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|length=2:11
|type=Instrumental
|releasedate=30 December 2001
|band=[[Sound Horizon]]
|label=Doujin
|album=Chronicle
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{{Nihongo|jp=168p 詩人バラッドの悲劇|ro=168p Shijin Baraddo no Higeki|en='''168p The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad'''}} is the third track on [[Sound Horizon]]'s first story CD [[Chronicle]].

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== Lyrics ==
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最期の詩・・・

それはあまりにも素晴らしく
兵は街の恋人に詩って教えた
やがてその詩は 人から人へと伝わり
誰が綴ったかもわからぬ
その名もなき詩は 大陸中に広まった・・・

・<br>
・<br>
・<br>

強く美しき 時の女王
絶対的な権力の前に 誰もがひざまづく
来たる女王の誕生祭
その美貌を称える詩を捧げよと
一人の詩人に命じた・・・

女王は問う

「この世で一番美しいのは誰じゃ？」

しかし 彼は譲らない

「私の世界では 陛下は２番目にお美しい・・・」

「枯れてしまった花の美しさ・・・
それは 追憶という名の幻影
朽ちることなく 永遠に咲き続けられる庭園
例え 気高く美しき薔薇でさえ
花である以上 枯れてしまった花には及ばない・・・」

その詩に女王は激昂した
「そなた 余に枯れてしまえと申すのか！？」
宰相の合図一つで 兵達は詩人を取り囲んだ・・・

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天才と謳われし詩人
彼の名はバラッド
今は冷たい地下牢の隅
最期の詩を綴っている・・・

処刑の刻が近づき
胸に薔薇の紋章を抱いた
牢番の兵は 聴いてしまった
彼の綴った最期の詩を・・・

最後の鐘が鳴り終わり
処刑は厳かに執り行われる
最期の瞬間 思い出すのは
故郷の空 風の匂い
今は亡き彼女と過ごした日々・・・

・<br>
・<br>
・<br>

冷たい秋風が冬を導くように
旅の娘が一人 想い人を尋ねて流離う
どこか懐かしい その詩を口ずさみながら・・・
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The last poem...<br>
<br>
It was simply too wonderful.<br>
A soldier told a pair of lovers in the city about a poem.<br>
Eventually, the poem passed from person to person.<br>
The nameless poem,<br>
Whose author remained unknown, eventually spread afar on the continent... <br>
・<br>
The strong and beautiful queen of time.<br>
Everyone kneels before absolute power.<br>
The upcoming queen's birthday.<br>
One poet was ordered to offer a poem praising her beauty...<br>
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The queen asks...<br>
"Who is the most beautiful in this world?"<br>
...however, he doesn't give in<br>
"In my world, Your Majesty is the second most beautiful..."<br>
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"The beauty of withered flowers...<br>
That is an illusion in the name of reminiscence...<br>
A garden in full bloom throughout eternity without decay...<br>
Even a noble and beautiful rose...<br>
Being a flower itself, cannot match up to a withered one..."<br>
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The queen was enraged at the poem.<br>
"You, are you telling me to wither away!?"<br>
With a single sign from the prime minister, the soldiers surrounded the poet...<br>
・<br>
The poet extolled as a genius...his name is Ballad.<br>
Now, he is writing his last poem in the corner of the cold dungeons...<br>
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The time of execution draws close. The prison guard with a rose emblem on his chest<br>
Heard his last crafted poem...<br>
・<br>
The final bell tolls.<br>
The execution is carried out swiftly.<br>
In his last moments, he remembers...<br>
The sky of his homeland, the scent of the wind.<br>
The days he lived with a woman now dead...<br>
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Just like how cold autumn winds guide Winter,<br>
One journeying girl wanders in search for her beloved<br>
With a somewhat nostalgic poem on her lips...<br>
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～ Page 168 『 The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad 』<br>
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== Information ==
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=== Summary ===
The lyrics are from the poem included with the song, accessed from the CD with a computer.
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