(_Province of Shinano_)
Ano yama kage de
Hikaru wa nanja?--
Tsuki ka, hoshi ka, hotaru no mushi ka?
Tsuki demo naiga;
Hoshi demo naiga;--
Shuto no o-uba no me ga hikaru,--
(Chorus) _Me ga hikaru!_
In the shadow of the mountain
What is it that shines so?
Moon is it, or star?--or is it the firefly-insect?
Neither is it moon,
Nor yet star;--
It is the old woman's Eye;--it is the Eye of my
mother-in-law that shines,--
(Chorus) _It is her Eye that shines!_