KAGEKIYO
By SEAMI
PERSONS
- A GIRL (Kagekiyo’s daughter).
- KAGEKIYO THE PASSIONATE.
- HER ATTENDANT.
- A VILLAGER.
- CHORUS.
GIRL and ATTENDANT.
Late dewdrops are our lives that only wait
Till the wind blows, the wind of morning blows.
GIRL.
I am Hitomaru. I live in the valley of Kamegaye. My father Kagekiyo the Passionate fought for the House of Hei[67] and for this was hated by the Genji.[68] I am told they have banished him to Miyazaki in the country of Hyūga, and there in changed estate he passes the months and years. I must not be downcast at the toil of the journey;[69] for hardship is the lot of all that travel on unfamiliar roads, and I must bear it for my father’s sake.
GIRL and ATTENDANT.