Vulgar words in Certain Noble Plays of Japan - From the manuscripts of Ernest Fenollosa (Page 1)
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PERSONS OF THE PLAY THE WAKI A priest THE SHITE, OR HERO Ghost of the lover TSURE Ghost of the woman; they have both been long dead, and have not yet been united.
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SHITE (to Tsure) Times out of mind am I here setting up this bright branch, this silky wood with the charms painted in it as fine as the web you'd get in the grass-cloth of Shinobu, that they'd be still selling you in this mountain.
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SHITE AND TSURE Tangled, we are entangled.
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SHITE And this is merely wood painted, And yet the place is famous because of these things.
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SHITE No, no, that is reasonable enough.
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SHITE They are names in love's list surely.
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SHITE 'Tis a sad name to look back on.
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SHITE A seed-pod void of the seed, We had no meeting together.
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SHITE There is an old custom of this country.
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SHITE So be it, I will teach you the path.
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SHITE There's a cold feel in the autumn.
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(sign for the exit of Shite and Tsure) Part Second (The Waki has taken the posture of sleep.
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SHITE (supposedly invisible) It is a good service you have done, sir, A service that spreads in two worlds, And binds up an ancient love That was stretched out between them.
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Thus here the Shite, or Sh'te, announces his change of costume, and later the dance.)
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SHITE To dream under dream we return.
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SHITE There is at the root of hell No distinction between princes and commons; Wretched for me!
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SHITE Indeed in old times Narihira said, --and he has vanished with the years-- 'Let a man who is in the world tell the fact.'
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SHITE Look then, the old times are shown, Faint as the shadow-flower shows in the grass that bears it; And you've but a moon for lanthorn.
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SHITE The suitor for his part, holding his charm-sticks, Knocks on a gate which was barred.
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TSURE In old time he got back no answer, No secret sound at all Save.... SHITE The sound of the loom.
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SHITE It was what you would hear any night.
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SHITE Hatari.
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SHITE Cho.
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SHITE That is an old custom, truly, But this priest would look on the past.
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SHITE Even to-day the difficulty of our meeting is remembered, And is remembered in song.
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(explaining the movement of the Shite and Tsure) There he is carrying wands, And she has no need to be asked.
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SHITE Tell me, could I have foreseen Or known what a heap of my writings Should lie at the end of her shaft-bench?
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The charm-sticks.... SHITE Were set up a thousand times; Then, now, and for always.
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SHITE Happy at last and well-starred, Now comes the eve of betrothal: We meet for the wine-cup.
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SHITE Tread out the dance.
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SHITE This dance is for the evening plays, And for the weaving.
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PERSONS OF THE PLAY A PRIEST FIRST SHITE, OR HERO The apparition of Kumasaka in the form of an old priest SECOND SHITE The apparition of Kumasaka in his true form.
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SHITE (In the form of an old priest) I could tell that priest a thing or two.
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SHITE A certain man died on this day.
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SHITE I will not tell you his name, but his grave lies in the green field beyond that tall pine tree.
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SHITE No, no; you can pray the prayer, Ho kai shijo biodo riaku; that would do.
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SHITE (saying first a word or two) If you pray for him,-- CHORUS (continuing the sentence) If you pray with the prayer of 'Exeat' he will be thankful, and you need not be aware of his name.
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SHITE Will you enter?
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SHITE (thinking) Yes, this priest is still in the first stage of faith.
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SHITE The deep love.
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* * * * * Part Second SECOND SHITE There are winds in the east and south; the clouds are not calm in the west; and in the north the wind of the dark evening blusters; and under the shade of the mountain-- CHORUS There is a rustling of boughs and leaves.
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SECOND SHITE Perhaps there will be moon-shine to-night, but the clouds veil the sky; the moon will not break up their shadow.
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SECOND SHITE (now known as Kumasaka) There were great merchants in Sanjo, Yoshitsugu, and Nobutaka; they collected treasure each year; they sent rich goods up to Oku.
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KAGEKIYO KAGEKIYO, A PLAY IN ONE ACT, BY MOTOKIYO PERSONS OF THE PLAY SHITE Kagekiyo old and blind TSURE Hime his daughter, called also Hitomaru TOMO Her attendant WAKI A villager CHORUS The scene is in Hinga.