「あの世で(あのよで)必ず(かならず)夫婦に(ふうふに)なろう」という約束(やくそく)

Reaching deep into the forest, while lamenting the sadness of being torn apart by the money and duties of this world, the two firmly vowed: 'Let us surely become husband and wife in the afterlife,' and holding each other tightly, ended their own lives. This tragedy Chikamatsu Monzaemon wrote based on a real event became an unprecedented mega-hit in Japan at that time, and remains told as a masterpiece of love literature today.