BROTHER.
Secretly
MAKINO.
We steal from a home
CHORUS.
“Where fain we would stay, but now
Long as life lasts,
Life fickle as the moon of dawn,
No refuge know we
But the haven of our intent.”
(The BROTHERS leave the stage. Enter their enemy NOBUTOSHI, followed by his Servant.)
NOBUTOSHI.
To the home of gods my footsteps turn
To the Sacred Fence that bars
No suppliant’s desire.
I am called Tone no Nobutoshi. My home is in the land of Sagami. Because for much time past I have been troubled with evil dreams, I have resolved to visit the Three Isles of Seto.