View source for Shijin Baraddo no Higeki (Pico Magic)

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|song={{LanguageInline|jp=詩人バラッドの悲劇|ro=Shijin Baraddo no Higeki|en=The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad}}
|buttons=no-le no-dx
|cover=[[File:PicoMagicCover.jpg]]
|length=2:11
|type=Instrumental
|releasedate=4 May 2003
|band=[[Sound Horizon]]
|label=Doujin
|album=Pico Magic
|prev=Pico DJ☆
|next=Tadoritsuku Uta (Pico Magic)}}<div class="page-subcontainer">

{{Nihongo|jp=詩人バラッドの悲劇|ro=Shijin Baraddo no Higeki|en='''The Tragedy of the Poet Ballad'''}} is the third track on [[Sound Horizon]]'s first pleasure CD [[Pico Magic]]. The first version of this song appeared on the first story CD [[168p Shijin Baraddo no Higeki|Chronicle]], and this version was an early version of the one that would appear on the first story renewal CD [[Shijin Baraddo no Higeki|Chronicle 2nd]].

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== Lyrics ==
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|en=The last poem...<br>
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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>
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The strong and beautiful queen at her prime<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>
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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>
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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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== Information ==
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=== Summary ===
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=== Vocals ===
* [[Hazeri]]

=== Musicians ===
Acoustic & Nylon Guitar by [[Revo]]<br>
Bass by [[Revo]]<br>
Accordion & Keyboards by [[Revo]]<br>
Percussion by [[Revo]]<br>
Computer Programming by [[Revo]]<br>
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=== Production ===
Produced by Sound Horizon<br>
Lyrics & Image Story Written by [[Revo]]<br>
Music Composed & Arranged by [[Revo]]<br>
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Recorded & Mixed by [[Revo]]<br>
Mastered by [[Revo]]<br>

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