Hito ni kakushité

Oku-zashiki,

Omoté y dëasanu

Kagé no wazurai.

[Afflicted with the Rikombyō, she hides away from people in the back room, and never approaches the front of the house,—because of her Shadow-disease.[29]]

Mi wa koko ni;

Tama wa otoko ni

Soïné suru;—

Kokoro mo shiraga

Haha ga kaihō.