Soldiers of Sorrow (哀・戦士 Ai Senshi?) is a song by Daisuke Inoue. Though originally an insert song during the famous Battle of Jaburo scene in the movie Mobile Suit Gundam II: Soldiers of Sorrow, in the 2000 re-release of the movie, Soldiers of Sorrow was replaced with instrumental background music and instead accompanied the end credits scene where the SCV-70 White Base takes off.
Lyrics[]
Ai furueru ai
Sore wa wakareuta
Hirō hone mo moetsukite
Nureru hada mo tsuchi ni kaeru
Kouya o hashiru shinigami no retsu
Kuroku yugande makka ni moeru
Ai inochi no ai
Chi no iro wa daichi ni sutete
Aratana toki o hiraku ka
Ikinokoru ai senshitachi
Kouya o hashiru shinigami no retsu
Kuroku yugande makka ni moeru
Shiniyuku otokotachi wa
Mamorubeki onnatachi ni
Shiniyuku onnatachi wa
Aisuru otokotachi e
Nani o kakeru no ka Nani o nokosu no ka
I pray, pray to bring near the new day
Ai kanashimi no ai
Ima wa nokoru dake
Na o shiranu senshi o uchi
Ikinobite chi hedo haku
Hayate nogotoki shinigami no retsu
Aragau sube wa waga te ni wanai
Shiniyuku otokotachi wa
Mamorubeki onnatachi ni
Shiniyuku onnatachi wa
Aisuru otokotachi e
Tatakau otokotachi wa
Furusato no onnatachi ni
Tatakau onnatachi wa
Shinjiru otokotachi ni
Nani o kakeru no ka Nani o nokosu no ka
I pray, pray to bring near the new day
哀 ふるえる哀
それは 別れ唄
ひろう骨も 燃えつきて
ぬれる肌も 土にかえる
荒野をはしる 死神の列
黒くゆがんで 真っ赤に燃える
哀 生命の哀
血の色は 大地にすてて
新たな 時をひらくか
生き残る 哀 戦士たち
荒野をはしる 死神の列
黒くゆがんで 真っ赤に燃える
死にゆく男たちは
守るべき女たちに
死にゆく女たちは
愛する男たちへ
何を賭けるのか 何を残すのか
I pray, pray to bring near the new day
哀 かなしみの哀
いまは 残るだけ
名を知らぬ 戦士を討ち
生きのびて 血へど吐く
疾風のごとき 死神の列
あらがう術は わが手にはない
死にゆく男たちは
守るべき女たちに
死にゆく女たちは
愛する男たちへ
戦う男たちは
故郷の女たちに
戦う女たちは
信じる男たちに
何を賭けるのか 何を残すのか
I pray, pray to bring near the new day
To be added
Sorrow, the trembling sorrow
Let me sing the goodbye music
All the skeletons are burnt to ashes
The dying bodies go back into the earth
The gods of death will line up now
On the field they are marching
They are covered in blackness
But each one will burn bright red!
Sorrow, this living sorrow
Throw it away and make a beginning
All the color will go into the earth
Float away you proud living soldiers
The gods of death will line up now
On the field they are marching
They are covered in blackness
But each one will burn bright red!
To dying men, to all of their good women
To dying girls, to all of thier boyfriends
To dying men, to all of their women
To all our loved ones peace we will protect
What will they have to commit to?
How much will they leave behind?
I pray, pray to bring you a new day
Sorrow, the painful sorrow
Nothing left, except this sadness
We destroy these nameless soldiers
We survive by spilling our blood
The gods of death are arriving
On the wings of a windstorm
There's no way to resist them
No place for anyone to run
To dying men, to all of their good women
To dying girls, to all of their boyfriends
To dying men, to all of their women
To all our loved ones peace we will protect
(One more time!)
To fighting men, to women at home waiting
To fighting girls, to all the boys that they love
To dying men, to all of their women
To all our loved ones peace we will protect
What will they have to commit to?
How much will they leave behind?
I pray, pray to bring you a new day
Other Uses[]
The song was used in the 2009 animated short Mobile Suit Gundam Perfect Mission, which commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Gundam franchise.
Cover Versions[]
- Animetal covered the song twice. The first version was the final portion of their 1997 single "Sentimetal", which incorporated the instrumentals of Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast". The second version was a rearrangement in their 2004 album Animetal Marathon VI ~ The Sentimetal.
- Richie Kotzen covered the song in English in the 2006 album Ai Senshi Z×R.
- Gackt covered the song in the 2007 album 0079-0088. Limited versions contains dialogues of Tohru Furuya as Amuro Ray and Shuichi Ikeda as Char Aznable. Cover was used as opening for videogame Mobile Suit Gundam vs. Gundam NEXT.
- Andrew W.K. covered the song in English in the 2009 album Gundam Rock.
- JAM Project covered the song in the 2009 album Gundam Tribute from Lantis.
- The song was covered by Hiroko Moriguchi in her 2019 album Gundam Song Covers.
Trivia[]
- The song's melody bears a striking resemblance to The Boomtown Rats' "I Don't Like Mondays".