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Part 13

Yachihoko no 1 kami no mikoto ya a ga ohokuni nushi koso ha wo no imaseba 5 uchi-miru shima no sakizaki kaki-miru iso no saki ochizu wakakusano 10 tsuma motaserame a ha mo yo me nishi areba na okite wa ha nashi 15 na okite tsuma ha nashi ayakaki no fuhaya ga shita ni mushibusuma 20 nikoya ga shita ni takubusuma sayagu ga shita ni awayuki no wakayaru mune wo 25 takudzunu no shiroki tadamuki so-dataki tataki managari matamade 30 tamada sashimake momonaga ni i wo shi nase toyomiki tatematourase. 35

18 _karuku_, _nikoyaka ni_.

19 A warm _fusuma_--bed-cover or wadded bed-gown.

21 = _nagoyaka_ (_naru mono no_) _shita ni_, under something soft.

22 = _fusuma_ made of _taku_ (Broussonetia) cloth.

23 _sayagu_, rustle, like leaves in the wind.

24 foam-snow, soft snow that falls in spring.

25 _wakayaru_, perhaps = young.

27 _tadamuki_ = _ude_, arm.

29 _managari_, interlacingly.

33 _i_, sleep.

Nihongi uta hitotsu (under year A.D. 513 ed. Ihida)

Yashima kuni 1 tsuma maki-kanete haruhino Kasuga no kuni ni kuhashi me wo 5 ari to kikite yoroshi me wo ari to kikite makisaku hi no itato wo 10 oshi-hiraki ware irimashi ato tori tsuma tori shite makura tori 15 tsuma tori shite imo ga te wo ware ni makishi me waga te wo ba imo ni makishi me 20 masaki tsura tataki asahari shishikushiro umahi ne shi to ni nihatsutori 25 kake ha naku nari nutsutori kigishi ha toyomu hashikeku mo imada ihazute 30 aki ni keri wagimo!

13 on the heels of.

22 _asahari_ = _azanahari_, enlace or be enlaced with. _tataki_ = pat, beat softly and repeatedly.

29 _hashikeku_ seems to be connected with _hashi_, end.

KOKINSHIU

Iso no kami furuki miyako no hototogisu kowe bakari koso mukashi narikeri.

Hana no chiru koto ya wabishiki harugasumi Tatsuta no yama no uguhisu no kowe.

Yuki no uchi ni haru ha ki nikeri uguhisu no kohoreru namida ima ya tokuramu.

Yo no naka ni tayete sakura no nakariseba haru no kokoro ha nodokekaramashi.

Utsusemino yo ni mo nitaru ka hanazakura saku to mishi ma ni katsu chiri nikeri.

Momijiba wo kaze ni makasete miru yori mo hakanaki mono ha inochi narikeri.

Hana chirasu kaze no yadori ha tare ka shiru ware ni oshiheyo yukite uramimu.

Harusame no furu ha namida ka sakurabana chiru wo woshimanu hito shi nakereba.

Haru kasumi tatsu wo misutete yuku kari ha hana naki sato ni sumi ya narayeru.

HIYAKUNIN ITSUSHIYU

Kasasagi no wataseru hashi ni oku shimo no shiroki wo mireba yo so fuke nikeru.

Kimi ga tame haru no no ni idete wakana tsumu waga koromo-de ni yuki ha furitsutsu.

Hana sasofu arashi no niha no yuki narade furi-yuku mono ha wagami narikeri.

Wabinureba ima hata onazhi Naniha naru mi wo tsukushite mo awamu to so omofu.

Haru no yo no yume bakari naru tamakura ni kahi naku tatamu na koso woshikere.

Aki kaze ni tanabiku kumo no tahema yori more-idzuru tsuki no kage no sayakesa.

Aki no ta no kari ho no iho no toma wo arami waga koromo-de ha tsuyu ni nuretsutsu.

