聞きくも涙なみだ、語かたるも涙なみだ

expression, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

so sad that both speaker and listener weep

A set phrase describing a story or situation so tragic that it moves both the teller and the hearer to tears. Often used as a の-adjective modifying a noun like 話 or 出来事.

• 彼かれの体たい験けんはまさに聞きくも涙なみだ、語かたるも涙なみだの話はなしだった。

  His experience was truly a story so sad that both the listener and the teller would weep.

• 聞きくも涙なみだ、語かたるも涙なみだの悲ひ劇げきがそこで起おきた。

  A tragedy so heartbreaking that it would make anyone who hears or tells it cry occurred there.