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.