Part 14

‘Hi-nedzumi no kahagoromo karauzhite hito wo idashite motomete tatematsuru. Ima no yo ni mo mukashi no yo ni mo[116] kono kaha ha tahayasuku naki mono narikeri. Mukashi kashikoki Tenjiku no hizhiri kono kuni ni mote watarite tsukamatsurikeri. Nishi no yama-dera ni ari to kiki-oyobite ohoyake ni maushite karaushite kahi-torite tatematsuru. Atahi no kane sukunashi to kokushi tsukahi ni maushikaba Waukei ga mono kuhahete kahitari. Ima kogane gozhiu riyau tamaharubeshi. Fune no kaheramu ni tsukete tabi-okure moshi kogane tamahanu mono naraba kahagoromo no shichi kaheshi tabe[117]’ to iheru koto wo mite,

‘Nani obosu ima kogane sukoshi no koto[118] ni koso anare[119]! [4]kanarazu okurubeki mono ni koso anare[120] ureshiku shite[121] okosetaru kana!’

tote, Morokoshi no kata ni mukahite fushi ogami-tamafu.

Kono kahagoromo iretaru hako wo mireba kusagusa no uruhashiki ruri wo irohete tsukureri. Kahagoromo wo mireba, konzhiyau no iro nari ke no suwe ni ha kogane no hikari kagayakitari ge ni takara to mihe uruhashiki koto narabubeki mono nashi. Hi ni yakenu koto yori mo keura naru koto narabu[122] nashi.

‘Ube Kaguya-hime no konomoshikari-tamafu ni koso arikere!’

To notamahite ‘ana kashiko’! tote, hako ni ire-tamahite mono no yeda ni tsukete mi mi no kesau ito itakushite yagate tomari namu mono zo to oboshite uta yomi kuhahete mochite imashitari.

Sono uta ha--

Kagiri naki omohi ni yakenu kahagoromo tamoto kawakite kefu koso ha mime!

to iheri.

Ihe no kado ni mote itarite tateri. Taketori ide kite tori-irete Kaguya-hime ni misu. Kaguya-hime kano kahagoromo wo mite ihaku--

‘Uruhashiki kaha nameri wakite makoto no kaha naramu to mo shirazu.’

Taketori kotahete ihaku--

‘Tomare kakumare[123] madzu shiyauzhi ire-tatematsuramu yo no naka ni mihenu kahagoromo no sama nareba kore wo makoto to omohi-tamahine hito na itaku wabi-sase-tatematsurase-tamahi so’ to ihite yobi-suwe-tatematsureri.

Kaku yobi-suwete kono tabi ha kanarazu ahamu to ouna no kokoro ni mo omohi wori. Kono Okina ha Kaguya-hime no yamome naru wo nagekashikereba yoki hito ni ahasemu to omohi hakaredomo sechi ni ina to ifu koto nareba yeshihinu ha kotowari nari.

Kaguya-hime Okina ni ihaku--

‘Kono kahagoromo ha hi ni yakamu ni yakezuba koso makoto naramu to omohite hito no ifu koto ni mo makenu yo ni naki mono nareba sore wo makoto to utagahi naku omohamu to notamahe naho kore wo yakite mimu’

to ifu.

Okina ‘sore sa mo iharetari’ to ihite otodo[124] ni kaku namu mausu to ifu.

Otodo kotahete ihaku--

‘Kono kaha ha Morokoshi ni mo nakarikeru[125] wo karanjite motome-tadzune yetaru nari nani no utagahi ka aramu sa ha mausu to mo haya yakite mi-tamabe’

to iheba, hi no naka ni uchi-kubete yakase-tamafu ni meramera to yakenu. Sareba koso kotomono no kaha narikeri to ifu.

Otodo kore wo mi-tamahite mi kaho ha kusa no ha no iro shite wi-tamaheri. Kaguya-hime ha ‘Ana ureshi!’ to yorokobite itari. Kano yomi-tamahikeru uta no kaheshi hako ni irete kahesu

Nagori naku moyu to shiriseba kahagoromo omohi no hoka ni okite namashi wo!

to zo arikeru. Sareba kaheri imashi ni keri.

Yo no hitobito ‘Abe no Otodo ha hinedzumi no kahagoromo wo mote imashite Kaguya-hime ni sumi-tamafu to na koko ni ya imasu’ nado tofu aru hito no ihaku, ‘Kahagoromo ha hi ni kubete yakitarishikaba meramera to yakenishikaba Kaguya-hime ahi-tamahazu’ to ihikereba kore wo kikite zo togenaki mono wo ba ‘abenashi’ to ha ihikeru.

