Aki wa Kanashiki -How Sad the Autumn Is (feat. SATORU) [Hyakunin Isshu] Front Cover

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Aki wa Kanashiki -How Sad the Autumn Is (feat. SATORU) [Hyakunin Isshu]

SHIONO, Twilight Master

風が紅葉を　静かに散らして……

奥山深く　人里離れて

赤く染まった　道なき道を

踏み分けてゆく　落ち葉の音だけが

静寂を　優しく破る

遠くから　響いてくる

あの声が　胸を震わせる

鳴く鹿の　声聞く時ぞ

秋は悲しき　秋は悲しき

紅葉の絨毯に　涙が落ちて

この世の無常を　そっと教えてくれる

奥山に　ひとり佇んで

風に揺られる　紅の葉を

見つめていると　なぜか胸が痛む

愛したものすべて　いつか散るのだと

秋は悲しき　悲しき

鹿の声が　魂を揺さぶる

この美しさと　この寂しさが

同じ場所に　存在している

千年越えても　変わらぬ哀愁

紅葉は燃えるように　輝いて散る

私は今　あなたと同じ秋の中にいる

……声よ、もっと聞かせてくれ……

鳴く鹿の　声聞く時ぞ

秋は悲しき　永遠に悲しき

奥山の紅葉よ　私の心に

深く　深く　染み込んでくれ

……秋は　悲しき……

Lyricist
SHIONO
Composer
SHIONO
Producer
Twilight Master
Vocals
SATORU

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Aki wa Kanashiki -How Sad the Autumn Is (feat. SATORU) [Hyakunin Isshu]
SHIONO, Twilight Master

Reimagining Sarumaru Dayu's 5th Poem as a visceral, soul-stirring hard ballad.
Driven by heavy piano, sweeping strings, resonant drums, and a deeply impassioned male vocal, this track pushes the melancholy of autumn to its absolute zenith. It is a highly literary, dramatic piece; as the melody unfolds, your chest will tighten, allowing the imagery of scattered crimson leaves and the stag's lonely cry to bleed directly into your soul.

"The Hyakunin Isshu Project: Poem No. 5.
The heart-wrenching autumn sorrow Sarumaru Dayu felt deep within the secluded mountains.
That moment of profound grief-treading through fallen maple leaves to hear the stag's cry-is resurrected for the modern era as a rich, penetrating hard ballad.
With every listen, your heart is dyed in its colors, and the autumn grows ever deeper-Aki wa Kanashiki (How Sad the Autumn Is).
Presented by Twilight Master, this track captures the Japanese autumn at its most breathtakingly beautiful and agonizingly sad."

Artist Profile

SHIONO
The Heart of Twilight Master A visionary composer and producer who translates the unseen textures of narrative into sound. Shiono crafts every composition and lyric for Twilight Master, turning the unsaid spaces in Twilight Masters novels into immersive musical worlds that both complement and expand the original stories. Shiono hears the margins of a story and paints them with tone, timbre, and silence, creating music that reads like a second language of the text.
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SHIONOの他のリリース
Twilight Master
Alongside my day job, I continue to pursue creative writing. I constantly strive to maintain an objective, third-party perspective on history and detail throughout my creative process. It's a continuous cycle of envisioning scenes and imagery while adding text and words, but my guiding principle is to craft quality works. I believe that without fulfilling my social responsibility as an author, my work holds no value. Thus, I adhere to the creed that -The pen is mightier than the sword-. Also, I am a multilingual creator who continues to explore and express emotions that cannot be fully captured by words, translating them into high-quality music that deepens and extends the experience of my work. Welcome to my world!
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Twilight Masterの他のリリース
SATORU
A high-pitched husky voice