Eikyū hyakushu 701

Monkeys 猿

さらぬだにおいては物のかなしきに夕のましら声なきかせそ

saranu dani
oite wa mono no
kanashiki ni
yū no mashira
koe na kikase so

Not even leaving—
Sunk in
Sadness
O, monkeys, this evening
Let me not hear your cries!

Daishin

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