to notamahite, tatsu no kubi no tama tori ni tote ideshi-tate-tamafu. Kono hitobito no michi no kate kuhi mono ni tono no uchi no kinu wata zeni nado aru kagiri tori idete sohete tsukahasu. ‘Kono hitobito-domo[128] kaheru made imo-wi wo shite ware ha woramu kono tama toriyede ha ihe ni kaheri kuna’ to notamahasekeri[129]. Ono-ono ohose uketamaharite makari-idenu. ‘Tatsu no kubi no tama toriyezuba kaheri-kuna’ to notamaheba, idzuchi mo idzuchi mo ashi no mukitaramu kata he inamu[130] to su. Kakaru suki-goto wo shitamafu koto to soshiri aheri tamahasetaru[131] mono ha ono-ono waketsutsu tori aruhiha ono ga ihe ni komori-wi aruhiha ono ga yukamahoshiki tokoro he winu. Oya kimi to mausu to mo kaku tsukinaki koto wo ohosetamafu koto to koto yukanu mono yuwe, Dainagon wo soshiri ahitari. Kaguya-hime suwemu ni ha rei no yau ni ha mi-nikushi to notamahite uruhashiki ya wo tsukuritamahite urushi wo nuri makiwe wo shi iroheshi tamahite ya no uhe ni ha ito wo somete iroiro ni fukasete uchi-uchi no shitsurahi ni ha ifubeku mo aranu aya orimono ni we wo kakite ma-goto[132] ni haritari. Moto no medomo ha mina[2] ohi-harahite[133] Kaguya-hime wo kanarazu ahamu maukeshite hitori akashite kurashite tamafu. Tsukahashishi hito ha yoru hiru machi-tamafu ni toshi koyuru made oto mo sezu kokoromoto nagarite ito shinobite tada toneri futari meshi-tsugi to shite yatsuretamahite Naniha ni ohashimashite tohi-tamafu koto ha-- ‘Dainagon no hito ya fune ni norite tatsu koroshite so ga kubi no tama toreru to ya kiku’ to tohasuru ni funabito kotahete ihaku ‘Ayashiki koto kana’ to warahite, ‘saru waza suru fune mo nashi’--to kotafuru ni ‘wojinaki koto suru funabito ni mo aru kana! Yeshirade kaku ifu to ohoshite waga yumi no chikara ha tatsu araba futo i-koroshite kubi no tama ha toritemu osoku kuru yatsubara wo matazhi’ to notamahite, fune ni norite umi goto ni ariki-tamafu ni ito tohokute Tsukushi no kata no umi ni kogi ide-tamahinu. Ikaga shikemu hayaki kaze fukite[134] sekai kuragarite fune wo fuki mote ariku. Idzure no kata to mo shirazu fune wo umi naka ni makari-idenubeku[135] fuki mahashite nami ha fune ni uchi-kaketsutsu maki-ire[136] kami ha ochi-kakaru yau ni hirameki kakaru ni Dainagon ha madohite ‘mada kakaru wabishikime ha mizu ika naramu to suru zo’--to notamafu. Kajitori kotahete mausu-- ‘Kokora fune ni norite, makari-ariku ni mada kaku wabishikime wo mizu. Mi fune umi no soko ni irazuba kami ochikakarinubeshi moshi saihahi ni[137] kami no tasuke araba nankai ni fukare-ohashinubeshi utate aru nushi no mi moto ni tsukahematsurite suzuro[138] naru shini wo subekameru’ tote kajitori naku. Dainagon kore wo kikite notamahaku--‘Fune ni norite ha kajitori no mausu koto wo koso takaki yama to mo tanome nado kaku tanomoshige-naki koto wo mausu zo’--to awohedo wo tsukite notamafu.