Armor Poem, The

See also, Kaos's armors.

(Content taken directly from "The Nether Realm: Poem of the Yoroi. Archived December 31, 2008. Accessed May 30, 2022.)

(Additional note from translator Meowfred, May 30, 2022, on the YST Discord server: The poem doesn't make much sense. It was written solely to be decoded.)

## The Armor Poem

### Samurai Troopers Version

巻き水なる遠く遥か君が為

菜摘む我をぞ 不死忍ぶ

光咲く秋 宝塔手にせし

おお雪山埋もれしふゆう

空の流れに身を浸しつつ

Makimizunara toku, haruka kimi ga tame

Natsumamu wagare o zo, fushishinobu

Hikarisaku aki, hososhu ni seshi

Ooyuki yamano moreshi fuyu

Sora no nagare ni shin mo kograetsutsu

### Translation

Winding water tumbles distantly for distant you

Picking greens hiding immortality

Light blooming fall holding in the temple of light

Great snow mountain and plain leaks winter

Pining for the heart in the current of the sky

### Decoded Poem

巻き水 鳴門 奥 春 か君が為

夏 む我ぞ 富士 火の武

光 裂く 秋芳洞 てにせし

大雪山 うもれし 浮遊

宇宙の流れに身を浸しつつ

### Ronin Warriors Version

Torch of spirit sought through five

Drinking strength from immortal fire

The darkest prison sheds the light

Churning beneath a swirl of salt

Burning within a throne of rock

Floating amongst the eyes of ages,

Unmarred in the stream of the sky.

## Translator's Notes

The poem is the key to discovering where each of the four missing Troopers were located. Each of the various locations (see map else where) was keyed to the elemental power of each of the five yoroi. According to one article, it may have been Kaos who composed the song/poem several hundred years ago.

The above translation isn't complete and even if it was, it isn't what is important -- the clues lie in the kanji used. Four of the key words are "haru", "natsu", "aki", and "fuyu", spring, summer, fall, and winter respectively. The entire poem has to be rewritten in hiragana in order for you to see those four words (and you needed to know what you were looking for too.)

The Ronin Warriors poem is NOT a translation of the Samurai Troopers poem. The only similarity seems to be the last line. "Sora no nagare" means "the stream of the sky". As Touma is found in space, this refers to his "hiding place" in orbit.

## Solving the Poem

When coming to this specific poem, the separation becomes very important, because it will be the key to solving the poem.\* There are a lot of words having the same pronunciation in the Japanese language. How it should be translated depends on the kanji it represents rather than just the sound.

You need to remember that this is a poem and a poem, unlike other writing styles would inspire everyone in different ways - so I'm not going to add too much explanation to it because what I am explaining is only one way:

\* I used capital letters to mark the beginning of every single word, however, this is just for convenience. When you write in Japanese, there should be no separation for single words, the only separation are for the sentence (at the place we use coma, or period).

### Suiko

MakiMizuKaruToukuHarukaKimiGaTame

Maki (Roll) Mizu (Water) NarouTouku (Far) Haruka (Far) Kimi (You) Ga (When Kimi and Ga are being used together, it means Your) Tame (For . . . Sake, KimiGaTame means "For Your Sake")

It's a sentence talking about Mizu (Water) which points out that this is for Suiko. The Keyword Nasti typed was "Haru" (Spring) and the part of the sentence KaruToukuHaru became Naruto (a place name in Japan) Touku (Deep In) and Haru (Spring).

### Rekka

NaTsumuWareWoZoFushiHinobu

Na (Veg/plant) Tsumu (pick) Ware (I) Wo (WareWo together change the "I" into "me" (I don't know what else to call it, remember this is only for this case)) Zo (This is a word that helps emphasis but actually has no meaning) Fushi (Immortal) Hinobu (Tolerate)

Hinobu is the old pronunciation in Japanese so you won't find it in the updated dictionary. It is pronounced "Shinobu" now, Hi (Fire) No (HiNo means fire's) Bu (Warrior) Hinobu together means Warrior of Fire, so this is a sentence for Rekka. Fushi is of course Mt Fuji now. (BTW, the keyword Nasti typed in is "Natsu" (summer) but she actually solved it before she found the keyword).

### Korin

HikariSakuAki,HoutouTeNiSeshi

Hikari (Light) Saku (Blossom) Aki (Autumn) Houtou (literally means "precious tower" but I believe it's a special item in Buddhism) Te (Hand) Ni (TeNi means in the hand (s)) Seshi (Get/Hold).

It's a sentence with Hikari (Light) so this is a sentence for Korin. Akihoutou, is the on-yomi (Chinese pronunciation for the same Kanji) for Akiyoshi-tou (kun-yomi, Japanese pronunciation) a place name in Japan. The keyword is still Aki (Autumn).

### Kongo

OoYukiyamaUmoreshiFuyuu

Oo (Big/Large) Yukiyama (Snow Mountain) Umoreshi (Being Buried) Fuyuu (Winter).

This is the easiest one. Umoreshi implied that something is buried in the earth so this is about Kongo. Ooyukiyama is the kun-yomi (Japanese pronunciation) for Daietsusan (or Mt Daisetsu) a place name, Keyword is Fuyuu (Winter).

### Tenku

SoraNoNagareNiWiMoNitashiTsutsu

Sora (Sky) No (SoraNo together means Sky's) Nagare (A current) Ni (NagareNi together means "In the current") Wi (Body) Mo (Mo makes the word "body" become an object instead of being a subject) Nitashi (Sink Into) tsutsu (Continually).

This is the only sentence without a keyword, that's why the troopers had a hard time finding out where Touma was. The original kanji "Sora" means sky, so it's definitely a sentence for Tenku. But there are people who write the Kanji of Uchuu (Space), but pronounce it as "Sora"...