Late Spring (1949)

Seiju Kanze: Nô chorus

Quotes 

• Prompter : [singing]  The iris hedge planted next to our old home:

  Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus : Only the color remains as it was back then. Only the color remains as it was back then. The color carries with it...

  Prompter : The name of that man from long ago. The scent of wild orange flowers mingles together with the sprig of blue flag in his hair.

  Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus : Iris and blue flag, so much alike: Whose color is deeper? Crying in the trees...

  Prompter : The cicada sheds its brocade gown...

  Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus , Nô chorus : Revealing sleeves as white as deutzia blossoms, as white as the snow. Day breaks. Pale purple clouds to the east herald Amida Buddha's coming. The pale purple iris opens its petals to enlightenment along with the folds of the heart. All the earth will be enlightened, even the flowers and trees. All the earth will be enlightened, even the flowers and trees...