琵び琶わ行こう

noun

biwa song; Song of the Lute

Refers to a narrative song accompanied by the biwa (Japanese lute), or specifically to the famous Chinese poem 'Song of the Pipa' by Bai Juyi, known in Japanese as 琵琶行.

• 白はく居きょ易いの「琵び琶わ行こう」は、中ちゅう国ごく文ぶん学がくの名めい作さくの一ひとつです。

  Bai Juyi's 'Song of the Pipa' is one of the masterpieces of Chinese literature.

• 彼かれは琵び琶わ行こうを語かたりながら琵び琶わを弾ひいた。

  He played the biwa while reciting a biwa song.