Kiri.
SHITE
Hatari.
TSURE
Cho.
SHITE
Cho.
CHORUS (mimicking the sound of crickets)
Kiri, hatari, cho, cho,
Kiri, hatari, cho, cho.
The cricket sews on at his old rags,
With all the new grass in the field; sho,
Churr, isho, like the whir of a loom: churr.
CHORUS (antistrophe)