Haru sugite natsu ki nikerashi shirotaheno koromo hosu chifu Ama no Kaguyama.

Ashihikino yamadori no wo no shidari wo no naganagashi yo wo hitori ka mo nemu.

Tago no ura ni uchi-idete mireba shirotaheno Fuji no takane ni yuki ha furitsutsu.

Okuyama ni momiji fumi-wake naku shika no kowe kiku toki so aki ha kanashiki.

Ama no hara furisake mireba Kasuga naru Mikasa no yama ni ideshi tsuki ka mo.

Hana no iro ha utsuri nikerina itadzura ni wagami yo ni furu nagameseshi ma ni.

Tsukubane no mine yori otsuru Mina no kaha kohi so tsumorite fuchi to narinuru.

TAKETORI NO OKINA NO MONOGATARI

TEXT TRANSLITERATED

INTRODUCTION

Only three editions of the Taketori--apart from recent reprints--are known to me: one in two thin volumes, quaintly illustrated, block-printed in _hiragana_ with occasional _ji_ in cursive, probably an eighteenth-, possibly a seventeenth-century production; another, also in two volumes, _Taketori m. g. shô_ (notes), 1785, with commentary by Koyama no Tadashi; and lastly the elaborate edition of Tanaka Daishiu (died 1853), in six volumes[7], on which the present translation and most of the notes thereto are based.

The text, no doubt, is more or less corrupt, and this circumstance, in part, explains the occasional roughness of style and the absence of proper articulation at the _juncturae_. The story of the Mikado’s suit and of the ascension to the moon is fairly free from these defects, and so also is the fictitious narrative, related by the sham hero of the second Quest, of his voyage to Hôrai. Up to the seventeenth century almost all books in Japan, with the exception of Buddhist and Chinese reprints, were manuscripts[8], and it is possible that the Taketori, like the Manyôshiu, was written in Chinese script[9], used more or less phonetically. The reading of this would often be traditional, and copyist errors would be frequent, especially in regard to cursive forms, a combination of sources of confusion that could not but be fruitful in corruptions, as has already been remarked in the case of the Manyôshiu.

FOOTNOTES

[7] In which not only Koyama’s work is made use of but also the notes of Keichiu (d. 1701) in his _Kasha_, and the suggestions of Daishiu’s master, Motowori, the Venerable of Suzu no ya--the House of the Horsebell--as he is termed in Daishiu’s preface and introductory letter. An estimate of Daishiu’s work will be found _infra_.

[8] See Satow’s ‘Hist. of Printing’, _T. A. S. J._, vol. x.

[9] According to Lange (_Einf. in d. Jap. Schrift_) the _Katakana_ syllabary did not come into use till towards the close of the eighth century, and the cursive syllabary (_hiragana_) was first used by Tsurayuki in his preface to the Kokinshiu (see below), in the beginning of the tenth century, the approximate date of the Taketori itself.

TAKETORI NO OKINA NO MONOGATARI[10]

MAKI I

KAGUYAHIME OHITACHI

Ima ha mukashi Taketori no Okina to ifu[11] mono arikeri. No yama ni mazhirite take wo toritsutsu yorodzu no koto[12] ni tsukahikeri[13]. Na wo ba Sanugi no Miyatsuko Maro to namu ihikeru. Sono take no naka ni moto[14] hikaru take hito suji arikeri. Ayashigarite yorite miru ni tsutsu no naka hikaritari. Sore to mireba san sun bakari naru hito ito utsukushiute itari. Okina ifu yau--

‘Ware asa goto yufu goto ni miru tokoro no naka ni ohasuru nite shirinu ko ni nari-tamafubeki hito nameri’ tote, te ni uchi-irete ihe ni[15] mochite kinu. Me no ouna ni adzukete yashinahasu. Utsukushiki koto kagiri naku ito wosanakereba ko ni irete yashinafu.