MAKI VI

TATSU NO KUBI NO TAMA

Ohotomo no Miyuki no Dainagon ha waga ihe ni ari to aru hito wo meshi-atsumete, notamahaku--

‘Tatsu no kubi ni go shiki no hikari aru tama anari sore wo torite tatematsuramu hito ni ha negahamu koto wo kanahemu’

to notamafu.

Wonokodomo ohose no koto wo uketamaharite mausaku--

‘Ohose no koto ha ito mo tafutoshi tadashi kono tama tahayasuku yetorazhi wo ihamu ya! tatsu no kubi no tama ha ikaga toramu’ to maushi aheri.

Dainagon notamafu--

‘Kimi no tsukahi to ihamu mono ha inochi wo sutete mo ono ga kimi no ohose-goto wo ba kanahemu to koso omofubekere[126]! Kono kuni ni naki Temujiku Morokoshi no mono ni mo arazu kono kuni no umi yama yori tatsu ha ori noboru mono nari ikani omohite ka namuzhira kataki mono to mausubeki.’

Wonokodomo mausu yau--

‘Saraba ikaga ha semu kataki mono naritomo ohose-goto ni shitagahite motome ni makaramu’ to mausu.

Dainagon mi-warahite--Namuzhira kimi[127] no tsukahi to na wo nagashitsu kimi no ohose-goto wo ba ikaga ha somukubeki

to notamahite, tatsu no kubi no tama tori ni tote ideshi-tate-tamafu.

Kono hitobito no michi no kate kuhi mono ni tono no uchi no kinu wata zeni nado aru kagiri tori idete sohete tsukahasu. ‘Kono hitobito-domo[128] kaheru made imo-wi wo shite ware ha woramu kono tama toriyede ha ihe ni kaheri kuna’

to notamahasekeri[129].

Ono-ono ohose uketamaharite makari-idenu.

‘Tatsu no kubi no tama toriyezuba kaheri-kuna’ to notamaheba, idzuchi mo idzuchi mo ashi no mukitaramu kata he inamu[130] to su. Kakaru suki-goto wo shitamafu koto to soshiri aheri tamahasetaru[131] mono ha ono-ono waketsutsu tori aruhiha ono ga ihe ni komori-wi aruhiha ono ga yukamahoshiki tokoro he winu.

Oya kimi to mausu to mo kaku tsukinaki koto wo ohosetamafu koto to koto yukanu mono yuwe, Dainagon wo soshiri ahitari.

Kaguya-hime suwemu ni ha rei no yau ni ha mi-nikushi to notamahite uruhashiki ya wo tsukuritamahite urushi wo nuri makiwe wo shi iroheshi tamahite ya no uhe ni ha ito wo somete iroiro ni fukasete uchi-uchi no shitsurahi ni ha ifubeku mo aranu aya orimono ni we wo kakite ma-goto[132] ni haritari.

Moto no medomo ha mina[2] ohi-harahite[133] Kaguya-hime wo kanarazu ahamu maukeshite hitori akashite kurashite tamafu.

Tsukahashishi hito ha yoru hiru machi-tamafu ni toshi koyuru made oto mo sezu kokoromoto nagarite ito shinobite tada toneri futari meshi-tsugi to shite yatsuretamahite Naniha ni ohashimashite tohi-tamafu koto ha--

‘Dainagon no hito ya fune ni norite tatsu koroshite so ga kubi no tama toreru to ya kiku’

to tohasuru ni funabito kotahete ihaku ‘Ayashiki koto kana’

to warahite,

‘saru waza suru fune mo nashi’--to kotafuru ni ‘wojinaki koto suru funabito ni mo aru kana! Yeshirade kaku ifu to ohoshite waga yumi no chikara ha tatsu araba futo i-koroshite kubi no tama ha toritemu osoku kuru yatsubara wo matazhi’

to notamahite, fune ni norite umi goto ni ariki-tamafu ni ito tohokute Tsukushi no kata no umi ni kogi ide-tamahinu.

Ikaga shikemu hayaki kaze fukite[134] sekai kuragarite fune wo fuki mote ariku. Idzure no kata to mo shirazu fune wo umi naka ni makari-idenubeku[135] fuki mahashite nami ha fune ni uchi-kaketsutsu maki-ire[136] kami ha ochi-kakaru yau ni hirameki kakaru ni Dainagon ha madohite ‘mada kakaru wabishikime ha mizu ika naramu to suru zo’--to notamafu.

