Nightcore - Sen’yū (戦友) - Emotional Gunka [Music Video]

I already uploaded this song to my main channel a few months ago. But I really wanted to add some visuals to it. “Sen’yū” is one of my absolute favorite GUNKA songs because it’s so endlessly profound and, unlike most songs, shows a different side. I hope you like this style. Spotify : https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/1u3UfkR2tZIZwVoqO5liA3?si=41460af1625f4a54 *日本語* ここはお國を何百里 離れてとほき滿洲の 赤い夕日にてらされて 友は野末の石の下 思へばかなし昨日まで 眞先かけて突進し 敵を散々懲らしたる 勇士はここに眠れるか ああ戰ひの最中に 隣にをった此友の 俄かハタと倒れしを 我は思はず驅け寄つて 軍律きびしい中なれど これが見すてて置かりようか しっかりせよ と抱き起し 假包帶も彈丸の中 折から起る突貫に 友はやうやう顏上げて お國のためだかまはずに おくれてくれなと目に淚 後に心は殘れども 殘しちゃならぬ此からだ それぢゃ行くよと別れたが ながの別れとなったのか 戰すんで日が暮れて さがしにもどる心では どうぞ生きってゐてくれよ 物なと言へと願うたに 空しく冷えて魂は 故鄕へ歸つたポケツトに 時計ばかりがコチコチと 動いて居るのも情なや 思へば去年船出して お國が見えずなった時 玄海灘で手を握り 名をなのったが始めにて それより後は一本の 煙草も二人わけてのみ ついた手紙も見せ合うて 身の上ばなし繰りかへし 肩をだいては口ぐせに どうせ命は無いものよ 死んだら骨を賴むぞと 言ひかはしたる二人仲 思ひも寄らぬ我一人 不思議に命ながらへて 赤い夕日の滿洲に 友の塚穴掘らうとは くまなくはれた月今宵 心しみじみ筆とって 友の最後をこまごまと 親御へ送る此手紙 筆の運びはつたないが 行燈のかげで親達の 讀まるる心思ひやり 思はずおとす一雫 *English* Here, hundreds of miles from our homeland, Far away in the distant land of Manchuria, Bathed in the glow of the crimson sunset, My comrade lies beneath a stone in the field. How sad to think that only yesterday, He charged ahead at the very front, And struck the enemy down with full force. Does this brave soul now slumber here? Ah, in the midst of the raging battle, This comrade who stood right by my side Suddenly collapsed with a heavy thud, And I rushed over without a thought. Though military discipline is strict, How could I just leave him and go? I lifted him up, urging him to hold on, And dressed his wound amid the flying bullets. Just then a fierce charge swept forward, And my comrade barely raised his face. It is for our homeland, do not worry, Do not fall behind, he said with tears in his eyes. Though my heart longed to stay beside him, This body of mine could not be left behind. Then I will go, I said, and we parted, But would that be the final farewell? When the battle was over and darkness fell, I came back searching with a desperate heart. Please, please still be alive, Please still be able to speak, I prayed. But his soul, cold and empty, had gone home, And left behind, in his pocket, Only a watch, still ticking steadily. That it still moved was heartbreak enough. Thinking back to last year when we set sail, When our homeland slowly vanished from sight, We clasped each other's hands in the Genkai Sea And spoke our names for the very first time. From that day on, even a single cigarette We shared between the two of us, We showed each other every letter that arrived And told our stories to each other, again and again. Arms around each other's shoulders, it became our saying, Our lives are already forfeit anyway, If I die, I ask you to see to my remains. So the two of us swore to each other. Yet against all expectation, I alone Have somehow, miraculously, survived, And here in Manchuria beneath the crimson sunset, To think that I would dig my comrade's grave. Tonight the moon shines clear without a cloud, With a deeply stirred heart I take up my brush, And write every detail of my comrade's final moments In this letter I now send to his parents. Though my hand moves clumsily across the page, In the shadow of the lamp I picture his parents Reading these words, and imagining their grief, Without even noticing, I let fall a single tear. [EN] DISCLAIMER This is a nightcore cover of a Japanese song from 1905. The lyrics are the original ones and are not mine. They are the words of a soldier mourning a friend in the Russo-Japanese War, and they are presented here as a historical document and as a piece of music, not as a political statement. No war, army, government or ideology is endorsed or glorified. No real nation or people is targeted. This video is made for artistic and educational purposes only. [JP] 免責事項 本作は1905年の日本の歌をナイトコアとして編曲したものです。歌詞は当時の原詞であり、制作者によるものではありません。日露戦争において戦友を悼む一兵士の言葉であり、歴史的な記録および音楽作品として紹介しています。戦争、軍隊、政府、思想を賛美または推奨するものではなく、現実の国家や民族を攻撃するものでもありません。芸術および教育を目的とした作品です。 #senyu #gunka #nightcore #japanesecover #russojapanesewar