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--