Kajitori kotahete mausu--

‘Kokora fune ni norite, makari-ariku ni mada kaku wabishikime wo mizu. Mi fune umi no soko ni irazuba kami ochikakarinubeshi moshi saihahi ni[137] kami no tasuke araba nankai ni fukare-ohashinubeshi utate aru nushi no mi moto ni tsukahematsurite suzuro[138] naru shini wo subekameru’ tote kajitori naku.

Dainagon kore wo kikite notamahaku--‘Fune ni norite ha kajitori no mausu koto wo koso takaki yama to mo tanome nado kaku tanomoshige-naki koto wo mausu zo’--to awohedo wo tsukite notamafu.

Kajitori kotahete mausu--‘Kami naraneba nani waza wo ka tsukaumatsuramu kaze fuki nami hageshikeredomo kami sahe itadaki ni ochikakaru yau naru ha tatsu wo korosamu to motometamahi. Safuraheba kaku annari[139] hayate mo tatsu no fukaseru nari haya kami ni inori-tamahe’

to iheba,

‘Yoki koto nari’--tote--‘kajitori no mikami kikoshimese wojinaku[140] kokoro wosanaku tatsu wo korosamu to omohikeri ima yori nochi ha ke no suwe hito[5] suji[141] wo dani ugokashi-tatematsurazhi’ to yogoto[142] wo hanachite tachi-wi naku-naku yobahi-tamafu koto chi tabi bakari maushi-tamafu. Ge ni ya aramu! yauyau kaminari yaminu sukoshi akarite kaze ha naho hayaku fuku.

Kajitori no ihaku[143]--‘Kore ha tatsu no shiwaza ni koso arikere kono fuku kaze ha yoki kata no kaze nari ashiki kata no kaze ni ha arazu yoki kata ni omomukite fuku nari’ to ihedomo Dainagon ha kore wo kiki-ire-tamahazu.

Mi ka yo ka fukite fuki-kaheshi yosetari. Hama wo mireba Harima no Akashi no hama narikeri. Dainagon nankai no hama ni fuki-yoseraretaru ni ya aramu to omohite iki-tsuki fushi-tamaheri. Fune ni aru wonoko-domo kuni ni tsugetareba kuni no tsukasa maude-toburafu ni mo ye-oki-agari-tamahade funa-zoko ni fushi-tamaheri.

Matsu hara ni mushiro shikite oroshi-tatematsuru. Sono toki ni zo nankai ni arazarikeri to omohite karauzhite oki-agari-tamaheru wo mireba kaze ito omoki hito nite hara ito fukure konata kanata no me ni ha sumomo wo futatsu tsuketaru yau naru. Kore wo mitatematsurite, kuni no tsukasa mo-hoho-yemitaru.

Kuni ni ohose-tamahite tagoshi tsukurase-tamahite niyofu-niyofu ni naharete ihe ni ire-tamahinuru wo ikadeka kikemu tsukahashishi wono-ko-domo mawirite mausu yau,--‘Tatsu no kubi no tama woye-torazarishikaba namu tono he mo ye-mawirazarishi tama no tori-katakarishi koto wo shiri-tamahereba namu kamudau arazhi tote mawiritsuru’ to mausu.

Dainagon oki-idete notamahaku--

‘Namuzhira yoku mote kozu narinu tatsu ha naru kami no ruwi[144] nite koso arikere sore ga tama wo torase-tote sokora[145] no hitobito no gai serare namu to shikeri mashite tatsu wo torahetaramashikaba mata koto mo naku ware ha gai serarenamashi, yoku torahezu nari nikeri. Kaguya-hime tefu oho nusubito no yatsu ga hito wo korosamu to suru narikeri ihe no atari dani ima ha tohorazhi wonoko-domo na ariki so’

tote, ihe ni sukoshi nokoritarikeru monodomo ha tatsu no tama toranu monodomo ni tabitsu.

Kore wo kikite hanare-tamahishi moto no uhe ha hara wo kirite[146] warahi-tamafu ito wo fukasete tsukurishi ya ha tobi karasu no su ni mina kubi mote inikeri.