Taketori no Okina take wo toru koto[16] kono ko wo mitsukete nochi ni take wo toru ni fushi wo hedatete yo goto ni kogane aru take wo mitsukuru koto kasanarinu. Kakute Okina yauyau yutaka ni nariyuku.

Kono chigo yashinafu hodo ni sugusugu to ohoki ni narimasaru. Mi tsuki bakari ni naru hodo[17] ni yoki hodo naru hito ni narinureba kami-age nado sadashite[18] kami-age-sesase mo gisu. Chiyau[19] no uchi yori mo idasazu itsuki kashidzuki yashinafu hodo ni kono chigo no katachi keura[20] naru koto yo ni naku ya no uchi ha kuraki tokoro naku hikari michitari. Okina kokochi ashiku kurushiki toki mo kono ko wo mireba kurushiki koto mo yaminu haradatashiki koto mo nagusamikeri.

Okina take wo toru koto hisashiku narinu[21]. Ikihohi-mau no mono ni nari-ni-keri.

Kono ko ito ohoki ni narinureba na wo ba Mimuroto no Imube no Akita wo yobite tsukesasu. Akita Nayotake no Kaguyahime to tsuketsu. Konohodo mi ka uchi uchi-age-asobu yorodzu no asobi wo zo shikeru. Wotoko wouna[22] kirahazu yobitsudohete[23] ito kashikoku asobu.

MAKI II

TSUMADOHI

Sekai no wonoko atenaru mo iyashiki mo ikade kono Kaguyahime wo yeteshi gana miteshi gana to oto ni kikimedete madofu. Sono atari no kaki ni mo ihe no to ni mo woru hito dani tahayasaku mirumazhiki mono wo yaru ha yasuki imonezu yami no yo ni [idete] mo [ana wo kuzhiri] koko kashiko yori nozoki kaimami madohi aheri. Saru toki yori namu yobahi to ha ihikeru.

Hito no monoshi[24] mo senu tokoro madohi arikedomo nani no shirushi arubeku mo miyezu ihe no hitodomo ni ihamu tote ihikakaredomo kotahe[25] mo sezu. Atari wo hanarenu kindachi yo wo akashi hi wo kurasu hito ohakari. Orokanaru[26] hito ha yaunaki[27] ariki ha yoshi nakarikeri tote kozu nari ni keri. Sono naka ni naho ihikeru ha irogonomi to iharuru kagiri go nin omohi yamu toki naku yoru hiru kikeri.

Sono na hitori ha Ishidzukuri no miko hitori ha Kuramochi no miko hitori ha Sadaizhin Abe no Miushi hitori ha Dainagon Ohotomo no Miyuki hitori ha Chiunagon Iso no kami no Marotada kono hitobito narikeri.

Yo no naka ni ohokaru hito wo dani sukoshi mo katachi yoshi to kikite ha mirumahoshiusuru hitobito[28] nareba Kaguyahime wo mimahoshiushite mono mo kuhazu omohitsutsu kano ihe ni yukite tatadzumi arikikeredomo kahi arubeku mo arazu fumi wo kakite yaredomo kaheri koto mo sezu wabi-uta naho kakite yaredomo[29] [kaheshi mo sezu].

Kahi nashi to omohedomo shimotsuki shihasu no furi-kohori minadzuki no teri-hatataku ni mo saharazu kikeri.

Kono hitobito aru toki ha Taketori wo yobi-idete[30] ‘musume wo ware ni tabe’ to fushi-wogami te wo suri notamaheba[31] ‘ono ga nasanu ko nareba kokoro ni mo shitagahazu[32] namu aru’ to ihite, tsuki hi wo sugusu[33].

Kakareba kono hitobito ihe ni kaherite mono wo omohi inori wo shi guwan wo tate omohi [yamemu to suredomo] yamubeku mo arazu. Saritomo tsuhi ni wotoko ahasezaramu ya ha to omohite tanomi wo kaketari anagachi ni kokorozashi wo miye ariku.

