The Samurai of Ayothaya Page #3

---

I think they will try to attack you at a stream

near the Phitsanuloke Song Kwae,

along the route to return to Ayothaya.

Good!

I will meet his challenge.

Be patient, Your Majesty.

Two hundred hongsa warriors

are not the obstacle.

A high, powerful mountain is still lower

than the grass that grows on its top.

Ten bodyguards might be able

to use war strategies to our advantage

and cause damage to Hongsa City,

Your Majesty.

Sua, take 10 bodyguards to meet

the 200 Hongsa soldiers.

Yes, Your Majesty.

Use only one to deal with 10,000 others.

If your heart is superior

to that of the normal man,

then victory is in sight. Remember...

In two nights they will come back

and be by your side forever.

I will wait for two nights

and if you do not return,

I will go to help you.

Your Majesty, we are ready, blood and soul,

to protect you and Ayothaya.

Your sword will taste the blood

of the enemies of Ayothaya

just like you wished.

Because Ayothaya has brave men

like all of you,

we need not be afraid of any enemy.

Pick up a piece of soil

from in front of you...

...and keep it with you.

When you are in combat,

it will remind you that

this piece of soil is like your place of birth

and death,

a burial site handed down

from your ancestors,

that you must protect

for the sake of your children in the future.

I thank you for your love for me

and my country.

l feel like we are brothers

who share the same bIood.

In front of the Buddha image

and the sacred spirits here,

you and I will swear

to be brothers and never betray

one another. We will die for each other

like this sword which has a Japanese blade

and an Ayothaya handle.

They are inseparable.

I will kill your enemies

and you will kill the enemies of Ayothaya.

Let the sky and the earth be our witness...

Will you swear to this?

I swear.

That giant's name is Tosakan.

The green face is Rama

and that monkey is Hanuman.

It is a battle between the giants

and monkeys.

Do you understand, White face?

What are you worried about?

When I am here,

I feel only happiness and peace.

Only the people of Ayothaya treat me

like one of their own.

I was never afraid before...

...but now I am scared.

What are you afraid of?

I am afraid of leaving you.

In Japan, we have a legend of Hagoromo.

The Hakuryu, a fisherman,

fell in love with an angel

who came to visit the earth.

Hakuryu stole Hagoromo's wings

so that she couldn't return to heaven.

No matter how he loved her,

he still had to return her wings

and both of them parted ways in the end.

It is necessary for me to return

to the Japanese village.

What awaits you there?

Teru teru bozu.

What is it?

It's a doll used to bring good weather

like you, Krathin.

White face, don't go, please don't go.

What are you doing, Krathin?

Today if you die

your evil deeds will stay with me,

but if I die, the secret dies with me.

If your hands never spilt blood, you would

never be able to achieve greatness.

You!

Kham.

Love King Naresuan, love Ayothaya...

Promise me.

Kham...

Kham!

May your spirit rest in peace.

Your courage will remain in the hearts

of the people of Ayothaya forever.

Your death is only one but it gives rise

to thousands of brave souIs.

Your spirit should be proud.

My dear friend, l will use your sword

to kill the enemies of Ayothaya

as you intended.

This piece of King Naresuan's soil

will always remind me that

this is the birth and death place

of a true friend.

Brave men do not yearn for a long life.

l promise that

l will protect this land with my life.

I aImost died from the hands

of my fellow countrymen.

Then so be it, but destiny brought me here

to this great friend

where even high mountains, wide seas

and disconnected Iand

cannot stop our friendship.

This made me reaIise

that those with different bIood

can stiII be friends.

True friendship is based on equality

and it will never fade away.

The people of Ayothaya and the Japanese

wiII be united as one forever.

l will repay the friendship

of the Ayothaya people.

l swear that this land is not my birthplace

but where my soul will rest.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes