Tattered cloak,[103]

KOMACHI.

Broken hat ...

CHORUS.

She cannot hide her face from our eyes;
And how her limbs

KOMACHI.

From rain and dew, hoar-frost and snow?

CHORUS (speaking for KOMACHI while she mimes the actions they describe).

Not rags enough to wipe the tears from my eyes!
Now, wandering along the roads
I beg an alms of those that pass.
And when they will not give,
An evil rage, a very madness possesses me.
My voice changes.
Oh terrible!