Birds of Sorrow
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- (The Hunter stops at the Shite’s Pillar and, turning, points a finger at the Monk.)
Please help me, O worthy monk. Please help me….
- (The Hunter drops his arms, and the Chorus chants the conventional ending of a Nō play.)
And thereupon the spirit fades and is gone….
- (The Hunter stamps his feet, indicating he has disappeared, that the play is done. He walks slowly down the Bridge and through the curtain, followed in turn by the other actors and the musicians. The Chorus exits by the Hurry Door, and again the stage is left bare.)
Translated by Meredith Weatherby and Bruce Rogers
