Nok Khamin

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At night, I stand alone.
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Looking around, I can't help being fearful.
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The black sky is gloomy, evoking a feeling of chilliness.
O, Night!

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When the sky turns dark, and dusk is approaching.
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It's as though there's a voice questioning,
g0hk=jvw,hfvdgvJp g0hkfvd-0i od-,bhogs]nv'vjvo
"O, Flower, Cowslip Creeper , Oriole,
8Yjkc]h;0tovowsogvp gvJpg]jkodgvp
It's already night time. Where will you lie down to rest?
Pray!, tell me, Bird"

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Every day my heart longs for love. .
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Like a vagrant, I am sleepless.
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The cold wind blows, my chest shivers unceasingly.

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At this moment, I'm lost in the midst of the dusk,
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overhearing a voice saying,
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O Flower, Cowslip Creeper, . . .
Cyoijvogijrgo0i w,jih^0tovowsogvp gvJpFvhsy;vdgvp
I'm drifting around, not knowing where to stay the night. O, pity me!

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Is there any home or anyone who sympathizes and is willing to accommodate me?
od-,bhogs]nv'vjvo 8Yjkwsoovooyjo vdCyos,v' Such an oriole, who sleeps wherever and whenever it turns dark.
O, I'm so melancholic.

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I've to bear my forlorn feelings when night falls
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when I hear the sound of the waterfall.
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Oh, my heart, my sorrowful heart!
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I've no lover to share a nest with
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and so must force myself into a cold sleep. O, I'm so miserable!

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When I look around and find one, my heart pounds.
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Yet all I can do is merely watch.
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Like finding a nest,
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but afraid that it's already been possessed.

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Listen to the sound of my mourning song.
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Oh, who is asking,
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"Flower, Cowslip Creeper, Oriole,
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where are you going to stay tonight?"
gvJpovomujoujgvp
"It's here I'll stay."

	od-,bho The Oriole
Vocal song	od-,bho The Oriole	Instrumental song.