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.
Ihe ni makarite tsuihiji[202] no uhe ni sen nin ya no uhe ni sen nin
ihe no hitobito ito ohokarikeru ni awasete akeru hima mo naku mamorasu.
Kono mamoru hitobito mo yumi-ya wo tai shite wori moya no uchi ni
ha wouna domo wo ban ni suwete mamorasu. Wouna nuri-gome no uchi ni
Kaguyahime wo idakahete wori Okina mo nuri-gome no to wo sashite
to-guchi ni wori.
Okina no ihaku--
‘Kabakari mamoru tokoro ni ame no hito ni mo makemu ya!’
to ihite, ya no uhe ni woru hitobito ni ihaku--
‘Tsuyu mo mono sora ni kudaraba futo i-koroshite tamahe’
Mamoru hitobito no ihaku--
‘Kabakari shite mamoru tokoro ni kahahori hitotsu dani araba madzu
i-koroshite to[203] ni sarasamu to omohihaberu’--to ifu.
Okina kore wo kikite tanomoshigari wori. Kore wo kikite Kaguyahime ha
‘Sashi-komete mamori tatakafubeki shitakumi wo shitari to mo ano kuni
no hito wo ye-tatakahanu nari. Yumi-ya shite irasezhi kaku sashi-komete
aritomo kano kuni no hito koba mina akinan to su ai-tatakahamu to su to
mo kano kuni no hito kinaba takeki kokoro tsukafu hito yo mo arazhi’.
Okina no ifu yau--
‘On mukahe ni komu hito wo ba nagaki tsume shite manako wo tsukami
tsutsusamu saga[204] kami wo torite kanaguri otosan saga shiri wo
kaki-idete kokora no ohoyake hito ni misete haji misen’ to haradachi
wori.
Kaguyahime ihaku--
‘Kowadaka ni na notamahi so ya no uhe ni woru hitodomo no kiku ni
ito masa-nashi. Imazukaritsuru kokorozashidomo[205] wo omohi mo
shirade makarinamuzuru koto no kuchioshiu habekeru nagaki chigiri no
nakarikereba hodonaku makarinubeki nameri to omofu ga kanashiku haberu
nari. Oya-tachi no kaheri-miwo isasaka dani tsukaumatsurade makaramu
michi mo yasuku mo arumazhiki ni tsuki-goro[206] mo ide-wite kotoshi
bakari no itoma wo maushitsuredo sara ni yurusarenu ni yorite namu
kaku omohi-nageki-haberu on kokoro wo nomi madohashite sarinamu koto
no kanashiku tahegataku haberu nari. Kano miyako no hito ha ito keura
nite oi mo sezu namu omofu koto mo naku haberu nari. Saru tokoro he
makaramuzuru mo[207] imizhiku mo haberazu oi-otorohe-tamaheru sama wo
mi-tatematsurazaramu koso kohishikarami’ to ihite naku.
Okina mune itaki ‘koto na shi-tamahi so, uruhashiki sugata shitaru
tsukahi ni mo saharazhi’ to netami wori.
Kakaru hodo ni yohi uchisugite ne no toki bakari ni ihe no atari hiru
no akasa ni mo sugite hikaritari mochidzuki no akasa wo towo ahasetaru
bakari nite aru hito no ke no ana sahe miyuru hodonari.
Ohosora yori hito kumo ni norite ori-kite tsuchi yori go shaku bakari
agaritaru hodo ni tachi-tsuranetari.
Kore wo mite uchi-to[208] naru hito no kokoro-domo mono ni osoharuru
yau nite ahi-tatahamu kokoro mo nakarikeri karauzhite omohi-okoshite
yumi-ya toritatemu to suredomo te ni chikara mo nakunarite
nahekagamaritaru naka ni kokoro-sakashiki mono nemuzhite imu to
suredomo hoka-zama he ikikereba are mo tatakahade kokochi tada shire ni
shirete mamori-aheri.
Tateru hito-domo ha sauzoku no kiyora naru koto mono ni mo nizu tobu
kuruma hitotsu gushitari rakai sashitari sono naka ni wau to oboshiki
hito ihe ni ‘Miyatsuko Maro maude-ko’ to ifu ni takeku omohitsuru
Miyatsuko Maro mo mono ni wehitaru kokochi shite utsubushi fuseri.
