CHORUS.
Wind at morning, rain at night;
To-day and to-morrow
Shall be part of long ago.
We who pass through a world
Changeful as the dews of evening,
Uncertain as the skies of Spring,
We that are as foam upon the stream,—
Can any be our foe?
SERVANT (seeing them and going towards the hashigakari).
You’re a merry pair of guys! What may your names be?
BROTHER.
Floating Cloud; Running Water.
SERVANT.
And what is your friend’s name?
MAKINO.
Floating Cloud; Running Water.