Sekai no hito no ihikeru ha ‘Ohotomo no Dainagon ha tatsu no kubi no tama ya torite ohashitaru’; ‘ina! sa mo arazu mi manako futatsu ni sumomo no yau naru tama wo zo sohete i-mashitaru’ to ihikereba, ‘Ana tahegata’ to ihikeru yori zo yo ni ahanu koto wa ba--Ana tahegata! to ha ihi-hazhimekeru.

MAKI VII

TSUBAKURAME NO KOYASUGAHI

Chiunagon Isonokami no Marotada[147] ha ihe ni tsukaharuru[148] wonoko-domo moto ni ‘Tsubakurame no su kuhitaraba tsugeyo’ to notamafu wo uketamaharite, ‘Nani no reu[149] ni ka aramu’ to mausu kotahete notamafu yau ‘tsubakurame no motaru koyasugahi toramu reu nari’ to notamafu.

Wonoko-domo kotahete mausu ‘Tsubakurame wo amata koroshite miru ni dani mo hara ni nakimono nari. Tadashi ko umu toki namu ikadeka idasuran hara-hara to mausu[150] hito dani mireba usenu’ to mausu.

Mata hito no mausu yau ‘Ohowidzukasa no ihi kashiku ya no mune no tsuku[151] no ana goto ni tsubakurame ha su kuhihaberi sore ni mame naramu wonoko-domo wo wite makarite agura wo yuhite agete ukagahasemu ni sokora no tsubakurame ko umazaramu ya ha? sate! koso torashime tamahame’--to mausu.

Chiunagon yorokobi-tamahite ‘Wokashiki koto ni mo aru kana? mottomo yeshirazarikeri kiyou aru koto maushitari’ to notamahite mame naru wonoko-domo nizhifu nin bakari tsukahashite ananahi ni age-suweraretari.

Tono yori tsukahi hima naku tamahasete koyasugahi toritaru ka--to tohase-tamafu. Tsubakurame mo hito no amata nobori-witaru ni ojite su ni nobori kozu.

Kakaru yoshi no mi kaheri-goto wo maushikereba kikitamahite ikaga subeki to oboshimeshi wadzurafu ni kano tsukasa no kwan-nin Kuratsu Maro to mausu okina mausu yau ‘Koyasu-gahi toramu to oboshimesaba tabakari mausamu’ tote, ommahe ni mawiritareba Chiunagon hitahi wo ahasete mukahi-tamaheri.

Kuratsu Maro ga mausu yau ‘Kono tsukubakurame no koyasu-gahi ha ashiku tabakarite torase tamafu nari. Sate ha, yetorase-tamahazhi ananahi ni odoro-odoroshiku mizhifu nin no hito no noborite habereba arete[152] yori-maude kozu namu. Sesase-tamafubeki yau ha kono ananahi wo kobochite hito mina shirizokite mame naramu hito hitori[153] wo arako ni nose-suwete tsuna wo kamahete tori no ko umamu ahida[154] ni tsuna wo tsuri[155]-age-sasete futo koyasu-gahi wo torase-tamahamu[156] namu yokarubeki’ to mausu.

Chiunagon notamafu yau ‘Ito yoki koto nari’, tote, ananahi wo kobochite hito mina kaheri-maude kinu.

Chiunagon Kuratsu Maro ni notamahaku--‘Tsubakurame ha ika naru toki ni ka ko wo umu to shirite, hito wo ba agurubeki’ to notamafu[157].

Kuratsu Maro mausu yau ‘Tsubakurame ha ko umamu to suru toki ha wo wo sasagete[158] nana tabi megurite namu umi-otosumeru sate nana tabi meguramu wori hiki-agete sono wori koyasu-gahi ha torase-tamahe’ to mausu yau. Chiunagon yorokobi-tamahite yorodzu no hito ni mo shirase-tamahade misoka ni tsukasa ni imashite wonoko-domo no naka ni mazhirite[159] yoru wo hiru ni nashite torashime-tamafu.

Kuratsu Maro kaku mausu wo ito itaku yorokobi-tamahite notamafu--‘Koko ni tsukaharuru hito ni mo naki ni negahi wo kanafuru koto no ureshisa’ to ihite mi[160] zo nugite kadzuke-tamahitsu--‘sara ni yosari[161] kono[162] tsukasa[163] ni maude-ko’--to notamahite tsukahashitsu.