Kore wo mitsukete Okina Kaguyahime ni ifu yau,

‘Waga ko no hotoke henguye no hito to maushi nagara warawa ohokisa made yashinahitatematsuru kokorozashi orokanarazu okina no mausamu koto kikitamahiten ya’, to iheba, Kaguyahime--

‘Nani-goto wo ka notomahamu koto wo uketamaharazaramu henguye no mono nite haberikemu mi to mo shirazu oya to koso omohitatematsure’ to iheba, Okina--

‘Ureshiku notamafu gana!’ to ifu,

‘Okina toshi nanasoji ni amarinu kefu to mo asu to mo shirazu kono yo no hito ha wotoko ha wouna ni afu koto wo su [wouna ha wotoko ni afu koto wo su] kore namu kado mo hiroku nari haberu ikade[ka] saru koto nakute[ha] ohashimasamu[34].’

Kaguyahime no ihaku--

‘Nadefu saru koto ka shihaberamu’ to iheba,

‘Henguye no hito to ifu to mo wouna no mi mochi tamaheri okina no aramu kagiri ha kaute mo imazukari[35] namu kashi kono hitobito no toshi tsuki wo hete kau nomi imashitsutsu notamafu koto omohi sadamete hitoribitori ni ahitatematsuritamahine[36]’ to iheba, Kaguyahime ihaku--

‘Yoku mo aranu katachi wo fukaki kokoro mo shirade ada kokoro tsukinaba nochi kuyashiki koto mo arubeki wo to omofu bakari nari yo no kashikoki hito naritomo fukaki kokorozashi wo shirade ha ahigatashi to namu omofu’ to ifu, Okina ihaku--

‘Omofu no gotoku mo notamafu gana! Somosomo ika yau naru kokorozashi aramu hito ni ka ahamu to obosu kabakari kokorozashi orokanaranu hitobito ni koso anmere’ Kaguyahime no ihaku--

‘Nani bakari no fukaki wo ka mimu to ihamu isasaka no koto nari. Hito no kokorozashi hitoshi kannari. Ikadeka naka ni otori masari ha shiramu. Go nin no hito no naka ni yukashiki mono misetamaheramu ni on kokorozashi masaritari tote tsukaumatsuramu to sono ohasuramu hitobito ni maushitamahe’ to ifu,

‘yoki koto nari’ to uketsu.

Hi kururu hodo rei no atsumarinu hitobito aruhiha fuye wo fuki aruhiha uta wo utahi aruhiha shiyauga wo shi aruhiha uso wo fuki afugi wo narashi nado suru ni okina idete ihaku--

‘Katazhikenaku [mo] kitanagenaru tokoro ni toshi tsuki wo hete mono shitamafu koto kihamaritaru kashikomari-to mausu--okina no inochi kefu asu to mo shiranu wo kaku notamafu kimidachi ni mo yoku omohi sadamete tsukaumatsure--to mauseba--fukaki mi kokoro wo shirade ha to namu mausu sa mausu mo kotowari nari idzure otori masari ohashimasaneba yukashiki mono misetamaheramu ni on kokorozashi no hodo ha miyubeshi tsukaumatsuramu koto ha sore ni namu sadamubeki to maushihaberu--kore yoki koto nari hito no urami mo arumazhi’[37] to iheba, go nin no hitobito mo--

‘yoki koto nari’ to notamaheba, Okina irite ifu--

‘Kaguyahime Ishidzukuri no miko ni ha Temujiku ni Hotoke no ohon ishi no hachi to ifu mono ari sore wo torite tamahe, to ifu--Kuramochi no miko ni ha himukashi no umi ni Hourai to ifu yama annari sore ni shirokane wo ne to shi kogane wo kuki to shi shiratama wo mi to shite tateru ki ari sore hito yeda worite tamahamu, to ifu--ima hitori ni ha Morokoshi ni aru hinezumi no kahagoromo wo tamahe--Ohotomo no Dainagon ni ha tetsu no kubi ni go shiki ni hikaru tama ari sore wo torite tamahe--Iso no Chiunagon ni ha tsubakurame no motaru koyasugahi hitotsu torite tamahe to ifu.’

