Benkei and Minamoto
Two-bladed sword
Sharpened, my eye in the back
See beyond
The moment frozen in the photo
So peaceful the story that the one who denies cannot grasp
It's Benkei and Minamoto

The story, which I am going to tell now, took place
In those times when the fields were dry, the harvests bitter
When we held high the banner that we were sinking
Under the ignorant mass, and we fled beyond the sea
One beautiful spring day, I was wandering alone
Daydreaming with the voices of the masters in my ears
I too master the art of blackening the leaves
He told me they call me Saito Musashibo Benkei
And if you want we will go to battle side by side
Anyway, what can we lose? Come what may
If the end is happy we will leave our mark on the era
We will remain forever the greatest of samurais
Since that day, our 2 inseparable blades
Have slashed throats soaked in lies
No one holds these necks on a leash, we are isolated it's not serious
The end of their reign I saw it coming in a dream
Because they roll like pigs in ignoble ways
They no longer listen to their hearts, they listen to cards
They call themselves eagles and sing like nightingales
Far from all this in our clan we prefer carps
Day after day, our sabotage techniques
Have proven themselves, but many are coming against us
If we have to hold back the angers of the storm
My brother will do it in honor I will leave by Seppuku

Benkei and Minamoto
Two-bladed sword
Sharpened, my eye in the back
See beyond
The moment frozen in the photo
So peaceful the story that the one who denies cannot grasp
It's Benkei and Minamoto

Two-bladed sword
Sharpened, my eye in the back
See beyond
The moment frozen in the photo
So peaceful the story that the one who denies cannot grasp
It's Benkei and Minamoto

Walking tirelessly our shadows in the landscape
Outwitting traps and plots, we had to evolve
Often delivering the message in open field
That wind and time themselves have not been able to alter
Departed on the land of our masters, to refine our techniques
In the midst of stone bamboos, the way revealed itself
It taught us how to have a unique style
To polish it constantly because nothing is ever perfect
Defending our honor against perfidy and treachery
Back to back dripping with blood stuck in the mud
If survival depends on our degree of mastery
May Achinam keep our enemies where on the ground their heads could roll
Body and mind forged by the fire of a thousand battles
And without feigning, we carried the flame with each of our steps
Each of us, guardian of the other without fail
And loyal, the meaning of our Haïkku has the power of a Naginata
Since that day when we mutually tested our rhymes
I crossed swords with my brother throughout the kingdom
Repelling many times the assaults of young greedy ronins
Sword in hand, we made all the stages of Europe blush
And if luck turns somewhere on the road
As sure as they call me Benkei, it won't stop us
And when their arrows fly at me, I will remain standing
And we will leave, him in honor and me in the clamor of battles

Benkei and Minamoto
Two-bladed sword
Sharpened, my eye in the back
See beyond
The moment frozen in the photo
So peaceful the story that the one who denies cannot grasp
It's Benkei and Minamoto

Two-bladed sword
Sharpened, my eye in the back
See beyond
The moment frozen in the photo
So peaceful the story that the one who denies cannot grasp
It's Benkei and Minamoto

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