Hi kurenureba kano tsukasa ni ohashite mi-tamafu ni makoto ni tsubakurame su tsukureri. Kuratsu Maro ga mausu yau ni wo wo sasagete meguru ni arako ni hito wo nosete[164] tsuri-agesasete tsubakurame no su ni te wo sashi-ire sasete[165] saguru ni ‘mono mo nashi’--to mausu ni Chiunagon ‘ashiku sagureba naki nari’--to haradachite ‘tare bakari oboyemu ni tote ware noborite saguramu’--to notamahite ko ni norite tsurare-noborite ukagahi-tamaheru ni tsubakurame wo wo sasagete itaku meguru ni ahasete te wo sasagete saguri-tamafu ni te ni hirameru[166] mono saharu toki ni ‘Ware mono nigiritari--ima ha oroshite yo okina shiyetari’ to notamahite atsumarite tote orosamu tote tsuna wo hiki sugushite tsuna tayuru Sunahachi[167] Yashima no kanahe no uhe ni nokesama ni ochitamaheri.

Hitobito asamashigarite yorite kakahe-tatematsureri mi me ha shirame nite fushi-tamaheri. Hitobito mi kuchi ni[168] midzu wo sukuhi ire-tatematsuru karauzhite iki-ide-tamaheru ni mata kanahe no uhe yori te tori ashitori shite sage-oroshi-tatematsuru. Karauzhite ‘mi kokochi ha ikaga obosaruru’ to toheba iki no shita nite mono ha sukoshi oboyuredo koshi namu ugokarenu. Saredo koyasu-gahi wo futo nigiri-mo-tareba ureshiku oboyuru nari.

‘Madzu shisokusashite ko kono gahi kaho mimu’ to mi kushi motagete mi te wo hiroge-tamaheru ni tsubakurame no mari-okeru furu kuso wo nigori-tamaheru narikeri.

Sore wo mi-tamahite ‘Ana! kahina no waza ya!’ to notamahikeru yori zo omofu ni tagafu koto wo ba ‘kahinashi’ to ha ihikeru.

Kahi ni mo aradzu to mi-tamahikeru ni mi kokochi mo tagahite karabitsu no futa ni[169] irase[170] tamafubeku mo aradzu. Mi koshi ha ore ni keri. Chiunagon ha ihaketaru waza shite yamu koto wo hito ni kikasezhi to shitamahikeredo, sore wo yamahi nite ito yowaku nari-tamahi-nikeri. Kahi wo yetorazu nari nikeru yori mo hito no kiki-warahamu koto wo hi ni sohete omohi-tamahikereba tada ni yami-shinuru yori mo hitogiki hadzukashiku oboye-tamafu narikeri[171].

Kore wo Kaguyahime kikite tofurahi ni tsukahashikeru uta--

Toshi wo hete nami tachi-yoranu Sumiyoshi no matsu kahi nashi kiku ha makoto ka?

to aru wo yonde kikasu.

Ito yowaki kokochi ni kashira wo motagete hito ni kami wo motasete kurushiki kokochi ni karauzhite kaki-tamafu--

Kahi ha kaku arikeru mono wo wabi hatete shinuru inochi wo sukuhi ya ha senu!

to kaki-hatsuru to tahe-iritamahinu.

Kore wo kikite Kaguhahime sukoshi ahare to oboshikeri. Sore yori namu sukoshi ureshiki koto wo ba kahi ari! to ha ihikeru.

MAKI VIII

MIKARI NO MIYUKI.

Sate Kaguyahime katachi yo ni mizu medetaki koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite naishi Nakatomi no Fusako ni notamafu--

‘Ohoku no hito no mi wo itadzura ni nashite ahazanaru Kaguyahime ha ika bakari no wouna zo to makarite mite mawire’ to notamafu.

Fusako uke-tamaharite makareri. Taketori no Okina no ihe ni kashikomarite shiyauzhi[172] irete aheri. Wouna ni naishi notamafu--

‘Ohose-goto ni Kaguyahime no katachi iu ni ohasu to nari yoku-mite mawirubeki yoshi notamahasetsuru ni namu mawiritsuru’ to iheba, ‘kaku to maushi haberamu’ to ihite, irinu.

Kaguyahime ni ‘Haya kano ohon tsukahi ni taimen shi-tamahe’ to iheba, Kaguyahime ‘yoki katachi ni mo arazu ikadeka miyubeki’ to iheba ‘utate mo notamafu kana! Mikado no ohon tsukahi wo ba ikadeka oroka ni semu?’ to iheba, Kaguyahime kotafuru yau ‘Mikado no meshite notamahamu koto kashikoshi to mo omohazu’ to ihite, sara ni miyubeki mo arazu. Umeru ko no yau ni ha aredo ito kokoro-hazukashige ni orosoka-naru yau ni ihikereba kokoro no mama ni mo yesemezu.

