Katayoku no Taka

Katayoku no Taka (One-Winged Hawk), is the name of a character song for Shanks. The muscial score appears throughout the early episodes of the series, up to the Logue Town arc. The lyrics are essentially sung in opera style, with classical instruments such as the piano and violin being used for the musical score.

Information

 * Lyrics by Seiko Fujibayashi
 * Music by Kouhei Tanaka
 * Arranged by Hayato Matsuo
 * Sung by Kazushige Shimura

Japanese Text
満ち足りた心を知らぬ者 駆り立てる彼方の、幻か… 暁の海原に聞く 海はただ静か 静寂の心を導いて 脆弱な心を惑わせる 荒波は強き者へと 何を見せるのか…

海を切り裂く 片翼の鷹は 何故？そんなにも高く 激しくなる風を選んでは 飛び続けるだろう

放たれた運命追いし者 その先は暗闇？輝きか 朝焼けをそれぞれは待つ 海はただ静か

覚めやらぬ心を醒すのか 覚めやらぬ心が夢なのか 真実はある時に凪 誰もまだ知らぬ…

海に降り立つ 片翼の鷹は また、悲しみ啄（ついば）み 荒ぶる空恐れることなく 舞い上がるのだろう いつか約束の日まで…

Romanized Lyrics
michitarita kokoro wo shiranu mono karitateru kanata no, maboroshi ka... akatsuki no unabara ni kiku umi wa tada shizuka

seijaku no kokoro wo michibiite zeijaku na kokoro wo madowaseru aranami wa tsuyoki mono-e to nani wo miseru noka...

umi wo kirisaku katayoku no taka wa naze? sonna nimo takaku sabishiku naru kaze wo erandewa tobituzukeru nodarou

hanatareta unmei seoishi mono sono saki wa kurayami? kagayaki ka asayake wo sorezore wa matsu umi wa tada shizuka

sameyaranu kokoro wo samasunoka sameyaranu kokoro ga yumenanoka shinjitsu wa aru toki ni nagi dare mo mada shiranu...

umi ni oritatsu katayoku no taka wa mada, kanashimi tsuibami araburu sora osoreru koto naku maiagaru no de arou itsuka yakusoku no hi made...

Translated Lyrics
one that does not know a fulfilled heart an illusion of the far lands that make one move along..? I ask to the seas at daybreak the sea returns only silence

guiding the heart of silence and confusing the frail, weak heart the harsh waves, to the strong... what do they show?

cutting through the seas the hawk with one wing why does it choose to fly so high ... and picks the winds that make it lonely... and continue to fly..?

the one that chases after the destiny that was unfurled beyond it is the shadows? or perhaps a twinkle of light? they each wait for the sunrise the sea returns only silence

perhaps to awaken the heart which won't wake or is the heart which won't wake in itself a dream? truth is sometimes calm and peaceful and nobody knows as of yet...

landing on the ocean the hawk with one wing it still pecks at sadness and without fear of the stormy skies it is sure to rise and fly again until that promised day to come someday...

Trivia

 * Most One Piece character songs are sung by their seiyū, this song like Talking Blues is sung by someone else other then Shūichi Ikeda.
 * Because of the title involves the mention of a hawk, it is occusionally mistaken as a character song for Mihawk.