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