand years There—hidden in moss and trees— Climbing ISHIGAKI splits the hill in two [Pre-Chorus] Past Genkyū Rakuraku Garden I charge the steps toward the keep But the ISHIGAKI, timeless and bold Stands before me—whispers in stone [Instrumental Break] [Bridge] Behind the keep, where few have gone A path so still, the walls begin to speak To the right: new stones, warm with human touch To the left: old pride, untouched by time [Final Chorus] ISHIGAKI! Vows are hammered still today ISHIGAKI! Not for conquest, but to protect We stack this beauty, layer by layer A wall that leads us into tomorrow