Iwaku--
‘Nanzhi wosanaki hito isasaka-naru kudoku wo Okina tsukurikeru ni
yorite namuzhi go tasuke ni tote kata-toki no hodo nite kudashishi wo
sokora no toshigoro sokora no kogane tamahite mi wo kahetaru ga gotoku
nari nitari. Kaguyahime ha tsumi wo tsukuritamaherikereba kaku iyashiki
onore ga moto ni shibashi ohoshitsuru nari tsumino kagiri hatenureba
kaku mukafuru wo Okina ha naki-nageku atahanu koto nari haya kaheshi
tatematsure!’ to ifu.
Okina kotahete mausu--
‘Kaguyahime wo yashinahi-tatematsuru koto hata tose amari ni narinu
kata-toki to notamafu ni ayashiku nari-haberinu. Mata koto tokoro ni
Kaguyahime to mausu hito zo ohashimasuramu to ifu koko ni ohasuru
Kaguyahime ha omohi yamahi wo shi-tamaheba ye-ide-ohashi-masumazhi’
to mauseba, sono kaheri-goto ha nakute ya no uhe ni tobu kuruma wo
yosete,
‘Iza Kaguyahime kitanaki tokoro ni ikade hisashiku ohasemu’ to ifu.
Tatekometaru tokoro no to sunahachi tada aki ni akinu kaushidomo mo
hito ha nakushite akinu wouna idakite witaru Kaguyahime to ni idenu
ye-todomu-mazhikereba tada sashi-afugite naki-wori.
Taketori kokoro madohite naki-fuseru tokoro ni yorite Kaguyahime
‘koko ni mo kokoro ni mo arade kaku makaru ni noboramu wo dani
mi-okuri-tamahe’
to ihedomo,
‘Nani shi ni kanashiki ni mi-okuri-tatematsuramu ware wo ba ika ni seyo
tote sutete ha nobori-tamafu zo gushite wite ohasene’
to nakite fusereba, ‘on kokoro madohinu’[209] fumi wo kaki-okite
‘makaramu kohishikaramu wori-wori tori-idete mi-tamahe’ tote,
uchi-nakite kaku koto ha--
‘Kono kuni ni umarenuru to naraba nagekase-tatematsuranu hodo made
haberubeki wo haberade[210] sugi wakarenuru koto kahesugahesu ho-i-naku
koto oboye-habere nugi-oku kinu katami to mi-tamahe tsuki no idetaramu
yo ha mi-okose-tamahe mi-sute-tatematsurite makaru sora yori ochinubeki
kokochi su--’ to kaki-oku.
Amabito no naka ni motasetaru hako ari. Ama no ha-goromo ireri. Mata
aru ha fushi no kusuri ireri. Hitoro no amabito ifu--
‘Tsubo naru mi kusuri tatematsure kitanaki tokoro no mono
kikoshimeshitareba on kokochi ashikaramu mono zo’--tote,
mote-yoritareba isasaka nametamahite sukoshi katami tote nugi-oku kinu
ni tsutsumamu to sureba aru amabito ‘tsutsumasezu’ on zo wo tori-idete
kisen to su. Sono toki ni Kaguyahime ‘shibashi mate’ to ihite[211]
‘kinu kitsuru[212] hito ha kokoro koto[213] ni naru nari’ to ifu[214]
‘mono no hito-goto koto ihi-okubeki koto ari’ to ihite, fumi kaku.
Amabito ‘ososhi to kokoro-moto nagari-tamafu’ Kaguyahime ‘mono shiranu
koto na shi-tamahi so’ tote, imizhiku shidzuka ni ohoyake ni on fumi
tatematsuritamafu awatenu sama nari.
‘Kaku amata no hito wo tamahite, todome-sase-tamahedo yurusanu.
Mukahe maude kite tori-wite makarinureba kuchiwoshiku kanashiki
koto miyadzukahe tsukaumatsurazu narinuru mo kaku wadzurahashiki
mi nite habereba kokoroyezu oboshimeshi tsuramedomo kokoro tsuyoku
uketamaharazu nari nishi koto namege-naru mono ni oboshimeshi
todomerarenuru namu kokoro ni tomari-haberinuru’ tote,
Ima ha tote
Ama no hagoromo
kiru wori zo,
kimi wo ahare to
omohi-idenuru!
tote, tsubo no kusuri sohete tou no chiushiyau wo yobi-yosete
tatematsurasu.
