by Sihoko Kitami (1885 - 1955)

Language: Japanese (日本語) 
ひと恋うは哀しきものと平城山に
もとほり来つつ堪え難かりき

いにしえも夫に恋いつつ越えしとう
平城山の路に涙おとしぬ

Note: This song can be found in the new Japanese Art Song Anthology, available from Classical Vocal Reprints.

Transliteration (Romaji): 

Hito kō wa kanashiki mono to Nara-yama ni
Motohori-kitsutsu taegatakariki

Inishie mo tsuma ni koitsutsu koeshitō
Nara-yama no michi ni namida otoshinu

Composition:

    Set to music by Kōzaburō Y. Hirai (1910 - 2002), "平城山 (Nara-yama)", 1935 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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