Okina--

‘Kataki kotodomo ni koso anmere kono kuni ni aru mono ni mo arazu kaku kataki koto wo ba ika ni mausan’ to ifu, Kaguyahime--

‘nahika katakaramu’ to iheba, Okina tomare kakumare mausamu tote idete,

‘kaku namu kikoyuru yau ni misetamahe’, to iheba,

Mikodachi Kamudachibe kikite,

‘Oiraka ni atari yori dani na ariki so to ya ha notamahanui’, to ihite unzhite mina kaherinu.

MAKI III

HOTOKE NO MI ISHI NO HACHI

Naho kono wouna mide ha yo ni arumazhiki kokochi no shikereba Temujiku ni aru mono mo mote konu mono ka ha to omohi-megurashite Ishidzukuri no miko ha kokoro no shitakumi[38] aru hito nite Temujiku ni futatsu to naki hachi wo hiyaku-sen-man ri no hodo ikitari tomo ikadeka torubeki to omohite Kaguya-hime no moto ni ha kefu namu Temujiku he ishi no hachi tori ni makaru to kikasete mi tose bakari hete Yamato no kuni Tohochi no kohori ni aru yama-dera ni Bindzuru no mahe naru hachi no hitakuro ni susudzukitaru[39] wo torite nishiki no fukuro ni irite, tsukuri-hana no eda ni tsukete Kaguyahime no ihe ni mote kite[40] misekereba Kaguyahime ayashigarite miru ni hachi no naka ni fumi ari. Hirogete mireba--

Umi yama no michi ni kokoro wo tsukushi-hate[41] mi ishi[42] no hachi[43] no namida nagare ha!

Kaguya-hime hikari ya aru to miru ni[44] hotaru bakari no hikari dani nashi--

Oku tsuyu no[45] hikari wo dani zo[46] yadosumashi[47] Wogura[48] no yama nite nani motomekemu.

tote kaheshi-idasu wo[49] hachi wo kado ni sutete kono uta no kaheshi wo su,

Shirayama ni aheba[50] hikari no usuru ka to hachi[51] wo sutete mo tanomaruru kana!

to yomite iretari. Kaguya-hime kaheshi mo sezu narinu. Mimi ni mo kiki-irezarikereba ihi-wadzurahite[52] kaherinu. Kano hachi wo sutete mata ihikeru yori zo omonaki koto wo ba haji wo sutsu to ha ihikeru.

MAKI IV

HOURAI NO TAMA NO EDA

Kuramochi no miko ha kokoro tabakari aru hito nite ohoyake ni ha Tsukushi no kuni ni yu-ami ni makaramu tote itoma mafushite Kaguyahime no ihe ni ha tama no yeda tori ni namu makaru to ihasete kudari-tamafu ni tsukaumatsurubeki hitobito mina Naniha made okurishikeri. Miko ito shinobite to notamahasete hito mo amata wite ohashimasezu chikaku tsukaumatsuru kagiri shite idetamahinu mi okuri mi hitobito mi-tatematsuru okurite kaherinu. Ohashimashinu[53] to hito ni ha mihetamahite mi ka bakari arite kogi kaheritamahinu. Kanete koto mina ohosetarikereba sono toki ichi no takumi[54] narikeru Uchimaro-ra[55] roku nin wo meshitorite tayasuku hito yorikumazhiki ihe wo tsukurite kamahe[56] wo mi he ni shikomete takumira wo ire-tamahitsutsu. Miko mo onazhi tokoro ni komoritamahite shirasetamahitaru kagiri zhiuroku so kami ni kudo[57] wo akete tama no yeda wo tsukuritamafu.