Wouna naishi no moto ni kaheri-idete ‘kuchioshiku kono osanaki mono ha kohaku haberu mono nite taimen sumazhiki’ to mausu. Naishi ‘kanarazu mi-tatematsurite mawire to ohose-goto aritsuru mono mitatematsurade ha ikadeka kaheri-mawiramu--kokuwô no ohose-goto wo masa ni yo ni sumi-tamahamu hito no uketamahari-tamahade ha arinamu ya! iharenu koto na shi-tamahi so’ to kotoba hajishiku ihikereba, kore wo kikite mashite Kaguyahime kikubeku mo arazu ‘Koku-wô no ohose-goto wo somukaba haya koroshi-tamahite yokashi’.

Kono naishi kaheri-mawirite kono yoshi wo sousu. Mikado kikoshimeshite ‘ohoku no hito wo koroshite-keru[173] kokoro zo kashi’ to notamahite, yami nikeredo naho oboshimeshi[2] ohashimashite[174] kono wouna no tabakari ni ya makemu to oboshimeshite Taketori no Okina wo meshite ohose-tamafu ‘Nanzhi ga mochite haberu Kaguyahime tatematsure kaho katachi yoshi to kikoshimeshite mi tsukahi wo tabishikado kahinaku mihezu nari nikeri. Kaku taidaishiku ya ha narahasubeki’ to ohoseraru.

Okina kashikomarite ohon kaheshi-goto[175] mausu yau ‘kono me ha waraha ha tahete miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurubeku mo arazu haberu wo mote wadzurahi-haberi saritomo makarite ohosetamahamu[176]’ to sousu.

Kore wo kikoshimeshite ohosetamafu yau ‘Nado ka Okina no te ni ohoshitatetaramu mono wo kokoro ni makasezaramu kono wouna moshi tatematsuritaru mono naraba Okina ni kaufuru wo nado ka tabasezaramu[177]’.

Okina yorokobite ihe ni kaherite Kaguyabime ni katarafu yau ‘kaku namu Mikado no ohose-tamaheru naho ya ha tsukaumatsuri-tamahane’ to iheba, Kaguyahime kotahete ihaku ‘mohara sayau miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurazhi to omofu wo shihite tsukaumatsurase-tamahaba kiye-usenamu zo mi tsukasa kaufuri tsukaumatsurite shinu bakari nari’.

Okina irafuru yau ‘Na shi-tamahi so tsukasa[178] kaufuri mo waga ko wo mi-tatematsurade ha nani ni ka ha semu sa ha aritomo nado ka miyudzukahe shitamahazaramu shini-tamafu-beki[179] yau ya ha arubeki’ to ifu.

‘Naho soragoto ka to tsukaumatsurasete shinazu ya aru to mi-tamahe amata no hito no kokorozashi oroka narazarishi wo munashiku nashite shi koso are kinofu kefu Mikado no notamahamu koto ni tsukamu hitogiki yasashi’ to iheba, Okina kotahete ihaku--

‘Ame no shita no koto to aritomo kakaritomo on inochi no ayafusa koso ohoki naru sahari nare naho tsukaumatsurumazhiki koto wo mawirite mausamu’ tote, mawirite mausu yau--

‘Ohose no[180] koto kashikosa ni kano waraha wo mawirasemu tote tsukaumatsureba miyadzukahe ni idashitatenaba shinubeshi to mausu. Miyatsuko Maro ga te ni umasetaru ko nite mo[181] arazu mukashi yama nite mi-tsuketaru kakareba kokoro-base mo yo no hito ni nizu zo haberu’ to sousesasu.

Mikado ohose-tamahaku--

‘Miyatsuko Maro ga ihe yama moto chikakanari[182]. Mikari no miyuki shi-tamahamu yau nite mitemu ya’ to notamahasu. Miyatsuko Maro ga mausu yau ‘ito yoki koto nari. Nanika kokoro mo nakute haberamu ni futo miyuki shite goranzerarenamu’ to sousureba, Mikado nihaka ni hi wo sadamete mikari ni idetamahite Kaguyahime no ihe ni iri-tamahite mi-tamafu ni hikari michite keura nite witari hito ari ‘Kore naramu!’ to oboshite, chikaku yorase tamafu ni[183] nigete iru. Sode wo torahe-tamaheba omote wo futagite safurahedo hazhime yoku goranzhi tsureba taguhi naku medetaku oboyesase-tamahite yurusazhi to su tote wite-ohashimasamu to suru ni Kaguyahime kotahete sousu ‘Ono ga mi ha, kono kuni ni umarete haberaba koso tsukai-tamahame ito wite-ohashigataku ya haberamu’ to sousu.