Chiushiyau ni amabito torite tsutafu. Chiushiyau toritsureba futo ama
no hagoromo uchi-kise-tatematsuritsureba Okina wo itohoshi kanashi to
oboshi-tsuru koto mo usenu kono kinu kitsuru hito ha mono-omohi mo
nakunari nikereba kuruma ni norite hiyaku nin bakari amabito gushite
noborinu.
Sono nochi Okina wouna chi no namida wo nagashite madohedo kahi nashi.
Ano kaki-okishi fumi wo yomite kikasekeredo nani sen ni ka inochi mo
oshikaramu taga tame ni ka nanigoto mo yau mo nashi tote kusuri mo
kuhazu yagate oki mo agarazu yami fuseri.
Chiushiyau hitobito wo hiki-gushite kaheri-mawirite Kaguyahime wo
ye-tatakahi-tomezu narinuru koto wo komagoma to sousu.
Kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi sohete mawirasu. Hirogete goranzhite ito
itaku aharegarase-tamahite mono mo kikoshimesezu mi asobi nado mo
nakarikeri.
Daizhin kandachibe wo meshite ‘idzure no yama ka ame ni chikaki’ to
tohase-tamafu ni aru hito sousu--
‘Suruga no kuni ni aru yama namu kono Miyako mo chikaku ame no chikaku
haberu--’
to sousu.
Kore wo kikase-tamahite--
Afu koto mo
namida ni ukabu
wagami ni ha
shinanu kusuri mo
nani ni ka ha semu!
Kano tatematsuru shinanu no kusuri no tsubo ni mi fumi gushita mi
tsukahi ni tamahasu. Chiyokushi ni ha Tsuki no Iwagasa to ifu hito wo
meshite ‘Suruga no kuni ni anaru yama no itadaki ni mote yukubeki’
yoshi ohose-tamafu.
Mine nite subeki yau woshihesasetamafu ‘mi fumi fushi no kusuri no
tsubo narabete hi wo tsukete moyasubeki’ yoshi ohosetamafu.
Sono yoshi uke-tamaharite tsuhamonodomo amata gushite yama he
noborikeru yori namu. Sono yama wo ba Fuzhi no yama to ha nadzukeru.
Sono keburi imada kumo no naka de tachi-noburu to zo ihi-tsutahetaru.
FOOTNOTES
[10] The footnotes chiefly indicate textual variations.
[11] _iheru_.
[12] _no koto_ often omitted.
[13] From _yorodzu_ sometimes omitted.
[14] Add _no_.
[15] _he_.
[16] Or _toru ni_.
[17] Add _no uchi ni_.
[18] _saushite_, _soushite_, _sousoku shite_, &c.
[19] _kichiyau_.
[20] _kesau_.
[21] _sakaye ni nari_.
[22] _uke_.
[23] _hodohete_.
[24] _monoto_.
[25] _kototo_.
[26] _ohoroka_, _orosoka_.
[27] = _yakunaki_ or _yeki-_--useless, vain.
[28] _hitodomo_, _hitotachi_.
[29] _tsukahasuredomo_.
[30] _idashite_.
[31] _notamahedo_?
[32] _shitagahezu_.
[33] _okuru_.
[34] _ohasamu_.
[35] _imasogaru_, _imasokaru_, _imasekashi_.
[36] _tamahe_.
[37] There are various readings of this complicated sentence, which
has, doubtless, been much manipulated.
[38] There are various readings of _shitakumi_, none of which appears
to be worth noting.
[39] _sumitsuke taru_.
[40] _mochite kite_.
[41] This may also read as = beyond Tsukushi (the utmost western limit
of Japan).
[42] _na ishi_, _o ishi_.
[43] Read also _mi ishi no ha chi_ (blood) _no_.
[44] _mireba_.
[45] A sort of _makura kotoba_.
[46] _dani mo_.
[47] would that it held.
[48] Little Grange Hill, but by word-play, dim or dark hill.
[49] Omitted in some texts; _wo_ adversative = _wo mite_.
[50] The subject is Ishidzukuri.
[51] word-play--_haji_, shame.
[52] As (Ishidzukuri) could get nothing to her ear he grew sick of the
attempt.
[53] _owashinu_.
[54] _hitotsu no takara_.
[55] _Uchitakumi_, also _Kachitakumi_.
[56] _kamado_.
[57] _kura_.
[58] _idzu_.
[59] _hisoka_.
[60] _kurushigaritaru_.
[61] The less honorific _ohashitari_.
[62] _mochite_.
[63] _mote_.
[64] _ni arazu_, omitted in some texts.
[65] _mi_.
[66] _tada_.