悲ひ歌か慷こう慨がい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

indignant lamentation over the evils of the times

A yojijukugo expressing sorrow and righteous anger at the state of society. Literary and somewhat old-fashioned; used in formal or poetic contexts.

• 彼かれの詩しには悲ひ歌か慷こう慨がいの精せい神しんが溢あふれている。

  His poetry is filled with the spirit of indignant lamentation over the times.

• 若わか者ものたちは社しゃ会かいの不ふ正せいに対たいして悲ひ歌か慷こう慨がいした。

  The young people lamented indignantly over the injustices of society.