Kajitori kotahete mausu--‘Kami naraneba nani waza wo ka tsukaumatsuramu kaze fuki nami hageshikeredomo kami sahe itadaki ni ochikakaru yau naru ha tatsu wo korosamu to motometamahi. Safuraheba kaku annari[139] hayate mo tatsu no fukaseru nari haya kami ni inori-tamahe’ to iheba, ‘Yoki koto nari’--tote--‘kajitori no mikami kikoshimese wojinaku[140] kokoro wosanaku tatsu wo korosamu to omohikeri ima yori nochi ha ke no suwe hito[5] suji[141] wo dani ugokashi-tatematsurazhi’ to yogoto[142] wo hanachite tachi-wi naku-naku yobahi-tamafu koto chi tabi bakari maushi-tamafu. Ge ni ya aramu! yauyau kaminari yaminu sukoshi akarite kaze ha naho hayaku fuku. Kajitori no ihaku[143]--‘Kore ha tatsu no shiwaza ni koso arikere kono fuku kaze ha yoki kata no kaze nari ashiki kata no kaze ni ha arazu yoki kata ni omomukite fuku nari’ to ihedomo Dainagon ha kore wo kiki-ire-tamahazu. Mi ka yo ka fukite fuki-kaheshi yosetari. Hama wo mireba Harima no Akashi no hama narikeri. Dainagon nankai no hama ni fuki-yoseraretaru ni ya aramu to omohite iki-tsuki fushi-tamaheri. Fune ni aru wonoko-domo kuni ni tsugetareba kuni no tsukasa maude-toburafu ni mo ye-oki-agari-tamahade funa-zoko ni fushi-tamaheri. Matsu hara ni mushiro shikite oroshi-tatematsuru. Sono toki ni zo nankai ni arazarikeri to omohite karauzhite oki-agari-tamaheru wo mireba kaze ito omoki hito nite hara ito fukure konata kanata no me ni ha sumomo wo futatsu tsuketaru yau naru. Kore wo mitatematsurite, kuni no tsukasa mo-hoho-yemitaru. Kuni ni ohose-tamahite tagoshi tsukurase-tamahite niyofu-niyofu ni naharete ihe ni ire-tamahinuru wo ikadeka kikemu tsukahashishi wono-ko-domo mawirite mausu yau,--‘Tatsu no kubi no tama woye-torazarishikaba namu tono he mo ye-mawirazarishi tama no tori-katakarishi koto wo shiri-tamahereba namu kamudau arazhi tote mawiritsuru’ to mausu. Dainagon oki-idete notamahaku-- ‘Namuzhira yoku mote kozu narinu tatsu ha naru kami no ruwi[144] nite koso arikere sore ga tama wo torase-tote sokora[145] no hitobito no gai serare namu to shikeri mashite tatsu wo torahetaramashikaba mata koto mo naku ware ha gai serarenamashi, yoku torahezu nari nikeri. Kaguya-hime tefu oho nusubito no yatsu ga hito wo korosamu to suru narikeri ihe no atari dani ima ha tohorazhi wonoko-domo na ariki so’ tote, ihe ni sukoshi nokoritarikeru monodomo ha tatsu no tama toranu monodomo ni tabitsu. Kore wo kikite hanare-tamahishi moto no uhe ha hara wo kirite[146] warahi-tamafu ito wo fukasete tsukurishi ya ha tobi karasu no su ni mina kubi mote inikeri. Sekai no hito no ihikeru ha ‘Ohotomo no Dainagon ha tatsu no kubi no tama ya torite ohashitaru’; ‘ina! sa mo arazu mi manako futatsu ni sumomo no yau naru tama wo zo sohete i-mashitaru’ to ihikereba, ‘Ana tahegata’ to ihikeru yori zo yo ni ahanu koto wa ba--Ana tahegata! to ha ihi-hazhimekeru. MAKI VII TSUBAKURAME NO KOYASUGAHI