wabishisa no
chigusa no kazu mo
wasurarenubeshi!
to notamafu. Kakaru hodo ni wotokodomo[94] roku nin tsuranete niha ni idekitari[95]. Ichinin no wotoko fumi-hasami[96] ni fumi wo hasamite mausu—
‘Tsukumo dokoro[97] no tsukasa no takumi Ayabe no Uchimaro mausaku—Tama no ki wo tsukurite tsukaumatsurishi koto kokoro no kudakite[98] sen yo nichi ni chikara wo tsukushitaru koto sukunakarazu shikaru ni roku imada tamaharazu kore wo tamaharite[99] wakachite[100] kego ni tamahasemu’ to ihite sasagetari.
Taketori no Okina kono takumira ga mausu koto ha nani-goto zo to katabuki wori. Miko ha ware ni mo aranu keshiki nite kimo[101] kihenubeki kokochi shite wi-tamaheri.
Kore wo Kaguyahime kikite—
‘Kono tatematsuru fumi wo tore’
to ihite, mireba fumi ni moshikeru yau—
‘Miko no kimi sen yo nichi iyashiki takumira to morotomo ni[102] onazhi tokoro ni kakure wi-tamahite kashikoki tama no yeda wo tsukurase-tamahite tsukasa mo tamahamu[103] ohose-tamahiki. Kore wo kono goro anzuru ni mi tsukahi to ohashimasubeki Kaguyahime no yeuzhi tamafubeki narikeri to uketamaharite kono miya yoritamaharamu to maushite tamaharubeki ni nari.’