Hi kurenureba kano tsukasa ni ohashite mi-tamafu ni makoto ni tsubakurame su tsukureri. Kuratsu Maro ga mausu yau ni wo wo sasagete meguru ni arako ni hito wo nosete[164] tsuri-agesasete tsubakurame no su ni te wo sashi-ire sasete[165] saguru ni ‘mono mo nashi’--to mausu ni Chiunagon ‘ashiku sagureba naki nari’--to haradachite ‘tare bakari oboyemu ni tote ware noborite saguramu’--to notamahite ko ni norite tsurare-noborite ukagahi-tamaheru ni tsubakurame wo wo sasagete itaku meguru ni ahasete te wo sasagete saguri-tamafu ni te ni hirameru[166] mono saharu toki ni ‘Ware mono nigiritari--ima ha oroshite yo okina shiyetari’ to notamahite atsumarite tote orosamu tote tsuna wo hiki sugushite tsuna tayuru Sunahachi[167] Yashima no kanahe no uhe ni nokesama ni ochitamaheri. Hitobito asamashigarite yorite kakahe-tatematsureri mi me ha shirame nite fushi-tamaheri. Hitobito mi kuchi ni[168] midzu wo sukuhi ire-tatematsuru karauzhite iki-ide-tamaheru ni mata kanahe no uhe yori te tori ashitori shite sage-oroshi-tatematsuru. Karauzhite ‘mi kokochi ha ikaga obosaruru’ to toheba iki no shita nite mono ha sukoshi oboyuredo koshi namu ugokarenu. Saredo koyasu-gahi wo futo nigiri-mo-tareba ureshiku oboyuru nari. ‘Madzu shisokusashite ko kono gahi kaho mimu’ to mi kushi motagete mi te wo hiroge-tamaheru ni tsubakurame no mari-okeru furu kuso wo nigori-tamaheru narikeri. Sore wo mi-tamahite ‘Ana! kahina no waza ya!’ to notamahikeru yori zo omofu ni tagafu koto wo ba ‘kahinashi’ to ha ihikeru. Kahi ni mo aradzu to mi-tamahikeru ni mi kokochi mo tagahite karabitsu no futa ni[169] irase[170] tamafubeku mo aradzu. Mi koshi ha ore ni keri. Chiunagon ha ihaketaru waza shite yamu koto wo hito ni kikasezhi to shitamahikeredo, sore wo yamahi nite ito yowaku nari-tamahi-nikeri. Kahi wo yetorazu nari nikeru yori mo hito no kiki-warahamu koto wo hi ni sohete omohi-tamahikereba tada ni yami-shinuru yori mo hitogiki hadzukashiku oboye-tamafu narikeri[171]. Kore wo Kaguyahime kikite tofurahi ni tsukahashikeru uta-- Toshi wo hete nami tachi-yoranu Sumiyoshi no matsu kahi nashi kiku ha makoto ka? to aru wo yonde kikasu. Ito yowaki kokochi ni kashira wo motagete hito ni kami wo motasete kurushiki kokochi ni karauzhite kaki-tamafu-- Kahi ha kaku arikeru mono wo wabi hatete shinuru inochi wo sukuhi ya ha senu! to kaki-hatsuru to tahe-iritamahinu. Kore wo kikite Kaguhahime sukoshi ahare to oboshikeri. Sore yori namu sukoshi ureshiki koto wo ba kahi ari! to ha ihikeru. MAKI VIII MIKARI NO MIYUKI. Sate Kaguyahime katachi yo ni mizu medetaki koto wo Mikado kikoshimeshite naishi Nakatomi no Fusako ni notamafu-- ‘Ohoku no hito no mi wo itadzura ni nashite ahazanaru Kaguyahime ha ika bakari no wouna zo to makarite mite mawire’ to notamafu. Fusako uke-tamaharite makareri. Taketori no Okina no ihe ni kashikomarite shiyauzhi[172] irete aheri. Wouna ni naishi notamafu--