Mikado nado ka sa aramu naho ite-ohashimasemu tote ohon koshi wo yose-tamafu ni kono Kaguyahime kito kage ni narinu. Hakanaku kuchiwoshi to oboshite ge ni tada-bito ni ha arazarikeri to oboshite--

‘Saraba on moto[184] ni ha wite-ikazhi moto no on katachi to nari-tamahine sore wo mite dani kaheri-namu’ to ohoserarureba Kaguyahime moto no katachi narinu.

Mikado naho medetaku oboshimesaruru koto seki-tome-gatashi kaku misetsuru Miyatsuko Maro wo yorokobi-tamafu. Sate tsukaumatsuru hiyakukuwan no hitobito ni aruzhi ikameshiu tsukaumatsuru.

Mikado Kaguya-hime wo todomete kaheri-tamahamu koto wo akazu kuchiwoshiku oboshikeredo tamashihi wo todometaru kokochi shite namu kaherase-tamahikeru ohomi koshi ni tatematsurite nochi ni Kaguyahime ni--

Kaherusa no miyuki mono uku omohoyete somukite tomaru Kaguyahime yuwe!

on kabeshi-goto--

Mugura hafu shita ni mo toshi ha henuru mi no nanika ha tama no utena wo no mimu!

Kore wo Mikado goranjite itodo kaheri-tamahamu sora mo naku obosaru mi kokoro ha sara ni tachi-kaherubeku mo obosarezarikeredo saritote yo wo akashi-tamafubeki ni mo araneba kaherase-tamahinu.

Tsune ni tsukaumatsuru hito wo mi-tamafu ni Kaguyahime no kataharani yorubeku dani arazarikeri. Koto hito yori ha keura nari to oboshikeru no kare ni oboshi-ahasureba[185] hito ni mo arazu Kaguyahime nomi ohon kokoro ni kakarite tada hitori sugushitamafu yoshi nakute on katagata ni mo watari-tamahazu.

Kaguyahime no on moto ni zo ohon fumi wo kakite kayohasase-tamafu on kaheshi-goto sasuga ni nikukarazu kikohe-kahashi-tamahite omoshiroki ki kusa ni tsukete mo on uta wo yomite tsukahasu.

MAKI IX

AMA NO HAGOROMO.

Kayau nite ohon kokoro wo tagahi ni nagusametamafu hodo ni mi-tose bakari arite haru no hazhime yori Kaguyahime tsuki no omoshirou idetaru[186] wo mite tsune yori mo mono-omohitaru sama nari. Aru[187] hito no tsuki no kaho miru ha imu koto sei[188] shikeredomo tomo[189] sureba hito ma[190] ni ha tsuki wo mite imizhiku naki-tamafu.

Futsuki no mochi no tsuki ni ide-wite sechi[191] ni mono-omoheru keshiki ari.

Chikaku tsukaharuru hito-bito Taketori no Okina ni tsugete ihaku--

‘Kaguyahime rei[192] mo tsuki wo aharegari tamahikeredomo[193] kono goro to narite ha tada koto ni mo haberazameri imizhiku oboshi-nageku koto arubeshi yoku yoku mi-tatematsurase[194]-tamahe’ to ifu wo kikite Kaguyahime ni ifu yau ‘Nadefu[195] kokochi sureba kaku mono wo omohi taru sama nite tsuki wo mi-tamafu zo umashiki yo ni’ to ifu.

Kaguyahime ‘tsuki wo[196] mireba yo no naka kokorobosoku ahare ni haberi nadefu mono wo ka nageki haberubeki’ to ifu.

