長ちょう恨ごん歌か

noun

Song of Everlasting Sorrow; Chang Hen Ge

Title of a famous long narrative poem by the Tang dynasty poet Bai Juyi (白居易), recounting the love story of Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei. Also known in English as 'Song of Everlasting Regret'.

• 高こう校こうの国こく語ごの授じゅ業ぎょうで「長ちょう恨ごん歌か」の一いっ節せつを暗あん唱しょうした。

  In high school Japanese class, we memorized a passage from 'Chang Hen Ge'.