Kare wa Nobutadadesu( He is Nobutada)

by Servant of Fire

Katsumoto is honored to give his son his last wish. "Father, let me stay."

Kare wa Nobutadadesu(He is Nobutada)

Kare wa Nobutadadesu,

Kare ga watashi no yuiitsu no musukodearu

(He is Nobutada, he is my only son.)

His mouth is full of blood,

Of his blood,

Of my blood,..

"Father, let me stay...It is my time."

What can a father do?

I remember all the times he said this very thing,

A child learning to ride,

"Father, let me try. "

A child learning the way of the bow.

"Father, let me try."

A child becoming a man before my eyes. Out-growing my arms. Standing now on swaying legs eye to eye with me, falling "asleep" on his feet.

What is a father to do, but try and grant the wish of his only child?

He always had simple wishes.

"Father, let me try."

He had always learned to accept life as it flowed to him. Like water in the stream. Like the one English phrase he knew.

"Jolly good."

Which is a way of saying all is well.

And now he is asking me one more more simple wish. And that is to let him lead his destiny, to the end.

"Father, let me stay..."

And so, I grant his wish. I am honored to grant his last wish.

And I glimpse back.I see him readying himself.

His knives come out.

I hear his last cries. My heart misses a beat just as it did, when I heard his very first cries.

Kare wa Nobutadadesu,

Kare ga watashi no yuiitsu no musukodearu

(He is Nobutada. He is my only son)

I see him run. I have seen a legend come into being. I witness the fall of a great warrior, as he charges like the dying tiger into the shots, like an eagle into the sun.

Kare wa Nobutadadesu,

Kare ga watashi no yuiitsu no musukodearu,

( He is Nobutada , he is my only son...)