Kaguyahime notamafu yau ni tagahazu tsukuri idetsu[58]. Ito kashikoku tabakarite Naniha ni misoka[59] ni mote-idenu. Fune ni norite kaheri ki ni keri to tono ni tsuge-yarite, ito itaku kurushige-naru[60] sama shite wi-tamaheri. Mukahe ni hito ohoku mawiritari tama no yeda wo ba naga-hitsu ni irete mono ohohite mochite mawiru. ‘Itsuka kikemu! Kuramochi no miko ha Udomuguwe no hana mochite nobori tamaheri’ to nonoshirikeri. Sore wo Kaguyahime kikite ‘ware wa kono miko ni makenubeshi’ to mune tsuburete omohikeri.

Kakaru hodo ni kado wo tatakite, ‘Kuramochi no miko ohashimashitari’ to tsugu.

‘Tabi no mi sugata nagara ohashimashitari’ to iheba ahitatematsuru miko notamahaku ‘Inochi wo sutete kono tama no yeda mochite kitari tote Kaguya-hime ni misetate matsuritamahe’ to notamaheba, okina mochite iritari.

Kono tama no yeda ni fumi wo zo tsuketarikeru[61].

Itadzura ni, mi ha nashitsu to mo, tama no ye wo taworade sara ni kaherazaramashi!

Kore wo mo ahare to mite woru ni Taketori no Okina hashiri irite ihaku--

‘Kono miko ni maushitamahishi Hourai no tama no yeda wo hitotsu no tokoro mo ayashiki tokoro naku ayamatazu mote[62] ohashimaseri. Nani wo mochite[63] ka tokaku mausubeki ni arazu[64]. Tabi no mi sugata nagara waga ohon[65] ihe he mo yori-tamahazu shite ohashimashitari. Haya kono miko ni ahitsukaumatsuritamahe’ to ifu ni mono wo ihazu tsuradzuwe wo tsukite imizhiu nagekashige ni omohitari.

Kono miko ima sara[66] nanika to ifubekarazu to ifu mama ni yen ni hahi-nobori tamahinu. Okina kotohari ni omofu--

‘Kono kuni ni mihenu tama no yeda nari. Kono tabi ha ikadeka inami mausamu hito-zama mo yoki hito ni ohasu’ nado to ihi-itari.

Kaguyahime no ifu yau--

‘Oya no notamafu koto wo hitaburu ni inami mausamu koto no itohoshisa ni ye-gataki mono wo yukashi to ha maushitsuru[67] wo kaku asamashiku mote kuru koto wo namu netaku omohi haberu’,

to ihedo, naho[68] Okina ha neya no uchi shitsurahi nado su.

Okina miko ni mausu yau--

‘Ikanaru tokoro ni ka kono ki ha safurahikemu. Ayashiku uruhashiku medetaki mono ni mo’

to mausu.

Miko kotahete notamahaku--

‘Saototoshi[69] no kisaragi no towo ka goro ni Naniha yori fune ni norite umi naka ni idete yukamu kata mo shirazu oboheshikado omofu koto narade ha[70] yo no naka ni ikite nani ka semu to omohishikaba tada munashiki kaze ni makasete ariku. Inochi shinaba ikaga ha semu ikite aramu kagiri ha[71] kaku arikite Hourai to ifuramu yama ni afu ya to nami[72] ni tadayohi kogi arikite waga kuni no uchi wo hanarete ariki maharishi[73] ni aru toki ha nami aretsutsu umi no soko ni mo irinubeku arutoki ni[74] ha[75] kaze ni tsukete shiranu kuni ni fuki yoserarete oni no yau naru mono idekite korosamu to shiki[76] aru toki ni ha koshi kata yuku suwe mo shirazu[77] umi ni magiremu to shiki aru toki ni ha kate tsukite kusa no ne wo kuhi mono to shiki aru toki ni ha ihamu kata naku mukutsuge[78] naru mono kite kuhi kakaramu to shiki aru toki ni ha umi no kai wo torite inochi wo tsugu. Tabi no sora ni tasukubeki[79] hito mo naki tokoro ni iro-iro no yamahi wo shite yuku he[80] sora[81] mo obohezu fune no yuku ni makasete umi ni tadayohite i-ho ka to ifu tatsu no toki bakari ni umi no naka ni wadzuka[82] ni yama miyu fune no uchi wo[83] namu semete miru umi no uhe ni tadayoheru yama ito ohoki nite ari. Sono yama no sama takaku uruwashi. Kore ya waga motomuru yama naramu to omohedo[84] sasuga ni osoroshiku oboyete yama no meguri wo sashimegurashite futsuka mika bakari mi-ariku ni amabito no yosohi shitaru wouna yama no naka yori idekite shirokane no kanamari wo mochite midzu wo kumi ariku. Kore wo mite fune yori orite kono yama no na wo nan to ka mausu to tofu ni wouna kotahete ihaku[85]--

