佗わび歌うた

noun

sad song; lonesome singing

A poetic or literary term for a song or singing that expresses loneliness, melancholy, or the aesthetic of 侘び (wabi). Rare in everyday conversation.

• 彼かれは夕ゆう暮ぐれにわびうたを口くちずさんだ。

  He hummed a lonesome song at dusk.