Kaguyahime no aru tokoro ni itarite mireba naho mono-omoheru keshiki nari. Kore wo mite--

‘Aga hotoke! nanigoto wo omohi-tamafu zo obosuramu koto nanigoto zo’ to iheba,

‘Omofu koto mo nashi mono namu kokorobosoku oboyuru’ to iheba,

Okina ‘Tsuki na mi-tamahi so kore wo mi-tamaheba mono-obosu keshiki ha aru zo’ to iheba,

‘Ikade tsuki wo mizute ha aramu’ tote, naho tsuki idzureba ide-wi-tsutsu nageki-omoheri. Yufu-yami ni ha mono-omohanu keshiki nari. Tsuki no hodo ni narinareba naho toki-doki ha uchi-nageki-naki nado su. Kore wo tsukafu mono-domo naho mono-obosu koto arubeshi to sasayakedo oya wo hazhimete nani-goto to mo shirazu.

Hatsuki no mochi bakari no tsuki ni ide-wite, Kaguyahime ito itaku naki-tamafu hito me mo ima ha tsutsumi-tamahazu naki-tamafu. Kore wo mite oya-domo mo nanigoto zo to tohi-sawagu.

Kaguyahime naku-naku ifu ‘saki-zaki mo mausamu omohishikadomo kanarazu kokoro madohashi tamahamu mono zo to omohite ima made sugushi-haberi-tsuru nari. Sa nomi ya ha tote uchi-ide-haberinuru zo ono ga mi ha kono kuni no hito ni mo arazu tsuki no miyako no hito nari. Sore wo mukashi no chigiri arikeru ni yorite namu kono sekai ni ha maudekitarikeru ima ha kaherubeki ni nari nikereba kono tsuki no mochi ni kano moto no kuni yori mukahe ni hitobito maude komu zu sarazu makarinubekereba oboshi nagekamu ga kanashiki koto wo kono haru yori omohi-nageki-haberu nari’ to ihite, imizhiu naku.

Okina ‘koha nadefu koto wo notamafu zo. Take no naka yori mi-tsuke-kikohetarishikado[197] na tane no ohokisa ohaseshi wo waga tachi-dake narabu made yashinahi-tatematsuritaru waga ko wo nani-bito ka mukahe-kikohemu masa ni yurusamu ya’ to ihite, ‘ware koso shiname’ tote, naki-nonoshiru koto tahegatage nari.

Kaguyahime no ihaku ‘Tsuki no miyako no hito nite chichi haha ari kata toki no ma tote kano kuni yori maude-koshikadomo kaku kono kuni ni ha amata no toshi wo henuru ni namu arikeru. Kano kuni no chichi haha no koto mo obohezu koko ni ha kaku hisashiku asobi-kikohete narahi-tatematsureri imizhikaramu kokochi mo sezu kanashiku nomi namu aru. Saredo ono ga kokoro narazu makarinamu to suru’ to ihite, morotomo ni imizhiu naku. Tsukaharuru hito-bito mo toshi-goro narahite tachi-wakarenamu koto wo[198] kokorobahe nado ateyaka ni utsukushikaritsuru koto wo mi-narahite kohishikamu koto no tahegataku yumizu mo nomasezu onazhi kokoro ni nagekashigarikeri.

Kono koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite Taketori ga ihe ni ohon tsukahi tsukahasase-tamafu. Mi tsukahi ni Taketori ide-ahite naku koto kagiri nashi. Kono koto wo nageku ni hige mo shiroku koshi mo kagamari me mo tadare nikeri. Okina kotoshi ha isozhi bakari narikeredomo mono-omohi ni ha kata-toki ni namu oi ni nari nikeri to miyu.

Mi tsukahi ohose-goto tote Okina ni ihaku ‘Ito kokoro-gurushiku mono-omofu naru ha makoto ni ka’ to ohose-tamafu.

Taketori naku-naku mausu--

‘Kono mochi-hi namu tsuki no miyako yori Kaguyahime no mukahe ni maude-ku naru. Tafutoku tohasetamafu[199] kono mochi ni ha hito-bito tamaharite tsuki no miyako no hito maude-koba torahesasemu’ to mausu.

Mi tsukahi kaheri-mawirite Okina no arisama maushite soushitsuru. Koto-domo mausu wo kikoshimeshite notamafu ‘Hito me[200] mi-tamahishi mi kokoro ni dani wasuretamahanu ni ake kure mi-naretaru Kaguyahime wo yarite ha ikaga omofubeki!’

Kano mochi no hi tsukasa-dzukasa ni ohosete chiyokushi ni ha[201] tou no chiu [seu] shiyou Takano no Ohokuni to ifu hito wo sashite roku we no tsukasa ahasete ni sen nin no hito wo Taketori ga ihe ni tsukahasu.