‘Kore ha Hourai no yama nari to kotafu. Kore wo kiku ni ureshiku koto kagiri nashi. Kono wouna ni kaku notamafu ha “taso” to tofu “Waga na ha Houkamururi” to ihite futo yama no naka ni irinu.

‘Sono yama wo miru ni sara ni noborubeki yau nashi. Sono yama no sobatsura[86] wo megureba yo no naka ni naki hana no kidomo tateri kogane shirogane ruri iro no midzu nagare idetari. Sore ni ha iroiro no tama no hashi wataseri. Sono atari ni teri-kagayaku kidomo tateri sono naka ni kono[87] torite mochite maude[88] kitarishi ha ito warokarishikadomo notamahishi ni tagahamashikaba tote kono hana wo worite maude kitaru nari. Kore ha kagiri naku omoshiroshi[89] yo ni tatofubeki ni arazarishikado kono yeda wo woriteshikaba sara ni kokoromoto nakute fune ni norite ohi-kaze fukite shi hiyaku yo nichi[90] ni namu maude ki nishi.’

‘Daikuwan no chikara ni ya Naniha yori kinofu namu Miyako ni maude kitsuru sara ni shiho ni nuretaru kinu wo dani nugi-kahenade--namu kochi[91] maude kitsuru’

to notamaheba, Okina kikite uchinagekite yomeru--

Kure-take[92] no yoyo no take toru no yama ni mo sa ya ha wabishiki fushi wo nomi mishi[93].

Kore wo Miko kikite kokora no hi-goro omohi-wabi-haberi-tsuru kokoro ha kefu namu ochi-winuru to notamahite kaheshi--

Waga tamoto kefu kawakereba, wabishisa no chigusa no kazu mo wasurarenubeshi!

to notamafu. Kakaru hodo ni wotokodomo[94] roku nin tsuranete niha ni idekitari[95]. Ichinin no wotoko fumi-hasami[96] ni fumi wo hasamite mausu--

‘Tsukumo dokoro[97] no tsukasa no takumi Ayabe no Uchimaro mausaku--Tama no ki wo tsukurite tsukaumatsurishi koto kokoro no kudakite[98] sen yo nichi ni chikara wo tsukushitaru koto sukunakarazu shikaru ni roku imada tamaharazu kore wo tamaharite[99] wakachite[100] kego ni tamahasemu’ to ihite sasagetari.

Taketori no Okina kono takumira ga mausu koto ha nani-goto zo to katabuki wori. Miko ha ware ni mo aranu keshiki nite kimo[101] kihenubeki kokochi shite wi-tamaheri.

Kore wo Kaguyahime kikite--

‘Kono tatematsuru fumi wo tore’

to ihite, mireba fumi ni moshikeru yau--

‘Miko no kimi sen yo nichi iyashiki takumira to morotomo ni[102] onazhi tokoro ni kakure wi-tamahite kashikoki tama no yeda wo tsukurase-tamahite tsukasa mo tamahamu[103] ohose-tamahiki. Kore wo kono goro anzuru ni mi tsukahi to ohashimasubeki Kaguyahime no yeuzhi tamafubeki narikeri to uketamaharite kono miya yoritamaharamu to maushite tamaharubeki ni nari.’

