Ah, what shame I have to bear

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1.
Ah, what shame I have to bear,
for I left my home
to pursue an empty dream,
spent my life in vain!

2.
In this hut I sleep and wake,
taking care of swine.
No one has pity on me.
Loud blows the chilly wind.

3.
Tattered sleeves are wet with dew
when I think of home.
Waking from my foolish dreams,
to my home I'll go.

#531 in Hymnal: A Worship Book

Words:  Sogo Mðtsumoto, 1895; tr. Esther Hibbard, 1962
                    Text copyright © Japanese Hymnal Committee
   Tune:  Japanese melody, 12th c.
                    Arrangement copyright © Japanese Hymnal Committee

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