To ifu wo kikite, Kaguya-hime[104] kururu mama ni omohi wabitsuru kokochi wemi[105]-sakahete Okina wo yobi-torite ifu yau--

‘Makoto ni Hourai no ki ka to koso omohitsure kaku asamashiki sora goto nite arikereba haya tote[106] kaheshi-tamahe’ to iheba, Okina kotafu--

‘Sadaka ni tsukurasetaru mono to kikitsureba kahesamu koto ito yasushi,’ to unadzuki wori[107].

Kaguya-hime no kokoro yukihatete aritsuru uta no kaheshi--

Makoto ka to kikite mitsureba koto no ha wo kazareru tama no yeda ni zo arikeru!

to ihite, tama no yeda wo kaheshitsu.

Taketori no Okina sabakari katarahitsuru ga sasuga ni oboyete neburi-wori. Miko ha tatsu mo hashita wiru mo hashita nite wi-tamaheri. Hi no kurenureba suberi idetamahinu[108].

Kano ureheseshi takumira wo ba Kaguya-hime yobi-suwete--

‘Ureshiki hito-domo nari[109]’

to ihite, roku ito ohoku torasetamafu. Takumira imizhiku yorokobite ‘omohitsuru yau ni mo aru kana!’ to ihite, kaheru.

Michi nite Kuramochi no miko chi no nagaruru made chiyouzesase[110] tamafu roku yeshi kahi mo naku mina tori-sutesase tamahite kereba nige-use nikeri.

Kakute kono Miko isseu no haji kore ni suguru ha arazhi wouna wo yezu narinuru nomi ni arazu ame no shita no hito no mi-omohamu koto no hadzukashiki koto to notamahite tada hito tokoro fukaki yama he iritamahinu.

Miya tsukasa safurafu hitobito mina te wo wakachite, motome-tatematsuredomo shini mo ya shitamahikemu ye-mi-tsuke-tatematsurazu narinu. Miko ha mi tomo ni dani kakushi tamahamu tote toshi goro mihetamahazarikeru narikeri. Kore wo namu ‘tamazakaru’ to ha ihihazhimetaru.

MAKI V

HI-NEDZUMI NO KAHAGOROMO.

Udaijin Abe no Miushi[111] ha takara yutaka ni ihe hiroki hito ni zo[112] ohashikeru. Sono toshi watarikeru Morokoshi fune no Waukei to ifu mono no moto ni fumi wo kakite hi-nedzumi no kahagoromo to ifu naru mono kahite okoseyo tote tsukafu tatematsuru hito no naka ni kokoro tashikanaru wo yerabite Onono Fusamori to ifu hito wo tsukete tsukahasu.

Mote itarite kano ura[113] ni woru Waukei ni kogane[114] wo torasu. Waukei fumi wo hirogete mite kaheri-goto kaku, ‘Hi-nedzumi no kahagoromo waga kuni ni naki mono nari. Oto ni ha kikedomo imada minu mono nari. Yo ni aru mono naraba kono kuni ni mo mote maude kinamashi. Ita kataki akinahi nari. Shikaredomo moshi Tenjiku ni tamasaka ni mote watarinaba moshi chiyauzhiya no atari ni toburahi motomemu ni naki mono naraba tsukahi ni sohete kogane wo ba kaheshi tatematsuramu’ to iheri.

Kano Morokoshi fune kikeri. Onono Fusamori maude kite mau noboru to ifu koto wo kikite ayumi tou suru uma wo mochite hashirase mukahesasetamafu toki ni uma ni norite Tsukushi yori tada nanuka ni nobori[115] maude kitari.

Fumi wo mira ni ihaku--